♥ 7 6 4
♦ 8 5 3
♣ 9 8
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| pass | 2♠ | pass | 3♣ |
| pass | 3NT | pass | 6♣ |
| pass | pass | pass |
South is to play 6♣. West leads the ♦Q.
Make a Plan, then click NEXT .
♥ A 5 2
♦ A K 6
♣ A K Q J 7 5 4
| Deal 9 |
♠ A K Q 7 3 ♥ 7 6 4 ♦ 8 5 3 ♣ 9 8 |
South is to play 6♣. West leads the ♦Q. Make a Plan, then click NEXT . |
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♠ -- ♥ A 5 2 ♦ A K 6 ♣ A K Q J 7 5 4 |
| Deal 9 6♣ OL: ♦Q |
♠ A K Q 7 3 ♥ 7 6 4 ♦ 8 5 3 ♣ 9 8 |
South is to play 6♣. West leads the ♦Q.
Losers: ♠ = 0 ♥ = 2 ♦ = 1 ♣ = 0 Total = 3 Partner's hand didn't turn out to be what you hoped for, you had in mind maybe the ♥K and ♦Q. But this is what you got. First, be thankful West led a ♦ rather than a ♥. Second, see if you can find a way to fight yourself over to dummy and those three beautiful ♠s. Click NEXT . |
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♠ -- ♥ A 5 2 ♦ A K 6 ♣ A K Q J 7 5 4 |
| Deal 9 6♣ OL: ♦Q |
♠ A K Q 7 3 ♥ 7 6 4 ♦ 8 5 3 ♣ 9 8 |
South is to play 6♣. West leads the ♦Q.
Losers: ♠ = 0 ♥ = 2 ♦ = 1 ♣ = 0 Total = 3 Partner's hand didn't turn out to be what you hoped for, you had in mind maybe the ♥K and ♦Q. But this is what you got. First, be thankful West led a ♦ rather than a ♥. Second, see if you can find a way to fight yourself over to dummy and those three beautiful ♠s. You have two possibilities for a ♣ entry, but you can only try one of them as you will see. You can play a high ♣ and hope somebody plays the singleton ♣10. Then your ♣9 would be an entry. If this works you would probably make all 13 tricks, but the chances are very slim. You can play a low ♣ to dummy's ♣8. Assuming a defender takes the ♣10 you can win his return and enter dummy with the ♣9. This play is guaranteed to give you the entry and is the one you should choose. Click NEXT to see the complete Deal. |
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♠ -- ♥ A 5 2 ♦ A K 6 ♣ A K Q J 7 5 4 |
| Deal 9 6♣ OL: ♦Q |
♠ A K Q 7 3 ♥ 7 6 4 ♦ 8 5 3 ♣ 9 8 |
Just in case you were wondering about the chances of that singleton ♣10, here is how
you would figure it out.
When you are missing 4 cards the probability of a 3-1 split is about 50%. But the singleton can be any one of four cards - in this case it can be the ♣10, ♣6, ♣3 or ♣2. So the chance of one of the opponents holding specifically the singleton ♣10 is only one-fourth of 50%, about 12.5%. Deal 10 |
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♠ J 8 6 2 ♥ Q 9 8 ♦ Q J 10 2 ♣ 10 3 |
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♠ 10 9 5 4 ♥ K J 10 3 ♦ 9 7 4 ♣ 6 2 |
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♠ -- ♥ A 5 2 ♦ A K 6 ♣ A K Q J 7 5 4 |