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CONTRACT BRIDGE
By W. E. McKenney
The following hand was selected from the national' auction cham- plonship events. Just a slight dif-| forence in play made the actual dif- ference of four tricks between two tables.
WEST
NORTH S-K.7.503 H-10-4 D-6-5-3-2
EAST
S-A-J B-A-1-7- 0-2 D-0.1
C-A-K-3
S-Q-8-2 H-0 D-K-10-
8-7-4
10-9
C-7.5
SOUTH-DEALER
4-2
S-10-9-8-4
H~~K>0·9+6·3
D-A-9
C-0.0
The Bidding
The bidding at, the two tables we have in mind was exactly the kame. The hand was played at unction and South, the dealer, bid, one heart, North taking the con- tract to one no trump..
The Play
Eust opened the seven of dis-, monds, dummy played the nine and; West false-carded and won the trick with the queen: West, then #hifted to the club suit and re- turned the queen of clubs, which the declarer won with the ace. The declarer In both cases rather felt that West was out of diamonds and decided to attempt to set the long heart suit before the ace of diamonds was killed, and returned the ten of hearis.
East played the elght, dummy the three and West won the trick:
with the jack. The eight spot falling from the East hand should
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that East is out of hearts or else holda only the bare ace. West returned the jack of diamonds which dummy won with the nee, Declarer returned the ten of] spades from dummy, and at both tables West jumped up with the ace in order to provide his hand with an exit card should he bel later thrown in with a heart.) West returned the jack of clubs which the declarer won with the king..
Here is where the play differed at the two tables. Both players decided that their only chance off making their contract was to find the ace of hearts in the West hand.
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¦ At one table, the declarer's next lead was the four of hearts, which West won with the Acc. West cashed his two good club tricks only one diamond, one spade and up the jack of spades in the Weat and led the jack of spades. The two club tricks, or four tricks in hand and now led the three of declarer refused to win, hoping all, going down three tricks clubs, throwing West in the lead. to leave West in the lead so that At the other table, the declarer All West can do is to cash hia he would have to lend into the correctly reasoned that West held good ten of clubs and the nee of dummy's queen. nine of hearts, the four missing hearts and two hearts, and the declarer will win but East was on the job and over-clubs and had gone up with the the last three tricks. Instead of took with the queen of spades ace of spades to reserve a spade going down three tricks, as was and cashed his good diamonds. for an exit card. He therefore done at the other table, this de- The declarer in this case made swung the king of spades, picking! clarer made one no trump.
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