Bridge Deal of the Week (August 03 2016)

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987
K54
A7
107654
Deal
AK4
AJ
10654
KQJ2

 

 

 

Problem


The Auction:

West North East South
      1♣
Pass 3♣ Pass 3NT

all pass

Your partner has answered your opening bid of 1♣ with a weak inverted minor raise and you, feeling as frisky as ever, go for 3NT of course. West leads the 8 and you must decide whether or not to play the A from the dummy, as diamonds are your only weakness...

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If West led the 4th highest of his diamonds suit, then by the rule of eleven there should be three diamonds higher than the 8 in the rest of the hands. As dummy has the A and you have the 10, East should have the Q.

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