East Dealer
EW Vuln.
MPs
4 by S
North
10 7
A K 5 4 2
K J 9 4
6 2
Lead
Q
East
10 (encourage)
South
K Q 8 6
J 10 7 6
A 10 3
A 8
Plan the play.
Do you duck a club immediately? Do you play on hearts immediately? Or do you play one heart, perhaps, and try a spade to the Queen?
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Version 2 - ducking the club is pointless, as it gives them one more easy play. So: A clubs, heart to the A, spade to the king.
ReplyDeleteDUCK THE CLUB HAS THE ADVANTAGE OF TAKING THE OPTION AWAY FROM THEM AS TO WHO WINS IT LATER IN THE PLAY.SO DUCK CLUB WIN CONTINUATION PLAY A HEART TO THE KING AND A SPADE WEST MIGHT HAVE TO EXIT WITH A SPADE YOU WIN RUFF A SPADE AND PLAY KING AND ANOTHER HEART THE HAND WITH THE THIRD HEART IS LESS LIKELY TO HOLD THE FOURTH SPADE AND WOULD HAVE TO GIVE A RUFF AND SLUFF
ReplyDeleteThis second answer works rather well. After the first line, West can take the spade ace, and cross to East for a spade through. On the hand West held AJxx of spades, singleton hearts and QJxxx of clubs so would have had to find the spade return, then ruffing the spade and playing top hearts and another leaves East endplayed.
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