6thApril– Board 8. Love All.
Dealer West.
Even easy hands have
something about them which may cause a moment’s concern. The hand below was not
difficult to bid or indeed achieve a positive outcome but there was something
of interest.
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North:
S J 3 2
H Q 10 5 3 2
D A J
C J 5 4
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West:
S Q 10 9 7 5
H 9
D K 10 8 3
C K 10 7
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East:
S A 8
H A K J 6
D 9 6 5 4
C A Q 6
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South:
S K 6 4
H 8 7 4
D Q 7 2
C 9 8 3 2
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West
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North
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East
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South
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No
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No
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1H
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No
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1S
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No
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2NT
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No
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3NT
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End
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I
bet everyone reached 3NT and I’m sure everyone who did so achieved a positive
result but it’s the play in the spade suit that is of interest. How should you
play the suit to give yourself the best chance of making four tricks? Obviously
you start by leading the ace followed by a low one but what do you do when
South plays low as well? If the spades break 3-3 then you can’t guess right if
North holds both the king and jack and you can’t guess wrong if South has them.
But if South has the king and not the jack you should play the queen from dummy
but not if South has the jack and not the king when you should finesse. However
it’s the 4-2 breaks that make this combination interesting and you should cater
for North having started with jack doubleton by playing the queen. If North
started with king doubleton then you have two losers in the suit whatever you
do. Geddit?
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