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West North East South
- - 1D ( 1S ) 1NT
( p ) 3NT all pass
The ♠ 7 is led.
You can get 9 tricks including ♣ and one ♠.. but the ♣ Ace is out ( and West has it ) .
Which card do you play from dummy ? Q, 10, or 6 ?
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#1
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Posted 2012-July-07, 14:37
I have to admit that I found this interesting ( from a newspaper bridge column today ). Maybe it is too easy for you, but I had to think about it for awhile .
West North East South
- - 1D ( 1S ) 1NT
( p ) 3NT all pass
The ♠ 7 is led.
You can get 9 tricks including ♣ and one ♠.. but the ♣ Ace is out ( and West has it ) .
Which card do you play from dummy ? Q, 10, or 6 ?
West North East South
- - 1D ( 1S ) 1NT
( p ) 3NT all pass
The ♠ 7 is led.
You can get 9 tricks including ♣ and one ♠.. but the ♣ Ace is out ( and West has it ) .
Which card do you play from dummy ? Q, 10, or 6 ?
Don Stenmark
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"imo by far in bridge the least understood concept is how to bid over a jump-shift
( 1M-1NT!-3m-?? )." ....Justin Lall
" Did someone mention relays? " .... Zelandakh
K-Rex to Mikeh : " Sometimes you drive me nuts " .
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Posted 2012-July-07, 15:13
the Q
if the A is won by rho the spade suit cannot be successfully attacked immediately (we duck it around to the T)
and if the Q is ducked we have a second spade stop. By playing the Q we make it competely irrelevant which
hand has the club A. If we insert the T we can be defeated if rho covers and lho can lead another spade when they
get in with the club A.
if the A is won by rho the spade suit cannot be successfully attacked immediately (we duck it around to the T)
and if the Q is ducked we have a second spade stop. By playing the Q we make it competely irrelevant which
hand has the club A. If we insert the T we can be defeated if rho covers and lho can lead another spade when they
get in with the club A.
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Posted 2012-July-07, 15:59
Q seems obvious, if you play anything else, you have to duck E's J or 9 which will do just as well if you know the spade suit is like this and the club A is with W.
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Posted 2012-July-07, 23:15
Play the queen. No matter what East does you have time to knock out the CA.
If you lose all hope, you can always find it again -- Richard Ford in The Sportswriter
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Posted 2012-July-08, 08:08
Yes, you all got it.... the Q is correct.
It's "damned if you do and damned if you don't" for East.
If East takes or ducks, you have a 2nd ♠ stop with the tempo to knock out the ♣Ace .
It's "damned if you do and damned if you don't" for East.
If East takes or ducks, you have a 2nd ♠ stop with the tempo to knock out the ♣Ace .
Don Stenmark
TWOferBRIDGE
"imo by far in bridge the least understood concept is how to bid over a jump-shift
( 1M-1NT!-3m-?? )." ....Justin Lall
" Did someone mention relays? " .... Zelandakh
K-Rex to Mikeh : " Sometimes you drive me nuts " .
TWOferBRIDGE
"imo by far in bridge the least understood concept is how to bid over a jump-shift
( 1M-1NT!-3m-?? )." ....Justin Lall
" Did someone mention relays? " .... Zelandakh
K-Rex to Mikeh : " Sometimes you drive me nuts " .
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Posted 2012-July-11, 08:09
I guess it depends on scoring method and whether other tricks may be developed. If they could, at matchpoints I'd be tempted to duck to the King, and assume/hope East has the Ace of clubs as part of the hand warranting an overcall on a lousy suit.
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