| Deal 21 |
♠ 7 6 ♥ K J 7 2 ♦ A K 6 4 ♣ 10 8 3 |
After hearing a limit raise, South's leap to 6♥ is, well, bold let's say. South plays 6♥. West leads the ♠5, East plays the ♠K. Make a Plan, then click NEXT . |
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♠ A J ♥ A Q 10 9 4 3 ♦ J ♣ A J 9 4 |
| Deal 21 6♥ OL: ♠5 |
♠ 7 6 ♥ K J 7 2 ♦ A K 6 4 ♣ 10 8 3 |
Very bold in fact. The opening lead has exposed a ♠ loser in addition to your two ♣ losers.
On the plus side dummy has an extra ♦ trick. You are going to have to try to throw West in with the
♣ suit, but you will have to be very careful with dummy's entries.
Win the ♠A, play the ♦J to dummy's ♦K and discard the ♠J on dummy's ♦A. Click NEXT . |
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♠ A J ♥ A Q 10 9 4 3 ♦ J ♣ A J 9 4 |
| Deal 21 6♥ OL: ♠5 |
♠ 7 ♥ K J 7 2 ♦ 6 4 ♣ 10 8 3 |
Very bold in fact. The opening lead has exposed a ♠ loser in addition to your two ♣ losers.
On the plus side dummy has an extra ♦ trick. You are going to have to try to throw West in with the
♣ suit, but you will have to be very careful with dummy's entries.
Win the ♠A, play the ♦J to dummy's ♦K and discard the ♠J on dummy's ♦A. You are in dummy, so ruff the ♠7 with a high trump. Next play the ♥9 to dummy's ♥J. Both defenders follow, whew! Click NEXT . |
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♠ ♥ A Q 10 9 4 3 ♦ ♣ A J 9 4 |
| Deal 21 6♥ OL: ♠5 |
♠ ♥ K 7 2 ♦ 6 4 ♣ 10 8 3 |
Very bold in fact. The opening lead has exposed a ♠ loser in addition to your two ♣ losers.
On the plus side dummy has an extra ♦ trick. You are going to have to try to throw West in with the
♣ suit, but you will have to be very careful with dummy's entries.
Win the ♠A, play the ♦J to dummy's ♦K and discard the ♠J on dummy's ♦A. You are in dummy, so ruff the ♠7 with a high trump. Next play the ♥9 to dummy's ♥J. Both defenders follow, whew! Back in dummy, ruff a ♦ with the ♥Q, then lead the ♥10 to dummy's ♥K, pulling the last trump as you enter dummy. Click NEXT . |
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♠ ♥ Q 10 4 3 ♦ ♣ A J 9 4 |
| Deal 21 6♥ OL: ♠5 |
♠ ♥ 7 2 ♦ 6 ♣ 10 8 3 |
Very bold in fact. The opening lead has exposed a ♠ loser in addition to your two ♣ losers.
On the plus side dummy has an extra ♦ trick. You are going to have to try to throw West in with the
♣ suit, but you will have to be very careful with dummy's entries.
Win the ♠A, play the ♦J to dummy's ♦K and discard the ♠J on dummy's ♦A. You are in dummy, so ruff the ♠7 with a high trump. Next play the ♥9 to dummy's ♥J. Both defenders follow, whew! Back in dummy, ruff a ♦ with the ♥Q, then lead the ♥10 to dummy's ♥K, pulling the last trump as you enter dummy. It would be great if you could ruff dummy's last ♦, then get back to dummy with a trump so you could lead a ♣ from dummy and finesse. But check your trumps. If you do that you will have no more trumps in your hand and West won't be endplayed because you have no ruff-sluff. The only thing you can do is to go ahead and play ♣s now, finessing into West and HOPING he has no more ♦s! Click NEXT to see if you made the slam. |
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♠ ♥ 4 3 ♦ ♣ A J 9 4 |
| Deal 21 6♥ OL: ♠5 |
♠ 7 6 ♥ K J 7 2 ♦ A K 6 4 ♣ 10 8 3 |
You were lucky, West had only three ♦s so your partial elimination worked.
But if it had turned out that West DID have another ♦, and led it, all would not be lost. You would ruff in your hand, play a trump to dummy, then take a second ♣ finesse. If it turned out the ♣K and ♣Q were in different hands you would make the slam. Deal 22 |
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♠ Q 10 8 5 2 ♥ 6 ♦ Q 9 7 ♣ K Q 5 2 |
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♠ K 9 4 3 ♥ 8 5 ♦ 10 8 5 3 2 ♣ 7 6 |
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♠ A J ♥ A Q 10 9 4 3 ♦ J ♣ A J 9 4 |