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and play a trump to the 10 and ruff another spade with the ÌQ now
overtake your trump and play a third round. Discard a club on a top
diamond. Okay “go game in hearts”.

Hand 6

Keep C. A. L. M and look at the
Í 4 3 2
spade suit, it looks like we should have Ì 10 9 8
them as trumps but again there are 9 top Ë Q J 6 3
tricks in notrump so that game is not Ê K J 8
wrong. Í K 10 8 Í A Q J 9 7
Ì 6 2 Ì A 5 4 3
Ë K 9 4 2 Ë A 5
Counting top tricks by power: 5 spades, Ê A 7 4 3 Ê 10 6
1 heart, 2 diamonds and a club. 9 in all. Í 6 5
Adding tricks from other sources: Only 7 Ì K Q J 7
10 15 Ë 10 8 7
by ruffing in the short hand!
8 Ê Q 9 5 2
Loser check. We have 1 club and 1 heart
but, if we draw trumps, there is nowhere for the long hearts to go.
Manage. Win the lead (unless they lead a heart) when we duck the first
heart. If a heart is not led we win and duck a heart. Now win any return
and ÌA and ruff a heart. Now play a trump to hand and ruff the last
heart, come to hand and draw trumps. 11 tricks

Hand 7

Again it looks like spades should be Í 7 6 4 2
trumps so keep C. A. L. M. but should it Ì 7
be game or part score? Only the plan will Ë A 8 2
tell. Ê K 9 7 6 4
Í K 9 Í 8 5
Ì 6 5 4 3 Ì J 10 9 8 2
Counting top tricks by power: 1 spade, 3 Ë K 9 6 5 Ë Q J 10
hearts and 1 diamond. 5 in all. Ê Q 8 5 Ê A 10 3
Adding tricks from other sources: Í A Q J 10 3
Possible trick by position in clubs, 2 slow 7 Ì A K Q
8 8 Ë 7 4 3
tricks by power in spades and a trick by
17 Ê J 2
length. Still only 9. Okay, if we throw 2

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