It has been a while since I posted a bridge hand.
This is a hand from the Seattle Round Robin (2016).
You end up in 6S and LHO leads a trump. Don't remember the bidding (but both sides were bidding). Scoring is IMPS, KO.
This is a hand from the Seattle Round Robin (2016).
You end up in 6S and LHO leads a trump. Don't remember the bidding (but both sides were bidding). Scoring is IMPS, KO.
| North ♠ J2 ♥ A43 ♦ Q543 ♣ KJT9 | ||
| South ♠ AKQT9854 ♥ 2 ♦ A2 ♣ 32 |
How will you play on a spade lead?
Did you draw trumps first? Then you will go down!
We basically need the club finesse, but the first club could get ducked! If you draw trumps and then take the club finesse which gets ducked, how will you get back to hand? If you ruff a heart you lose your only dummy entry to cash the club for a diamond discard. If you play a diamond, they can cash the DK.
It is easy to go wrong at the table. In fact a very good player indeed drew trumps first and went down when my teammate (John Krah) made the excellent play of ducking the first club (CQ was onside). At our table we were in 4S and this turned out to be a huge swing board in a semi-final match which was decided by a single IMP!
Did you draw trumps first? Then you will go down!
We basically need the club finesse, but the first club could get ducked! If you draw trumps and then take the club finesse which gets ducked, how will you get back to hand? If you ruff a heart you lose your only dummy entry to cash the club for a diamond discard. If you play a diamond, they can cash the DK.
It is easy to go wrong at the table. In fact a very good player indeed drew trumps first and went down when my teammate (John Krah) made the excellent play of ducking the first club (CQ was onside). At our table we were in 4S and this turned out to be a huge swing board in a semi-final match which was decided by a single IMP!
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