| Deal 8 |
♠ 10 9 7 2 ♥ A J 6 ♦ 7 5 ♣ Q 6 4 3 |
South is to play 1NT. West leads the ♦6, taken by East with the ♦J. East next plays the ♦Q on which West plays the ♦2. East plays the ♦9 which you finally win. Make a Plan, then click NEXT . |
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♠ Q J 5 ♥ K 5 4 3 ♦ A 4 3 ♣ A K 5 |
| Deal 8 1NT OL: ♦6 |
♠ 10 9 7 2 ♥ A J 6 ♦ 7 5 ♣ Q 6 4 3 |
South is to play 1NT. West leads the ♦6, taken by East with the ♦J. East next plays the ♦Q on which West plays the ♦2. East plays the ♦9 which you finally win. Winners: ♠ = 0 ♥ = 2 ♦ = 1 ♣ = 3 Total = 6 You only need one more winner and you have several possibilities. The ♥ finesse might work, or the ♣s might split 3-3. But you need to consider the defenders winners also. They have already scored 2 ♦ tricks and will get 2 more as soon as they gain the lead. (The spot cards told you that West has a 5-card ♦ suit.) Plus they have the 2 top ♠s which they can take whenever they like. So if your play sets up just one more trick for them you will go down. No, you must establish ♠s, the suit where they have 2 winners anyway. So you play a ♠ which West wins. He takes his 2 ♦s but you are now home free. When you gain the lead again you will get your ♠ winner established and only lose 2 ♠s and 4 ♦s. Click NEXT for the complete Deal. |
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♠ Q J 5 ♥ K 5 4 3 ♦ A 4 3 ♣ A K 5 |
| Deal 8 1NT OL: ♦6 |
♠ 10 9 7 2 ♥ A J 6 ♦ 7 5 ♣ Q 6 4 3 |
If you finessed the ♥ you would have gone down with the defenders winning 4 ♦s,
1 ♥ and 2 ♠s.
If you had played 3 rounds of ♣s you would have gone down with the defenders winning 4 ♦s, 1 ♣ and 2 ♠s. Only by establishing ♠s can you make the contract. Deal 9 |
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♠ K 6 4 3 ♥ 9 7 ♦ K 10 8 6 2 ♣ 8 2 |
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♠ A 8 ♥ Q 10 8 2 ♦ Q J 9 ♣ J 10 9 7 |
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♠ Q J 5 ♥ K 5 4 3 ♦ A 4 3 ♣ A K 5 |