♥ 8 4 3 2
♦ A Q 7 4
♣ 9 5
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| pass | 2♥ | pass | 4♥ |
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South is to play 4♥. West leads the ♠K.
Make a Plan, then click NEXT .
♥ K Q J 9 7 5
♦ 8
♣ K Q J
| Deal 4 |
♠ 8 6 2 ♥ 8 4 3 2 ♦ A Q 7 4 ♣ 9 5 |
South is to play 4♥. West leads the ♠K. Make a Plan, then click NEXT . |
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♠ A 7 4 ♥ K Q J 9 7 5 ♦ 8 ♣ K Q J |
| Deal 4 4♥ OL: ♠K |
♠ 8 6 2 ♥ 8 4 3 2 ♦ A Q 7 4 ♣ 9 5 |
South is to play 4♥. West leads the ♠K.
Losers: ♠ = 2 ♥ = 1 ♦ = 0 ♣ = 1 Total = 4 West found the best opening lead for his side, exposing your ♠ losers before you could establish the ♣ suit for a discard. If you start to pull trumps right away the defense will grab the ♥A, then take their two ♠ tricks and you will still have the ♣A that you cannot avoid. Other than the ♦A the only useful card in dummy is the ♦Q so you must try to make a winner out of that for a discard. So win the ♠A, lead your singleton ♦ and finesse the ♦Q. Your luck has returned, the ♦Q wins and you discard one of your ♠ losers on the ♦A. Click NEXT . |
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♠ A 7 4 ♥ K Q J 9 7 5 ♦ 8 ♣ K Q J |
| Deal 4 4♥ OL: ♠K |
♠ 8 6 ♥ 8 4 3 2 ♦ 7 4 ♣ 9 5 |
South is to play 4♥. West leads the ♠K.
Losers: ♠ = 2 ♥ = 1 ♦ = 0 ♣ = 1 Total = 4 West found the best opening lead for his side, exposing your ♠ losers before you could establish the ♣ suit for a discard. If you start to pull trumps right away the defense will grab the ♥A, then take their two ♠ tricks and you will still have the ♣A that you cannot avoid. Other than the ♦A the only useful card in dummy is the ♦Q so you must try to make a winner out of that for a discard. So win the ♠A, lead your singleton ♦ and finesse the ♦Q. Your luck has returned, the ♦Q wins and you discard one of your ♠ losers on the ♦A. At this point you have not lost any tricks, and you can see that you have only 3 losers remaining in your hand. So you start pulling trumps and establishing the ♣s. Click NEXT for the complete deal. |
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♠ 7 ♥ K Q J 9 7 5 ♦ ♣ K Q J |
| Deal 4 4♥ OL: ♠K |
♠ 8 6 2 ♥ 8 4 3 2 ♦ A Q 7 4 ♣ 9 5 |
If the ♦ finesse had lost you would have gone down 2 instead of just one.
The risk was worthwhile though since it gave you your only chance of making the contract. Deal 5 |
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♠ K Q 9 3 ♥ 10 ♦ K 10 6 5 ♣ 10 7 3 2 |
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♠ J 10 5 ♥ A 6 ♦ J 9 3 2 ♣ A 8 6 4 |
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♠ A 7 4 ♥ K Q J 9 7 5 ♦ 8 ♣ K Q J |