♥ Q 10 9
♦ K Q 7
♣ 8 5 4
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| pass | 1♠ | pass | 2♦ |
| pass | 3♥ | pass | 4♥ |
| pass | pass | pass |
South is to play 4♥. West leads the ♠K, taken by dummy's ♠A.
Make a Plan, then click NEXT .
♥ A K J 6 3
♦ A 8 3 2
♣ 7 6 2
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♠ A 7 5 2 ♥ Q 10 9 ♦ K Q 7 ♣ 8 5 4 |
South is to play 4♥. West leads the ♠K, taken by dummy's ♠A. Make a Plan, then click NEXT . |
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♠ 10 ♥ A K J 6 3 ♦ A 8 3 2 ♣ 7 6 2 |
| Deal 11 4♥ OL: ♠K |
♠ A 7 5 2 ♥ Q 10 9 ♦ K Q 7 ♣ 8 5 4 |
South is to play 4♥. West leads the ♠K,
taken by dummy's ♠A.
Losers: ♠ = 0 ♥ = 0 ♦ = 1 ♣ = 3 Total = 4 One possibility is to pull trumps and play for a 3-3 ♦ split. This will occur about 36% of the time. While you may not know all the bridge probabilities, it is useful to remember that an EVEN number of cards (6 in this case) will probably NOT split EVENLY (3-3 in this case). So, let's try to improve on 36%. You could play to pull just two rounds of trumps, then ruff your fourth ♦, hoping that the defender with the third trump also has the fourth ♦. These odds are tougher to figure, but it doesn't look good, does it? If you don't see a better Plan than these two, just put yourself in Dummy's seat and pretend you are playing 4♥ from that side of the table. NEXT |
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♠ 10 ♥ A K J 6 3 ♦ A 8 3 2 ♣ 7 6 2 |
| Deal 11 4♥ OL: ♠K |
♠ A 7 5 2 ♥ Q 10 9 ♦ K Q 7 ♣ 8 5 4 |
South is to play 4♥. West leads the ♠K,
taken by dummy's ♠A.
Losers: ♠ = 0 ♥ = 0 ♦ = 1 ♣ = 3 Total = 4 One possibility is to pull trumps and play for a 3-3 ♦ split. This will occur about 36% of the time. While you may not know all the bridge probabilities, it is useful to remember that an EVEN number of cards (6 in this case) will probably NOT split EVENLY (3-3 in this case). So, let's try to improve on 36%. You could play to pull just two rounds of trumps, then ruff your fourth ♦, hoping that the defender with the third trump also has the fourth ♦. These odds are tougher to figure, but it doesn't look good, does it? If you don't see a better Plan than these two, just put yourself in Dummy's seat and pretend you are playing 4♥ from that side of the table. Aha! From dummy's viewpoint you have no ♦ losers! You still have the 3 ♣ losers, but now you also have 3 ♠ losers. How does this help you? You can now ruff all 3 of those ♠ losers in the South hand. Like this: Win the ♠A and ruff a ♠ with the ♥A. Play a small ♥ to dummy's ♥9. Ruff another ♠ with the ♥K. Play a small ♥ to dummy's ♥10. Ruff dummy's last ♠ with your last trump, the ♥J. Enter dummy with a ♦ and pull the last trump with the ♥Q. You win 3 ♦s, 3 ♥s in dummy, the ♠A and 3 ♠ ruffs in your hand. Total: 10 tricks. NEXT for the complete deal. |
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♠ 10 ♥ A K J 6 3 ♦ A 8 3 2 ♣ 7 6 2 |
| Deal 11 4♥ OL: ♠K |
♠ A 7 5 2 ♥ Q 10 9 ♦ K Q 7 ♣ 8 5 4 |
This is a Dummy Reversal. You take some ruffs in the long-trump hand, and pull
trumps with the short-trump hand.
For a Dummy Reversal to work you usually have to have a decent trump split. Deal 12 |
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♠ K Q 9 6 3 ♥ 8 5 ♦ 9 6 ♣ A J 9 3 |
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♠ J 8 4 ♥ 7 4 2 ♦ J 10 5 4 ♣ K Q 10 |
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♠ 10 ♥ A K J 6 3 ♦ A 8 3 2 ♣ 7 6 2 |