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♠ 7 4 ♥ A K 4 2 ♦ A 8 5 4 ♣ Q 6 2 |
The 4♣ and 4♥ bids were control-showing. South is to play 6♦. West leads the ♣J. Make a Plan, then click NEXT . |
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♠ A K 6 5 ♥ 8 3 ♦ K J 7 3 ♣ A K 5 |
| Deal 5 6♦ OL: ♣J |
♠ 7 4 ♥ A K 4 2 ♦ A 8 5 4 ♣ Q 6 2 |
South is to play 6♦. West leads the ♣J.
Losers: ♠ = 2 ♥ = 0 ♦ = 2 ♣ = 0 Total = 4 That loser count may be technically correct but actually it's wonky. As long as ♦s split 3-2 like they should you only have 1 loser in the suit. And if East has the ♦Q you can finesse and have no losers. Also, those 2 ♠ losers could be ruffed in dummy. Suppose you tried it like this: Win the ♣, play ♦A, then a ♦ to the ♦J, then pull the last trump with your ♦K. That would only leave one trump in dummy for ruffing ♠ losers, but you could make the slam. But suppose the ♦ finesse lost to West. And further suppose that West then played another ♦. Since only 1 ♠ could be ruffed you'd be down 1. Try something else. NEXT |
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♠ A K 6 5 ♥ 8 3 ♦ K J 7 3 ♣ A K 5 |
| Deal 5 6♦ OL: ♣J |
♠ 7 4 ♥ A K 4 2 ♦ A 8 5 4 ♣ Q 6 2 |
South is to play 6♦. West leads the ♣J.
Losers: ♠ = 2 ♥ = 0 ♦ = 2 ♣ = 0 Total = 4 That loser count may be technically correct but actually it's wonky. As long as ♦s split 3-2 like they should you only have 1 loser in the suit. And if East has the ♦Q you can finesse and have no losers. Also, those 2 ♠ losers could be ruffed in dummy. Suppose you tried it like this: Win the ♣, play ♦A, then a ♦ to the ♦J, then pull the last trump with your ♦K. That would only leave one trump in dummy for ruffing ♠ losers, but you could make the slam. But suppose the ♦ finesse lost to West. And further suppose that West then played another ♦. Since only 1 ♠ could be ruffed you'd be down 1. Try something else. Win the ♣. Play the ♦A and ♦K, forgetting about even trying the finesse. If the ♦Q falls that's good, but if it doesn't, no problem, just leave it out there. Then start on your other high cards. Take 2 more ♣s, 2 ♠s, and 2 ♥s. Then start cross-ruffing the last 4 ♠s and ♥s. The ♦Q guy can trump in whenever he likes but you will make 12 tricks. NEXT for the complete deal. |
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♠ A K 6 5 ♥ 8 3 ♦ K J 7 3 ♣ A K 5 |
| Deal 5 6♦ OL: ♣J |
♠ 7 4 ♥ A K 4 2 ♦ A 8 5 4 ♣ Q 6 2 |
This is the complete deal.
NEXT again to see what would have happened if you had finessed in trumps. |
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♠ J 9 ♥ Q 10 6 5 ♦ Q 9 2 ♣ J 10 9 4 |
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♠ Q 10 8 3 2 ♥ J 9 7 ♦ 10 6 ♣ 8 7 3 |
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♠ A K 6 5 ♥ 8 3 ♦ K J 7 3 ♣ A K 5 |
| Deal 5 6♦ OL: ♣J |
♠ 7 4 ♥ A K 4 2 ♦ 8 ♣ Q 6 |
Suppose you had won the first ♣, then played ♦A and
lost the ♦ finesse to West's ♦Q. West might have
then played his last trump back to your ♦J and the hands would look like this.
You need the rest of the tricks but the best you can do now is to take the two high ♣s, the two high ♥s, the two high ♠s, one ♥ ruff in your hand and one ♠ ruff in dummy. Letting West pull that third round of trumps did you in. NEXT to see how things should have played out. |
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♠ J 9 ♥ Q 10 6 5 ♦ ♣ 10 9 4 |
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♠ Q 10 8 3 2 ♥ J 9 7 ♦ ♣ 8 |
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♠ A K 6 5 ♥ 8 3 ♦ 7 ♣ A 5 |
| Deal 5 6♦ OL: ♣J |
♠ 7 4 ♥ A K 4 2 ♦ 8 5 ♣ Q 6 |
This is how it would have looked if you had won the first ♣ trick, then just played the
♦A and ♦K, not trying the trump finesse.
Leaving the master trump out, you would now proceed to take your two high ♣s, two high ♥s and two high ♠s. Needing just three more tricks, and with two trumps in each hand you just cross-ruff ♥s and ♠. West can ruff in with the ♦Q at some point but he cannot prevent you from winning at least three of your trumps separately. Deal 6 |
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♠ J 9 ♥ Q 10 6 5 ♦ Q ♣ 10 9 4 |
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♠ Q 10 8 3 2 ♥ J 9 7 ♦ ♣ 8 7 |
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♠ A K 6 5 ♥ 8 3 ♦ J 7 ♣ A 5 |