Bridge Deal of the Week (May 25 2016)
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Solution
If trumps are 4-2, there is an elegant line of play that would guarantee your contract. You should go up with the ♣A at trick three, unblock the ♦A, and ruff dummy's remaining heart in hand. Now, your next move should be to cash the king and queen of diamonds, after which you should plan to play the rest of the hand along crossruff lines. After cashing the king and queen of diamonds, you should ruff a diamond in dummy with the ♠J, and ruff a club with the ♠K. You will now ruff the last diamond with the ♠A, and advance a club from dummy. Here is the position:
If East follows with a club or discards to this trick, you will ruff with the ♠7. If this wins the trick, then you will cash the ♠Q for your tenth trick; if West overruffs, he will have to play into your Q9 of spades. If East instead chooses to ruff in when you lead a club, you will overruff East with the next higher trump. If West overruffs your card, this has the effect of rendering your trump holding into a tenace, and West therefore has to lead into your tenace after overruffing. |
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Par Contract AnalysisThe par contract on this deal is 3♠ by North-South. |
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