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Solution to Previous Contract Problem
As an opponent, sometimes you troublesome, especially when the will. And high cards are a little' declarer keeps throwing you In with these high cards, forcing you to make leads that are to his ad- vantage.
The following land combines not only a Bath coup, but some nest and plays. It was played In the recent Vanderbilt tourna-: mont by Miss Holeno Scranton, one of Now York'e women contract stars,
Weat opened the king of spades. Mias Scranton, in the South, hold- ing ace, jack, and nine of spades, decided to refuse to win the first triek.
To refuse to win a trick, when holding the ace-jack, is known as the Bath coup. It is made with the hope that the apponent will continue with that suit and it then
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will be possible to make both the ace and jack, while, if the trick is won immediately, the other oppo- nent may get in and lead through the declarer's jack,
However, West refused to fall Into the trap and led the seven of diamonds. East went up with the queen and South won with the king.
The eight of hearts then was played and won in dummy with the queen, Miss Scranton, returned the lack of clubs from dummy.. West won the trick with the queen and led back the nine of hearts, which South won with the king, following with the king of clubs.
West refused to win the trick and played the eight, but Miss Scranton continued with the clubs, forcing West to win with the ace. West exited with a heart, which was won in dummy with the nee, Miss Scranton dis- carding the nine of clubs.
Dummy's good ten of clubs was cashed,, West discarding a spade. Now the three of. diamonds was led from dummy, South-going-up with the ace, and leading the ten- spot, which threw West into the lead.
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