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Problem: The Auction: West North East South 1♦ pass 2♣ pass 2♠ pass 2NT pass 4NT pass 6NT all pass
Partner leads the ♥7, covered by dummy's 9, your 10, and won by declarer's King. A heart is played back to dummy's ace, and a club is played off the board. Here is your first crucial decision: do you win the Ace, or play low? You correctly play low (more on this later), and declarer's King wins the trick.
Declarer plays the Queen, King and Ace of diamonds, discarding a club on the third round of diamonds. A heart is played from the dummy now; what do you discard? Declarer will win the trick with the Queen, and proceed to cash the ♥J. What do you discard now? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Did you see why it was vital to duck your ♣A at trick 3? If you take the trick, you rectify the count, and help declarer to squeeze you in the clubs and spades. Since you foiled declarer's simple squeeze, declarer's only option was to play for a squeeze without the count, which is a one-loser squeeze, where declarer gives up a trick after the squeeze has taken place. Also note that 6♥ is laydown whenever the ♣A is onside. 6NT required you to have four clubs to the Ace, Queen and Jack, or four clubs to the Ace-Queen and misdefend the hand.
Bridge Baron deal No : 16888009796350751818799333928 You can download this deal in PPL format, and view it with Bridge Baron here :Deal Of The Week |
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