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Problem: The Auction: West North East South 1♣ dbl 1♥ pass 1♠ dbl 2♣ pass 3♣ dbl pass 3♦ all pass You are dealt the unimpressive South hand in a pair event. West opens 1♣, partner makes a takeout double, RHO bids 1♥ and you pass. West bids 1♠, partner doubles to show a good hand, East returns to his partner's first bid suit by bidding 2♣. Your hand has still not improved, so you pass again. West preemptively raises the level by bidding 3♣ which evokes yet another double from partner! RHO passes, you are forced to find a call and bid 3♦. LHO passes and partner pauses to consider the possibility of game, before reluctantly passing. Suddenly, you end up declaring the hand with your zero count. Who would have guessed!
West leads the ♣A and East plays an encouraging Ten. West switches to the ♥4 to start trick 2. Plan the play. It is important to time the order of your plays correctly. The right play now is to knock out the ♦A, so you play the ♦K from dummy. This is ducked by East. You continue with the ♦Q, East takes the Ace as West pitches a club. East returns a heart to his partner's Jack and dummy's King, and you now draw the last trump with the Jack. The stage is set for the endplay, and you now exit with a club (a heart is okay too). The opponents can win this, and cash a heart winner, but must play a spade and allow you to take the finesse, or play a heart or club conceding a ruff and discard. If they concede a ruff and discard, you ruff in hand and discard a spade from dummy, thereby obtaining your extra entry. You take the spade finesse, cross over to hand with the last trump, take another spade finesse and score 9 tricks. At the point when you won the ♥K in dummy, you can reverse the order of plays by crossing over to hand with a trump to take a spade finesse, and then exiting with a club or heart, to execute the endplay to gain the extra entry. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Endplays usually yield an extra trick or two. The endplay on this deal was unusual in that it did not result in an extra trick, but provided you with a non-material gain in the form of an entry.
Bridge Baron's Line of Play Bridge Baron deal No : N1230-24736-18291-61019-53725-57649 |
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