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play the Ace first, and 2 hearts. Í 6 4
But if, as soon as we get in, we play a Ì J 8 7 5 4 3
spade we must get the lead back before Ë A Q 8
Ê 3 2
the defenders can make 5 tricks. Now we
Í J 10 3 Í K Q 2
have 2 spade tricks, that makes 10 and
Ì A K 6 Ì 2
we ‘go game’. Ë J 10 5 2 Ë 9 6 3
Ê A 10 9 Ê K Q J 8 7 5
Hand 5 Í A 9 8 7 5
Hey, these are getting harder! In 7 Ì Q 10 9
13 11 Ë K 7 4
many ways hands that are in the
9 Ê 6 4
combined 21-23 point range are more
difficult than stronger hands, where you Í 7 6
can simply crush the opponents into Ì 10 9 6 4
submission. Ë K Q J 10
Ê K 6 2
East/West are the declaring side and
Í A 5 Í K 4 3
East the declarer. With only 22 points
Ì K J 8 7 Ì A Q
this is certainly a ‘part score’. Ë 9 6 2 Ë A 7 5 3
Suppose we get the ÍQ lead. Before Ê J 5 4 3 Ê 10 9 8 7
you touch a card we must make a little Í Q J 10 9 8 2
plan. Let us, for the moment, focus on 9 Ì 5 3 2
9 13 Ë 8 4
the heart suit. We need to win the Ace
9 Ê A Q
and Queen and then win a trick in the
dummy to play the ÌK and ÌJ.
The only entry to the dummy is the ÍA so we must win the first trick
with the ÍK. For the first time we must think ahead!

Hand 6
Í 10 6 2
Ì 10 7
Now South is the declarer and North Ë K 6 5 4
the dummy. The lead should be the ÌK. Ê A Q J 6
The hand looks, from the number of Í 9 4 Í 8 7 5 3
points we have, that we should ‘go Ì K Q J 9 8 Ì 6 5 4
Ë Q J 8 Ë A 7
game’. Before we commit ourselves let us
Ê 10 8 7 Ê 5 4 3 2
count our tricks. We have 4 clubs so long Í A K Q J
as we untangle them (honours from the 10 Ì A 3 2
short hand first). We have 1 heart and 4 9 4 Ë 10 9 4 2
spades. That comes to 9 and so game it 17 Ê K 9

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