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♠ K 10 4 ♥ 10 6 4 ♦ A 8 7 5 ♣ Q 5 3 |
South is to play 6♥. West leads the ♦K. Perhaps you wouldn't have bid slam with North's cards, but he has been watching you pull off some fantastic squeeze plays and he has every confidence you will do it again. Make a Plan, then click NEXT . |
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♠ ♥ A K Q J 9 5 ♦ J 6 3 ♣ A K J 6 |
| Deal 19 6♥ OL: ♦K |
♠ K 10 4 ♥ 10 6 4 ♦ A 8 7 5 ♣ Q 5 3 |
You know West also has the ♦Q, so your ♦J will be a
Threat card against him.
And you are 99.9% sure he also has the ♠A, so dummy's ♠K will also be a Threat card against him. You should be able to squeeze him in the two suits. What is your first act? NEXT |
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♠ A Q 9 7 6 3 ♥ 3 ♦ K Q 10 2 ♣ 9 7 |
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♠ J 8 5 2 ♥ 8 7 2 ♦ 9 4 ♣ 10 8 4 2 |
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♠ ♥ A K Q J 9 5 ♦ J 6 3 ♣ A K J 6 |
| Deal 19 6♥ OL: ♦K |
♠ K 10 4 ♥ 10 6 4 ♦ A 8 7 5 ♣ Q 5 3 |
Your first act should be to rectify the count. And the safest way to do that is to just
let West hold the first trick. Who knows, he might be foolish enough to play another
♦, or even to lead the ♠A. Defenders do make
mistakes sometimes.
But not this defender, not this time. He exits with the ♥3 which you take with your ♥Q. NEXT |
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♠ A Q 9 7 6 3 ♥ 3 ♦ K Q 10 2 ♣ 9 7 |
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♠ J 8 5 2 ♥ 8 7 2 ♦ 9 4 ♣ 10 8 4 2 |
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♠ ♥ A K Q J 9 5 ♦ J 6 3 ♣ A K J 6 |
| Deal 19 6♥ OL: ♦K |
♠ K 10 4 ♥ 10 6 ♦ A 8 7 ♣ Q 5 3 |
Pull two more rounds of trumps, then run four ♣s, ending in your hand.
You throw a ♠ from dummy and West discards ♠s and ♦s. NEXT |
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♠ A Q 9 7 6 3 ♥ ♦ Q 10 2 ♣ 9 7 |
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♠ J 8 5 2 ♥ 8 7 ♦ 4 ♣ 10 8 4 2 |
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♠ ♥ A K J 9 5 ♦ J 6 ♣ A K J 6 |
| Deal 19 6♥ OL: ♦K |
♠ K 10 ♥ ♦ A 8 7 ♣ |
You are closing in. Play the ♥J, then the ♥9.
Discard the ♠10 and ♦7 from dummy. West discards the ♠Q and ♠9. NEXT |
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♠ A Q 9 ♥ ♦ Q 10 ♣ |
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♠ J 8 5 2 ♥ ♦ 4 ♣ |
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♠ ♥ J 9 5 ♦ J 6 ♣ |
| Deal 19 6♥ OL: ♦K |
♠ K ♥ ♦ A 8 ♣ |
At last you play the ♥5, and West is done, he just doesn't know it yet.
He obviously is not going to throw his ♠A and make dummy high, so he will instead bare his ♦Q. So you dump dummy's ♠K and win the last two tricks with the ♦A and then the ♦J. Deal 20 |
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♠ A ♥ ♦ Q 10 ♣ |
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♠ J 8 ♥ ♦ 4 ♣ |
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♠ ♥ 5 ♦ J 6 ♣ |