♥ Q J 8
♦ 6 5 2
♣ 8 4 3
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| pass | 2♥ | pass | 4♥ |
| pass | pass | pass | |
South is to play 4♥. West leads the ♥3.
Make a Plan, then click NEXT .
♥ A K 9 6 5 4 2
♦ A Q 4
♣ K 7 5
| Deal 17 |
♠ Q J 10 9 ♥ Q J 8 ♦ 6 5 2 ♣ 8 4 3 |
South is to play 4♥. West leads the ♥3. Make a Plan, then click NEXT . |
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♠ -- ♥ A K 9 6 5 4 2 ♦ A Q 4 ♣ K 7 5 |
| Deal 17 4♥ OL: ♥3 |
♠ Q J 10 9 ♥ Q J 8 ♦ 6 5 2 ♣ 8 4 3 |
South is to play 4♥.
West leads the ♥3.
Losers: ♠ = 0 ♥ = 0 ♦ = 2 ♣ = 3 Total = 5 If East has the ♦K, one ♦ loser can be eliminated by a finesse. And, if East also has the ♣A one more loser can be eliminated by leading toward your ♣K. The chance of both cards being held by East isn't very good, only about 25%. But dummy has some nice ♠s. Can you use them? NEXT |
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♠ -- ♥ A K 9 6 5 4 2 ♦ A Q 4 ♣ K 7 5 |
| Deal 17 4♥ OL: ♥3 |
♠ Q J 10 9 ♥ Q J 8 ♦ 6 5 2 ♣ 8 4 3 |
South is to play 4♥.
West leads the ♥3.
Losers: ♠ = 0 ♥ = 0 ♦ = 2 ♣ = 3 Total = 5 If East has the ♦K, one ♦ loser can be eliminated by a finesse. And, if East also has the ♣A one more loser can be eliminated by leading toward your ♣K. The chance of both cards being held by East isn't very good, only about 25%. But dummy has some nice ♠s. Can you use them? Yes, you can establish 2 ♠ winners for discards, and most importantly, you can do it without letting East into the lead. This is important because if East gets in and plays a ♣ through your ♣ K 7 5 it might be a disaster. So win the ♥J in dummy. Uh-Oh, East discards a ♠. Now play the ♠Q and when East plays low, discard a ♣. This is a loser on loser play and West takes the trick with the ♠A. West now leads the ♥7. You cover with dummy's ♥8 knowing the finesse will win. Next you play dummy's ♠J, covered by East and ruffed by you (if East didn't cover you would throw another ♣ loser). Now enter dummy with the ♥Q, pulling West's last trump at the same time. Discard your 2 ♣s on the ♠ 10 9 and try the ♦ finesse for an overtrick. NEXT for the complete deal. |
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♠ -- ♥ A K 9 6 5 4 2 ♦ A Q 4 ♣ K 7 5 |
| Deal 17 4♥ OL: ♥3 |
♠ Q J 10 9 ♥ Q J 8 ♦ 6 5 2 ♣ 8 4 3 |
This loser-on-loser play didn't have much to do with trump management.
Just the fact that you had to use the trump suit for entries to dummy, and therefore couldn't immediately pull trumps. Deal 18 |
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♠ A 7 5 3 ♥ 10 7 3 ♦ K 9 8 ♣ A 9 6 |
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♠ K 8 6 4 2 ♥ -- ♦ J 10 7 3 ♣ Q J 10 2 |
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♠ -- ♥ A K 9 6 5 4 2 ♦ A Q 4 ♣ K 7 5 |