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Last weekend an International mixed teams event was held online. I partnered Maggie and while not successful we did enjoy it and had a few good moments. On the above hand, I had a tricky response to 1DX. I felt I had not enough to venture 1NT, and temporised with 1S. Maggie bid 3C ,and I took a shot at 3NT .
Click HERE to put yourself in the South chair, and play 3NT on the HQ lead, that could be from KQ, or QJ.
First click on South to hide the hands ,and then click on Next to see how the play proceeded. When you advance the C10 and West covers with the K would you win the Ace?
Once you've thought it through Click on Show Answer
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If you did win the Ace, you can no longer make the contract as East will win the 4th club to play a diamond through, and the Defence will defeat the contract.
If you duck the CK what can West do? Eventually the long heart will be set up, or the DK will provide the 9th winner.
Give yourself an A if you found the winning play. However if you led a low club from dummy at trick 2 you get an A+ as their is a possibility that West started with 4 Spades, and repeated spade leads will set up a spade winner. Leading a low club at trick 2 prevents that possibility.
If you like this format of showing hands ,Join me next Saturday at the club at 11 am. I will suggest ideas on Bridge Thinking.
Everyone will be able to see instructive hands and each player will get a chance to play a hand at the table. Please register online. You can also come to the club on the morning. |
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| STANDBY SYSTEM |
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