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Week 3 hand analysis.

Hand 1

The North/South pair have 25 points
Í J 9 7 5
and North, the declarer, should be Ì A K Q
thinking of game. Okay, make C. A. M. P. Ë K Q J 10
Ê 3 2
Í 10 4 Í A K Q 3 2
Count quick tricks by power. 3 hearts and
Ì J 8 7 5 Ì 10 3 2
3 clubs. Total 6.
Ë 9 8 7 6 Ë A 5 2
Add tricks from other sources (P. L. P.). Ê J 8 4 Ê 10 9
We have 3 slow tricks by power in Í 8 6
diamonds, and we have 3 possible tricks 16 Ì 9 6 4
2 13 Ë 4 3
by length in clubs. Once the top three
9 Ê A K Q 7 6 5
have gone everyone should have run out
and the three little clubs will win by length.
Manage the hand. We are going to win as soon as we can and play on
clubs counting carefully to make sure that the 3 small ones do become
tricks by length. This means that if East starts by leading 4 rounds of
spades it is essential that we do not throw a small club from the dummy
(South).
Play. Announce that you will "go game", win a trick as soon as possible
and play clubs and then cash our hearts.

Hand 2

Although East/West has a huge 28 Í J 10 8 5 4
points between them, when most are in one Ì Q 10 2
hand, as here, declarer must be extra careful. Ë 10 9
Ê 9 7 2
East declares and makes C. A. M. P.
Í K 9 7 Í A Q 6
Ì 5 3 Ì A 9 7
Count quick tricks by power. 3 spades, 1 Ë K Q 7 5 2 Ë A J 4
heart and 4 diamonds. Total 8 Ê 8 6 4 Ê K Q 5 3
Add tricks from other sources (P. L. P.). We Í 3 2
3 Ì K J 8 6 4
probably have 1 trick by length in diamonds
8 20 Ë 8 6 3
and so we have our nine. 9 Ê A J 10

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