OKbridge today TEST
n
Dlr: South
Vul: E-W
IMPs
North (dummy)
A10965
943
K9842
-
South (you)
43
AQ2
A63
AKQ97
South
1
2NT
3NT
West
Pass
Pass
Pass
North
1
3
Pass
East
Pass
Pass
Pass
Opening lead: 6 (fourth best leads)
East's 10 goes to your Q. With eight tricks off the top and plenty of chances for nine, how
do you continue?
Solution
West
QJ82
KJ865
5
J85
North
A10965
943
K9842
-
South
43
AQ2
A63
AKQ97
East
K7
107
QJ107
106432
Start by leading a low diamond to the king and a diamond back to the ace. If diamonds go 3-2,
concede a diamond and play the rest of the hand for practice; you have 10 tricks in the bank.
However, if diamonds are 4-1, you must your attention to clubs. Given your interior spots, best is
to play the AKQ hoping that either hand has 108(x), J8(x) or J10(x). Barring that, you are still o.k.
if clubs are 4-4. If anything good happens in clubs, you will have established your ninth trick in that suit
while you still have the A as a hand entry.
Incidentally, the best play in DIAMONDS for four tricks is to lead the ace hoping to drop a
singleton honor in the East hand. If you do, you can then lead a diamond to the nine which should give
you four tricks in the suit (unless East is pulling your leg with QJ10x. However, the best way to play
diamonds "in isolation" is not the best way to play diamonds on this hand because it is important to end
up in your own hand, not dummy, after you play two rounds of diamonds.
KEY POINTERS
1. When a hand looks easy, ask yourself what can go wrong, and try to guard against that eventuality.
2. When two suits are involved in your planning, make sure the entry situation is covered.
3. The best way to play a card combination for the maximum number of tricks may not be the best way
to play that combination in the context of the hand you are playing.
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