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Appendix 2 - How should I have played it?

Our first hand
Remember that we played Whist
with this one. Í J 8 5
We will quickly see that when we Ì A J 10
are playing this game it is not always Ë 10 5 3
correct to play our Aces and Kings Ê K 8 7 6
Í A Q 10 Í K 9 2
right away, because, if we are clever, it
Ì 8 5 2 Ì K 7 3
is our little cards that can make tricks Ë A 9 8 6 Ë K 7 4 2
once the opponents have run out. Look Ê Q 9 3 Ê J 5 4
at the diamond suit here. If we play Í 7 6 4 3
Ace then King and a third one the Ì Q 9 6 4
Ë Q J
opponent’s 9 will take a trick but, so
Ê A 10 2
long as we can get the lead back, our 8
will be the next trick in the suit.
Notice that if the East/West pair cooperate and play on diamonds
early they should make 3 spade tricks, 3 diamond tricks and they should
also come to a heart and/or a club depending on the lead. How many
tricks did you make?

Week 1 hand analysis

Hand 1
The North/South pair has the
Í A K 2
majority of the points, North has a Ì A 5 4 3
massive 21 points and becomes the Ë A K Q J
declarer while South who has only 12 and Ê 3 2
becomes the dummy. As soon as the Í 7 5 4 3 Í 8 6
Ì Q 2 Ì J 10 9 8 7
declarer sees the dummy he can work out
Ë 9 8 7 Ë 10 6 2
that West has the ÌQ and the ÊK Ê K J 9 7 Ê 10 8 4
because West declared 6 points and East Í Q J 10 9
1. Also with this huge amount of points 21 Ì K 6
you should "go game" and so must make 6 1 Ë 5 4 3
12 Ê A Q 6 5
at least 9 tricks. North can count 4 spade
tricks, 2 heart tricks, 4 diamonds and 1 club. 11 in total. How many tricks

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