♥ A 3
♦ A 6 5
♣ K 6 3
| WEST | NORTH | EAST | SOUTH |
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| 4♥ | 4♠ | pass | pass |
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When the bidding gets high in a hurry you sometimes have to guess what you can make.
South plays 4♠. West leads the ♥K.
Make a Plan, then click NEXT .
♥ 10 5
♦ 4 3 2
♣ A 8 5
| Deal 17 |
♠ 10 7 5 4 3 ♥ A 3 ♦ A 6 5 ♣ K 6 3 |
When the bidding gets high in a hurry you sometimes have to guess what you can make. South plays 4♠. West leads the ♥K. Make a Plan, then click NEXT . |
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♠ A K 8 6 2 ♥ 10 5 ♦ 4 3 2 ♣ A 8 5 |
| Deal 17 4♠ OL: ♥K |
♠ 10 7 5 4 3 ♥ A 3 ♦ A 6 5 ♣ K 6 3 |
South plays 4♠. West leads the ♥K.
And it looks like you are too high. Assuming the trumps split 2-1, you still have one ♥ loser, two ♦ losers and one ♣ loser. You win the ♥A and play a ♠ to your ♠K. East discards a ♦! Click NEXT . |
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♠ A K 8 6 2 ♥ 10 5 ♦ 4 3 2 ♣ A 8 5 |
| Deal 17 4♠ OL: ♥K |
♠ 10 7 5 4 ♥ 3 ♦ A 6 5 ♣ K 6 3 |
And it looks like you are too high. Assuming the trumps split 2-1, you still have one ♥ loser,
two ♦ losers and one ♣ loser.
You win the ♥A and play a ♠ to your ♠K. East discards a ♦! From bad to worse. Now you must add a ♠ loser to the four you already had. Are you finished? No, never give up. West has a bunch of ♥s and 3 ♠s, so he cannot have many ♦s and ♣s. If you can eliminate those and then throw him in it should work to your advantage. Play your ♠A, the ♦A and the ♣ A K. West follows to everything. Click NEXT . |
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♠ A 8 6 2 ♥ 10 ♦ 4 3 2 ♣ A 8 5 |
| Deal 17 4♠ OL: ♥K |
♠ 10 7 5 ♥ 3 ♦ 6 5 ♣ 6 |
And it looks like you are too high. Assuming the trumps split 2-1, you still have one ♥ loser,
two ♦ losers and one ♣ loser.
You win the ♥A and play a ♠ to your ♠K. East discards a ♦! From bad to worse. Now you must add a ♠ loser to the four you already had. Are you finished? No, never give up. West has a bunch of ♥s and 3 ♠s, so he cannot have many ♦s and ♣s. If you can eliminate those and then throw him in it should work to your advantage. Play your ♠A, the ♦A and the ♣ A K. West follows to everything. You've done all you can do. Now play the ♥10 to West's high ♥. Click NEXT . |
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♠ 8 6 2 ♥ 10 ♦ 4 3 ♣ 8 |
| Deal 17 4♠ OL: ♥K |
♠ 10 7 ♥ 3 ♦ 6 5 ♣ 6 |
And it looks like you are too high. Assuming the trumps split 2-1, you still have one ♥ loser,
two ♦ losers and one ♣ loser.
You win the ♥A and play a ♠ to your ♠K. East discards a ♦! From bad to worse. Now you must add a ♠ loser to the four you already had. Are you finished? No, never give up. West has a bunch of ♥s and 3 ♠s, so he cannot have many ♦s and ♣s. If you can eliminate those and then throw him in it should work to your advantage. Play your ♠A, the ♦A and the ♣ A K. West follows to everything. You've done all you can do. Now play the ♥10 to West's high ♥. West has just won his side's first trick with the ♥J. He now plays the ♠Q, winning his side's second trick. Click NEXT . |
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♠ 8 6 ♥ 10 ♦ 4 3 ♣ 8 |
| Deal 17 4♠ OL: ♥K |
♠ 10 7 ♥ ♦ 6 5 ♣ 6 |
And it looks like you are too high. Assuming the trumps split 2-1, you still have one ♥ loser,
two ♦ losers and one ♣ loser.
You win the ♥A and play a ♠ to your ♠K. East discards a ♦! From bad to worse. Now you must add a ♠ loser to the four you already had. Are you finished? No, never give up. West has a bunch of ♥s and 3 ♠s, so he cannot have many ♦s and ♣s. If you can eliminate those and then throw him in it should work to your advantage. Play your ♠A, the ♦A and the ♣ A K. West follows to everything. You've done all you can do. Now play the ♥10 to West's high ♥. West has just won his side's first trick with the ♥J. He now plays the ♠Q, winning his side's second trick. Now, West is still on lead, and he has nothing in his hand but good ♥s. So he leads one of them, and you DO NOT RUFF. Instead you discard a ♣ from dummy and a ♦ from your own hand. West has now taken his side's third trick. He plays another good ♥, and you ruff in dummy and discard the last ♦ loser from your hand. You can now cross-ruff for the rest of the tricks. Click NEXT to see all the hands. |
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♠ 8 6 ♥ ♦ 4 3 ♣ 8 |
| Deal 17 4♠ OL: ♥K |
♠ 10 7 5 4 3 ♥ A 3 ♦ A 6 5 ♣ K 6 3 |
Incredible isn't it.
You just wonder how many bridge players would have just conceded down 2 on this hand. Not you or me, of course. Deal 18 |
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♠ Q J 9 ♥ K Q J 8 7 4 2 ♦ 9 ♣ 10 4 |
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♠ -- ♥ 9 6 ♦ K Q J 10 8 7 ♣ Q J 9 7 2 |
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♠ A K 8 6 2 ♥ 10 5 ♦ 4 3 2 ♣ A 8 5 |