Through the Pack at
Glenfield
The King of Hearts
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I came into action early in the play to prevent North/South making their slam
on this freakish deal from Glenfield Bridge Club on 25th June
2003. |
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Board
12 Dealer
W NS
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North S
K92 H
T542 D
KQT86 C
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My
owner opened
one spade. North passed and East
bid two
diamonds. South made a take out
double. My owner jumped to
three spades and North bid four hearts.
That seems a little ambitious with the king and queen of diamonds being
badly placed and the singleton sitting opposite one of partner’s suits. Nevertheless, all would have been well had
South passed. However, with that
massive hand I could not really blame South for making one try. After all, it is not that likely that
North would have bid four hearts without me. In any case South bid four no trumps, Roman Key Card
Blackwood. North bid five clubs
to show no key cards. South should now
visualise the way the play is going to go and pass. West must hold me for the opening bid so South should expect
to lose a trick to me and the ace
of spades. This particular South
blasted six hearts regardless. East,
reasonably enough, led the ace
of diamonds. He must have been
disappointed to see dummy. Declarer
ruffed and cashed the ace of
clubs. The contract now has a
faint chance if declarer can get back to hand. A club was played but my owner had me on the table in an
instant and only slightly later the ace of spades was
played. Incidentally, had my owner
refused to ruff the second club, North would have gained access to hand and
would have thrown a spade on the king of diamonds and taken
the trump finesse. My owner would
have won and can lead the ace
of spades. This is ruffed in
dummy and a club is cashed. Again my
owner refuses to ruff and North discards a spade. A fourth club is led,
declarer discards a diamond but now East can ruff and lead a
trump. Eventually declarer will lose
either another trump trick or the jack of diamonds for two
down. That is why it would have been
better for South to pass five clubs than bid five hearts. Most
pairs did play in five clubs by South making eleven tricks. Had South passed North’s five clubs bid
the impact of playing the hand the wrong way round would have been quite
interesting had East chosen to lead the ace of diamonds. Declarer ruffs and draws trumps. A spade is then led. My owner wins the ace but then cannot prevent
the lead passing to declarer. Three
hearts are thrown from dummy on the king and queen of diamonds and the king of spades. |
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West S
AQT8743 H
K98 D
42 C
Q |
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East S
J5 H
63 D
AJ9753 C
763 |
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South S
6 H
AQJ7 D
– C
AKJT9542 |
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Like many people, I am more vulnerable when on my own. |
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Board
14 Dealer
E Love
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North S
T652 H
J9854 D
Q73 C
Q |
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In
this deal from the match between Glenfield
A and County C on 6th March 2003 not only was I gobbled up by
declarer’s ace but I
betrayed the location of my owner’s partner’s jack. West
opened two
no trumps, East looked for a four-four fit but settled in three no
trumps. North had a difficult lead
but eventually chose a heart. Declarer played well by playing a small card
from dummy, felling me at no cost.
Subsequently declarer located
the queen of diamonds
and the jack of hearts
for eleven tricks and a one imp gain to County. |
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West S
AKQ9 H
A63 D
AJ C
A974 |
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East S
J74 H
QT72 D
KT6 C
863 |
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South S
83 H
K D
98542 C
KJT52 |
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The
next card is the Queen of
Hearts.
The
previous card was the Ace of
Hearts.
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5.1 Bidding |
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5.1.1 Hand Evaluation |
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5.1.2 Opening Bids |
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5.1.3 Responding to an Opening Bid |
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5.1.3.1 Responding to 1NT |
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5.1.5 Doubles |
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5.1.6 The Protective Position |
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5.2 Declarer Play |
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5.2.1 General Technique |
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5.3.1 Defensive Tactics |
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5.3.2 Opening
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