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Bridge Deal of the Week (Dec 29 2006)

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 QJ32
 J106
 K98
 1092
Deal
A109
 A32
 AQJ7
 Q53

Problem:

The Auction:
West   North   East   South
                       1♣    1NT*
pass     2♣      pass    2
pass    3NT     all pass

* 16-18

You are South, playing in a Sectional Swiss Teams against average opponents. Since your partnership plays sound 1NT overcalls, partner chose to invite aggressively. You accepted the invitation, and are declaring 3NT on the lead of the ♣4. East wins the Ace, and returns the ♣8.

You have your first decision of the day - do you play run this to the 10, or do you play the Queen? There are not many clues to guide you here. You know that East is not the player to make this play from AKx(x), so you play low. It turns out that you could not ge this right, as West wins the Jack and cashes the King, East following. West cashes the fourth club now, you discard a heart from dummy, East discards an encouraging 9, you discard a heart as well. West plays a heart to East's Queen and your Ace. Your play.

Hint:
You have 4 diamonds, 1 heart, and need 4 spades for the contract. East is marked with the remaining high cards, so the ♠K is onside. You need two entries to dummy, one to take the spade finesse, while the other to cash the fourth spade winner. You have only one entry, the K, and need to manufacture another.

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Bridge Baron deal No: N4743-97099-40894-42122-50544-26610

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