Page 201 - Learn Bridge Ver2_Neat

Week 5 answers.

Say how you would plan these hands.

Í A 8 5
Hand 1.
Ì K 10 6 3
Ë A 9 2
(West has announced 3 points and East has 9). Ê K 8 5
You decide to go game in hearts (which is a shame
Í K 2
because the notrump game might have been easier). The lead
Ì A Q J 9 4
is the Ë4. What is your plan?
Ë Q 8 7 6
We are in trumps so we keep C. A. L. M. Ê Q 2

Count quick tricks by power. Spades - 2, Hearts - 5, Diamonds - 1,
Clubs - 0. Total - 8

Add tricks from other sources.
Slow tricks by power. Spades - 0, Hearts - 0, Diamonds - 0, Clubs - 1.
Total so far 9.
Tricks by length. Maybe you can trump the fourth diamond in dummy.
Note that this is a new sort of trick by length that only occurs in trump
contracts.
Tricks by position. Possibly 1 in diamonds if either West has led away
from the King or East has the King.
So we have nine tricks and two possible sources for the tenth.
Losers check. We have 3 - the ÊA and two diamonds. That is okay.
Manage the hand. The real danger is that West’s lead is a singleton and
then, if you play low on the lead, we
Í A 8 5
could lose the ËK, a diamond ruff, the Ì K 10 6 3
ÊA and a second ruff! Ë A 9 2
Okay, we will win the lead and play Ê K 8 5
a round of trumps to check they are Í Q 10 7 4 Í J 9 6 3
Ì 7 5 2 Ì 8
not 4-0 and when they are not we will
Ë 4 Ë K J 10 5 3
draw theirs finishing in the dummy
Ê J 9 7 4 3 Ê A 10 6
and lead a diamond towards the Í K 2
Queen. As the cards are this will lead Ì A Q J 9 4
to 11 tricks. Ë Q 8 7 6
Ê Q 2
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