| Deal 15 |
♠ 4 3 2 ♥ 9 5 3 ♦ A K 9 5 ♣ 7 4 2 |
This is identical to Deal 14 except dummy has the ♠4 in place of the ♠9. South is to play 4♠. West leads the ♥A, then the ♥K, then ♥10. Make a Plan, then click NEXT . |
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♠ A K Q J 10 ♥ Q J ♦ 8 7 ♣ A K 6 3 |
| Deal 15 4♠ OL: ♥A |
♠ 4 3 2 ♥ 9 5 3 ♦ A K 9 5 ♣ 7 4 2 |
South is to play 4♠. West leads the ♥A, then the ♥K, then ♥10. Losers: ♠ = 0 ♥ = 2 ♦ = 0 ♣ = 2 Total = 4 The 2 ♥s are already lost, so you put your mind to the 2 ♣s. If the suit splits 3-3 the problem goes away, but a 4-2 split is more likely. So you should plan to ruff the fourth ♣ in dummy. NEXT |
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♠ A K Q J 10 ♥ Q J ♦ 8 7 ♣ A K 6 3 |
| Deal 15 4♠ OL: ♥A |
♠ 4 3 2 ♥ 9 5 3 ♦ A K 9 5 ♣ 7 4 2 |
South is to play 4♠. West leads the ♥A, then the ♥K, then ♥10. Losers: ♠ = 0 ♥ = 2 ♦ = 0 ♣ = 2 Total = 4 The 2 ♥s are already lost, so you put your mind to the 2 ♣s. If the suit splits 3-3 the problem goes away, but a 4-2 split is more likely. So you should plan to ruff the fourth ♣ in dummy. You cannot use the same method that worked in Deal 14 because with this hand when you ruffed the fourth ♣ with dummy's ♠4 it would surely get over-ruffed. This time you are going to have to be very lucky and find the defender with only two ♣s to also have only two ♠s. Suppose you ruff the third ♥, pull just two rounds of trumps, then play ♣ A K 3. No good. The defender with the ♣s will take that trick and play his last trump, stopping dummy from the ♣ ruff. But this way will work. Ruff the third ♥ and duck a ♣! Win any return and now pull two rounds of trumps. Then play ♣ A K 6, ruffing the ♣6 with dummy's last trump. The rest of the tricks are yours. NEXT for the complete deal. |
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♠ A K Q J 10 ♥ Q J ♦ 8 7 ♣ A K 6 3 |
| Deal 15 4♠ OL: ♥A |
♠ 4 3 2 ♥ 9 5 3 ♦ A K 9 5 ♣ 7 4 2 |
In Deal 14 you had pretty much a sure thing. Here you had to be extremely lucky
with the opposing cards.
But you also had to be extremely clever to pull it off. This is probably the hardest Deal in this section. Deal 16 |
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♠ 9 7 ♥ A K 10 4 2 ♦ J 6 4 2 ♣ Q 9 |
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♠ 8 6 5 ♥ 8 7 6 ♦ Q 10 3 ♣ J 10 8 5 |
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♠ A K Q J 10 ♥ Q J ♦ 8 7 ♣ A K 6 3 |