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♥ A 7 4
♦ K 10 7 4
♣ A Q J 5
| Deal 71 |
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ |
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♠ K 4 ♥ A 7 4 ♦ K 10 7 4 ♣ A Q J 5 |
| Deal 71 |
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ |
With no 4-card Major suit you respond 2♦ to partner's Stayman bid. Partner now bids 2NT. What do you say? |
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♠ K 4 ♥ A 7 4 ♦ K 10 7 4 ♣ A Q J 5 |
| Deal 71 |
♠ A 7 5 3 ♥ K 6 ♦ Q J 5 2 ♣ 10 9 3 |
With no 4-card Major suit you respond 2♦ to partner's Stayman bid. Partner now bids 2NT. What do you say? With 17 points you naturally accept partner's invitation and bid 3NT. Click NEXT to continue. |
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♠ K 4 ♥ A 7 4 ♦ K 10 7 4 ♣ A Q J 5 |
| Deal 71 3NT OL: ♥Q |
♠ A 7 5 3 ♥ K 6 ♦ Q J 5 2 ♣ 10 9 3 |
South plays 3NT. West leads the ♥Q.
West's ♥Q lead presents you with an immediate decision (or two) to make. Make a Plan, then click NEXT . |
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♠ K 4 ♥ A 7 4 ♦ K 10 7 4 ♣ A Q J 5 |
| Deal 71 3NT OL: ♥Q |
♠ A 7 5 3 ♥ K 6 ♦ Q J 5 2 ♣ 10 9 3 |
Winner List: ♠ = 2 : ♥ = 2 :
♦ = 0 : ♣ = 1 :: Total = 5
You need 4 additional winners and can only establish 3 of them in ♦s. So you will have to manufacture another one from the ♣ suit as well. If you assume the ♣ finesse will fail, (and you have probably noticed that most finesses DO fail on these pages), that means you will lose the lead twice. So what do you do about that ♥Q? Do you win or hold up? NEXT |
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♠ K 4 ♥ A 7 4 ♦ K 10 7 4 ♣ A Q J 5 |
| Deal 71 3NT OL: ♥Q |
♠ A 7 5 3 ♥ K 6 ♦ Q J 5 2 ♣ 10 9 3 |
Winner List: ♠ = 2 : ♥ = 2 :
♦ = 0 : ♣ = 1 :: Total = 5
You need 4 additional winners and can only establish 3 of them in ♦s. So you will have to manufacture another one from the ♣ suit as well. If you assume the ♣ finesse will fail, (and you have probably noticed that most finesses DO fail on these pages), that means you will lose the lead twice. So what do you do about that ♥Q? Do you win or hold up? You hold up, of course, to cut defensive communications when West has 5 ♥s and East has 3. West will probably play another ♥ to dummy's ♥K. NEXT |
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♠ K 4 ♥ A 7 4 ♦ K 10 7 4 ♣ A Q J 5 |
| Deal 71 3NT OL: ♥Q |
♠ A 7 5 3 ♥ K 6 ♦ Q J 5 2 ♣ 10 9 3 |
Winner List: ♠ = 2 : ♥ = 2 :
♦ = 0 : ♣ = 1 :: Total = 5
You need 4 additional winners and can only establish 3 of them in ♦s. So you will have to manufacture another one from the ♣ suit as well. If you assume the ♣ finesse will fail, (and you have probably noticed that most finesses DO fail on these pages), that means you will lose the lead twice. So what do you do about that ♥Q? Do you win or hold up? You hold up, of course, to cut defensive communications when West has 5 ♥s and East has 3. West will probably play another ♥ to dummy's ♥K. If both the ♦A and ♣K are in West's hand then you won't make this contract. He will easily establish his ♥s and have an entry to get in and cash them. If the ♦A is with West and the ♣K is with East then it doesn't matter in which order you play the suits since you will not lose the lead in ♣s. But if the ♣K is with West and the ♦A is with East then it is vital that you play ♣s first. Click NEXT to see all the hands. |
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♠ K 4 ♥ A 7 4 ♦ K 10 7 4 ♣ A Q J 5 |
| Deal 71 3NT OL: ♥Q |
♠ A 7 5 3 ♥ K 6 ♦ Q J 5 2 ♣ 10 9 3 |
If you play on ♦s first, East will win the ♦A and
play his last ♥, forcing out your ♥A. When West wins
his ♣K he will cash 2 more ♥s.
But, if you finesse in ♣s first, West can win and establish the ♥ suit. But, when East wins the ♦A, he will have no ♥ to return. Deal 72 |
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♠ J 10 6 ♥ Q J 10 9 8 ♦ 8 6 3 ♣ K 2 |
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♠ Q 9 8 2 ♥ 5 3 2 ♦ A 9 ♣ 8 7 6 4 |
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♠ K 4 ♥ A 7 4 ♦ K 10 7 4 ♣ A Q J 5 |