♥ J 7 4
♦ A 6 4 2
♣ 7 6 5 3
| WEST | NORTH | EAST | SOUTH |
| pass | pass | 2NT | |
| pass | 3NT | pass | pass |
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South is to play 3NT. West leads the ♠Q.
East plays the ♠K, then the ♠2 when you hold up.
Make a Plan, then click NEXT .
♥ K 5 2
♦ K Q J 5
♣ A Q J 4
| Deal 8 |
♠ 8 3 ♥ J 7 4 ♦ A 6 4 2 ♣ 7 6 5 3 |
South is to play 3NT. West leads the ♠Q. East plays the ♠K, then the ♠2 when you hold up. Make a Plan, then click NEXT . |
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♠ A 6 ♥ K 5 2 ♦ K Q J 5 ♣ A Q J 4 |
| Deal 8 3NT OL: ♠Q |
♠ 8 3 ♥ J 7 4 ♦ A 6 4 2 ♣ 7 6 5 3 |
South is to play 3NT. West leads the ♠Q. East plays the ♠K, then the ♠2 when you hold up. Winners: ♠ = 1 ♥ = 0 ♦ = 4 ♣ = 1 Total = 6 You are going to have to be pretty lucky to make this contract. You cannot touch the ♥ suit because a defender would take the ♥A and it would start raining ♠s. So you will have to get 3 extra ♣ winners, which means the ♣ finesse absolutely MUST work. In addition to lucky, you are going to have to be pretty good, too. You will surely have to finesse the ♣s at least twice; that means you need two dummy entries. Can you find them? Click NEXT . |
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♠ A 6 ♥ K 5 2 ♦ K Q J 5 ♣ A Q J 4 |
| Deal 8 3NT OL: ♠Q |
♠ 8 3 ♥ J 7 4 ♦ A 6 4 2 ♣ 7 6 5 3 |
South is to play 3NT. West leads the ♠Q. East plays the ♠K, then the ♠2 when you hold up. Winners: ♠ = 1 ♥ = 0 ♦ = 4 ♣ = 1 Total = 6 You are going to have to be pretty lucky to make this contract. You cannot touch the ♥ suit because a defender would take the ♥A and it would start raining ♠s. So you will have to get 3 extra ♣ winners, which means the ♣ finesse absolutely MUST work. In addition to lucky, you are going to have to be pretty good, too. You will surely have to finesse the ♣s at least twice; that means you need two dummy entries. Can you find them? Maybe in ♦s. Play the ♦K, then ♦Q, watching the defender's cards carefully. When both follow twice you know there is only a single ♦ left out, so you play the ♦J to dummy's ♦A. Now take the ♣ finesse. It works! Next play your ♦5 to dummy's ♦6 and take another ♣ finesse. Both defenders follow so your ♣s are good. Click NEXT to see the full deal. |
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♠ A 6 ♥ K 5 2 ♦ K Q J 5 ♣ A Q J 4 |
| Deal 8 3NT OL: ♠Q |
♠ 8 3 ♥ J 7 4 ♦ A 6 4 2 ♣ 7 6 5 3 |
If the ♦s split 4-1 you would have found out when you cashed the ♦ K Q.
Then your chance of success goes way down. You would have to find East with the doubleton ♣K. Deal 9 |
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♠ Q J 10 9 5 ♥ A 9 3 ♦ 9 8 3 ♣ 10 8 |
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♠ K 7 4 2 ♥ Q 10 8 6 ♦ 10 7 ♣ K 9 2 |
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♠ A 6 ♥ K 5 2 ♦ K Q J 5 ♣ A Q J 4 |