♥ K 7
♦ A J 10 8
♣ K J 9 6
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| pass | 7NT | pass | pass |
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South is to play 7NT. West leads the ♠10.
Make a Plan, then click NEXT .
♥ A J 8
♦ K Q
♣ A 10 7 2
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♠ K J 7 ♥ K 7 ♦ A J 10 8 ♣ K J 9 6 |
South is to play 7NT. West leads the ♠10. Make a Plan, then click NEXT . |
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♠ A Q 5 3 ♥ A J 8 ♦ K Q ♣ A 10 7 2 |
| Deal 12 7NT OL: ♠10 |
♠ K J 7 ♥ K 7 ♦ A J 10 8 ♣ K J 9 6 |
South is to play 7NT. West leads the ♠10.
Winners: ♠ = 4 ♥ = 2 ♦ = 4 ♣ = 2 Total = 12 A. Conan Doyle would have called this "The Tale of Two Queens". You need to find one more trick and to do so you are going to have to find either the ♥Q or the ♣Q. You can finesse East for the ♥Q, and you can finesse either defender for the ♣Q. So which will you choose? Click NEXT . |
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♠ A Q 5 3 ♥ A J 8 ♦ K Q ♣ A 10 7 2 |
| Deal 12 7NT OL: ♠10 |
♠ K J 7 ♥ K 7 ♦ A J 10 8 ♣ K J 9 6 |
South is to play 7NT. West leads the ♠10.
Winners: ♠ = 4 ♥ = 2 ♦ = 4 ♣ = 2 Total = 12 A. Conan Doyle would have called this "The Tale of Two Queens". You need to find one more trick and to do so you are going to have to find either the ♥Q or the ♣Q. You can finesse East for the ♥Q, and you can finesse either defender for the ♣Q. So which will you choose? Neither, yet. First take your 8 winners in ♠s and ♦s, hoping somebody discards something to help you. They don't. Click NEXT . |
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♠ A Q 5 3 ♥ A J 8 ♦ K Q ♣ A 10 7 2 |
| Deal 12 7NT OL: ♠10 |
♠ ♥ K 7 ♦ ♣ K J 9 |
South is to play 7NT. West leads the ♠10.
Winners: ♠ = 4 ♥ = 2 ♦ = 4 ♣ = 2 Total = 12 A. Conan Doyle would have called this "The Tale of Two Queens". You need to find one more trick and to do so you are going to have to find either the ♥Q or the ♣Q. You can finesse East for the ♥Q, and you can finesse either defender for the ♣Q. So which will you choose? Neither, yet. First take your 8 winners in ♠s and ♦s, hoping somebody discards something to help you. They don't. Now play the ♣A, then ♣K, hoping the ♣Q falls. If she does you have your thirteenth trick in ♣s. If she doesn't you take the ♥K then finesse East for the ♥Q. Two chances. Click NEXT to see what happened. |
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♠ ♥ A J 8 ♦ ♣ A 10 |
| Deal 12 7NT OL: ♠10 |
♠ K J 7 ♥ K 7 ♦ A J 10 8 ♣ K J 9 6 |
As you see, the ♥ finesse would have failed. You might have guessed the
♣Q correctly, but you might not have.
It always pays to look for a second chance. Here you try to drop the ♣Q, and if it doesn't work you have the finesse for the ♥Q in reserve. Why not try to drop the ♥Q and keep the finesse for the ♣Q in reserve? Because you and dummy had 8 ♣s between you and only 6 ♥s. So the ♣Q was far more likely to be doubleton than the ♥Q. Deal 13 |
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♠ 10 9 8 2 ♥ Q 6 3 ♦ 9 5 3 ♣ 8 4 3 |
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♠ 6 4 ♥ 10 9 5 4 2 ♦ 7 6 4 2 ♣ Q 5 |
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♠ A Q 5 3 ♥ A J 8 ♦ K Q ♣ A 10 7 2 |