Deal 25 |
♠ A Q 5 2 ♥ 6 ♦ A K J 6 ♣ K 10 8 7 |
South plays 6♣. West leads the ♠8. Make a Plan, then click NEXT . |
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♠ 4 3 ♥ A 7 ♦ 7 5 3 ♣ A Q J 9 6 3 |
Deal 25 6♣ OL: ♠8 |
♠ A Q 5 2 ♥ 6 ♦ A K J 6 ♣ K 10 8 7 |
South plays 6♣. West leads the ♠8.
You have one ♠ loser and one ♦ loser. A successful finesse will take care of either one of them. Chance of the ♠ finesse working? Zero. Chance of the ♦ finesse working? Maybe 50%. Chance of an elimination play? Priceless. Win the ♠A and pull trumps with the ♣A and ♣Q. They split 2-1. Click NEXT . |
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♠ 4 3 ♥ A 7 ♦ 7 5 3 ♣ A Q J 9 6 3 |
Deal 25 6♣ OL: ♠8 |
♠ Q 5 2 ♥ 6 ♦ A K J 6 ♣ K 10 |
You have one ♠ loser and one ♦ loser. A successful finesse will take care
of either one of them. Chance of the ♠ finesse working? Zero. Chance of the ♦
finesse working? Maybe 50%. Chance of an elimination play? Priceless.
Win the ♠A and pull trumps with the ♣A and ♣Q. They split 2-1. Play the ♦A, just in case there is a singleton ♦Q somewhere. There isn't. Then eliminate ♥s by playing ♥A and ruff a ♥. Click NEXT . |
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♠ 4 ♥ A 7 ♦ 7 5 3 ♣ J 9 6 3 |
Deal 25 6♣ OL: ♠8 |
♠ Q 5 2 ♥ ♦ K J 6 ♣ K |
You have one ♠ loser and one ♦ loser. A successful finesse will take care
of either one of them. Chance of the ♠ finesse working? Zero. Chance of the ♦
finesse working? Maybe 50%. Chance of an elimination play? Priceless.
Win the ♠A and pull trumps with the ♣A and ♣Q. They split 2-1. Play the ♦A, just in case there is a singleton ♦Q somewhere. There isn't. Then eliminate ♥s by playing ♥A and ruff a ♥. Now play a low ♠ from both hands. West doesn't follow suit as East wins with a small card. Click NEXT . |
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♠ 4 ♥ ♦ 7 5 ♣ J 9 6 3 |
Deal 25 6♣ OL: ♠8 |
♠ Q 5 ♥ ♦ K J 6 ♣ K |
You have one ♠ loser and one ♦ loser. A successful finesse will take care
of either one of them. Chance of the ♠ finesse working? Zero. Chance of the ♦
finesse working? Maybe 50%. Chance of an elimination play? Priceless.
Win the ♠A and pull trumps with the ♣A and ♣Q. They split 2-1. Play the ♦A, just in case there is a singleton ♦Q somewhere. There isn't. Then eliminate ♥s by playing ♥A and ruff a ♥. Now play a low ♠ from both hands. West doesn't follow suit as East wins with a small card. East is end-played. He has no ♣s. If he plays a ♦ it will be into dummy's ♦ K J. If he plays a ♥ you will discard a ♦ from your hand and ruff in dummy. If he plays the ♠K you will ruff, and dummy's ♠Q will be promoted. If he plays a small ♠ you will let it ride to dummy's ♠Q. Click NEXT to see the complete Deal. |
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♠ ♥ ♦ 7 5 ♣ J 9 6 3 |
Deal 25 6♣ OL: ♠8 |
♠ A Q 5 2 ♥ 6 ♦ A K J 6 ♣ K 10 8 7 |
A fairly complex elimination play to finish off the set.
I hope you enjoyed them. Lesson |
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♠ 8 ♥ Q J 9 8 5 4 2 ♦ 10 9 4 ♣ 5 2 |
♠ K J 10 9 7 6 ♥ K 10 3 ♦ Q 8 2 ♣ 4 |
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♠ 4 3 ♥ A 7 ♦ 7 5 3 ♣ A Q J 9 6 3 |