Deal 17 |
♠ A 7 5 ♥ A J 3 ♦ A 8 6 ♣ 10 9 6 3 |
South is to play 3NT. West leads the ♣A, then ♣K, ♣2. East follows once, then discards a ♠ and a ♥. Make a Plan, then click NEXT . |
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♠ Q 3 ♥ K Q 5 ♦ K 9 4 2 ♣ Q J 7 4 |
Deal 17 3NT OL: ♣ A K 2 |
♠ A 7 5 ♥ A J 3 ♦ A 8 6 ♣ 10 |
West leads the ♣A, then ♣K, ♣2. East follows once, then discards a ♠ and a ♥. Winners: ♠ = 1 ♥ = 3 ♦ = 2 ♣ = 2 Total = 8 There are two possibilities for getting an extra winner. If the ♦s are splitting 3-3 you could play ♦A, ♦K and another ♦ and establish the thirteenth ♦ as a winner. Or you could play East for the ♠K and lead toward your ♠Q. Click NEXT . |
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♠ Q 3 ♥ K Q 5 ♦ K 9 4 2 ♣ Q |
Deal 17 3NT OL: ♣ A K 2 |
♠ A 7 5 ♥ A J 3 ♦ A 8 6 ♣ 10 |
South is to play 3NT.
West leads the ♣A, then ♣K, ♣2. East follows once, then discards a ♠ and a ♥. Winners: ♠ = 1 ♥ = 3 ♦ = 2 ♣ = 2 Total = 8 There are two possibilities for getting an extra winner. If the ♦s are splitting 3-3 you could play ♦A, ♦K and another ♦ and establish the thirteenth ♦ as a winner. Or you could play East for the ♠K and lead toward your ♠Q. The chance of East holding the ♠K is a little greater than 50%. (it is higher than the usual 50% because we know he started with only one ♣, giving him more spaces for other cards). The chance of ♦s splitting 3-3 is about 40%. So you should enter dummy with a ♥ and play a small ♠ toward your ♠Q. Did it work? Click NEXT to see. |
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♠ Q 3 ♥ K Q 5 ♦ K 9 4 2 ♣ Q |
Deal 17 3NT OL: ♣ A K 2 |
♠ A 7 5 ♥ A J 3 ♦ A 8 6 ♣ 10 9 6 3 |
You might have thought of another possibility; duck a ♦, then play
♦A and ♦K to see if the ♦s split
before you try leading toward the ♠Q.
The problem is that you might run into this very distribution. You would establish a ♦ for East and when you played a ♠ from dummy East would jump up with the ♠K and cash his winning ♦ for down 1. Deal 18 |
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♠ 10 9 6 2 ♥ 8 7 6 ♦ 7 3 ♣ A K 8 2 |
♠ K J 8 4 ♥ 10 9 4 2 ♦ Q J 10 5 ♣ 5 |
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♠ Q 3 ♥ K Q 5 ♦ K 9 4 2 ♣ Q J 7 4 |