Through the Pack at
Glenfield
The Ten of Spades
Last Updated on 8th
January 2006
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Terry Downs & Laurence Popple won the club duplicate
on 4th January 2006 |
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Board
27 Dealer
N Love
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North ª © KJT ¨ 87642 § 98654 |
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I helped them overcome a foul trump break to gain a top on this deal. Terry
and Laurence bid to the optimal contract of four spades. They needed to make for the other scores
were all plus for East/West; one pair had bid and made three no trumps,
another had made ten tricks in two no trumps, while a third had chosen to
defend one spade by South, taking it three down. A
likely sequence of play in four spades is a heart lead
from South to the king
and ace. Declarer does best to play a club at trick
two; there is no reason for South not to take the ace and continue
with hearts. East wins the queen, ruffs
the two and
tries the king of
spades. When North shows out,
trumps are abandoned. A diamond is
discarded on the king
of clubs and the king
and ace of diamonds
are taken. A second heart ruff
is taken and a minor card is led from dummy.
East ruffs
low and South over-ruffs. With three cards left, East has eight
tricks; the defence two. East holds ª AT8; South ª QJ9. South does best to lead the queen of spades
but, provided East allows South to win this trick, South will be forced
to lead to trick twelve and I will take the vital tenth trick. The results,
travellers
and personal
scorecards are online. |
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West ª K65 © 86 ¨ KT9 § KQT72 |
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East ª AT832 © AQ72 ¨ A53 § 3 |
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South ª QJ974 © 9543 ¨ QJ § AJ |
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Most players would have led me against three no trumps on
this deal – but: |
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S T94 H 854 D K84 C 9865 |
My
owner was on lead against three no trumps after declarer had bid diamonds and
dummy had been clubs. What would you
lead? Probably you would make the
same choice as my owner in the match
between Glenfield A and County C on 5th March 2003 and lead
me. In fact there is just one lead
that beats the contract. It is the king of diamonds! This was a rare opportunity to play the Merrimac
Coup. |
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In this next example, I also cost my side many imps when
I was led. |
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North ª AK42 © KQJ73 ¨ J6 § 63 |
Board
7 Dealer
S Game
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The
hand comes from the match
between Glenfield B and County E.
Margaret Glover and Peter Tyers had bid the North/South hands to five
hearts for Glenfield. County E had doubled. East was on lead. Much
rested on the lead. On the actual lie, if East selected the king of diamonds,
the contract was likely to fail. On
the other hand if North had ¨ AT7 and South ¨ J63 the king of diamonds lead
would cost a trick. The spade
sequence was somewhat safer. After a
few moments, East led
me. Declarer discarded dummy’s losing
diamonds on the ace
and king of spades
and just lost the ace
of trumps for a score of 1050. It
looks to be one of those hands where you will either make ten or twelve
tricks in hearts but, in fact, five hearts was declared at the other three
tables and made precisely eleven tricks.
Len & Doreen Hillier were doubled
for Glenfield to score 850. The
Glenfield East/Wests, Lesley Neville & Ken Clayton and Bas & Wendy
Thomas, had the wisdom not to double and just conceded 650 each. That
brought in 12 imps for Glenfield; vital in a match where the winning margin
was just 13. |
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West ª QJ753 © A2 ¨ AT75 § J8 |
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East ª T986 © ¨ KQ942 § QT72 |
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South ª © T98654 ¨ 83 § AK954 |
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The next card is the Nine of Spades.
The
previous card was the Jack
of Spades.
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6.1 Bidding |
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6.1.5 Doubles |
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6.1.6 The Protective Position |
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6.2 Declarer Play |
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6.3.2 Opening
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6.3.4 Entry Management |
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6.4 Probability |
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