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General Bridge Discussion => Interesting Play Hands => Topic started by: OliverC on January 13, 2018, 01:05:11 PM
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Paula and I found a nice defence on this hand when Opps overstretched themselves:
You are North, Game All, Dealer West:
North
!S Q96
!H QJ975
!D K108
!C K10
Bidding
West North East South
1 !D 1 !H 1 !S No
1NT No 2 !S No
3NT All Pass
Paula led the !H Queen and Dummy went down:
East (Dummy)
!S KJ1074
!H 106
!D AJ2
!C 985
North
!S Q96
!H QJ975
!D K108
!C K10
Partner (me) played the !H 2 and Declarer won with the King, cashed the !S Ace and then led a small Diamond to Dummy's Jack, which held.The King and Jack of Spades followed, Declarer discarding small Hearts and Partner following with the !S 2 and then the 5.
What now?
Paula did well to switch to the !C King (Clubs were what I'd been asking for with the !H 2 at trick 1) and we took the next 5 tricks (I had !C AQxxx) to defeat 3NT by 2 tricks. Clearly lots of Norths didn't, because NT contracts were often making 8 or 9 tricks. The Heart position was totally clear and clearly the Diamonds and Spades give no prospect of tricks so the only immediate chance of taking the contract off was in Clubs.