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CONTRACT BRIDGE
By W. E. McKenney
The following hand was solocted from the national auction cham-i plonship events. Just a slight dif- ference in play made the actual dif- ference of four tricks between two tablen.
WEST
NORTH S-K-7-5-3 11-10:4
EAST
D--6-5-3-2
S-A-J H~~A.J-7~
C-A-K-3
5.2
C-0.J
10-9
SOUTH-DEALER
$--Q-8-2 K-0 D-K-10. 8-74 C-7+5 4-2
S--10-0-8-4
H-X-Q-9-6-3
D-A-D
CE-6
The Bidding
The bidding at the two tables we have in mind was exactly the Fame: The hand was played at auction and South, the dealer, bid, one heart, North taking the con- tract to one!
no trump.
The Play
East opened the seven of día- imonds, dummy played the nine and Wort false-carded and won the trick with the queen. West then shifted to the club suit and re- turned the queen of clubs, which the declarer won with the aca.) 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 hearts.
East played the eight, dummy the three and West won the trick with the jack. The eight spot falling from the East hand should Immediately Warn the declarer that East is out of hearts or else holds only the bare ace. West returned the jack of diamonds which dummy won with the acc. 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 bei 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 chanco of making their contract was to find the ace of hearts in the West hand.
At one table, the declarer's next lend was the four of hearts, which West
won with the ace. West
to leave Weat in the lead so that
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eashed his two good club tricks only one diamond, one spade and up the jack of spades in the West and led the jack of spaden. 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, At the other table, the declarer All West can do is to cash his he would have to lend into the correctly reasoned that West held good ten of clubs and the ace of dummy's queen, nine of heart the four missing hearts and two hearts, and the declarer will win but East was on the jub 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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let Doo.
6,000
3rd Dao,
7,000
3rd Doe.
| 16,000 | 15th. Doa,
8,000 15th Dec.
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Amoy, Mosi, Kobe
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S'hai, Moji, Kobo & Yoko
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S'hai, Moji, Kobo & Yoko
Amoy, B'hai, Moji, Kobe
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