Grand River Bridge Club

Jake's Challenge17 Solution So far you have taken six tricks; three more are needed. In other words, you need one more trick on top of the AK. If you now cash the K and A and then lead a spade from the board, crossing your fingers, you force West to take his Q and lead away from his KJ - allowing you to take the last trick with your Q and make your contract. There is no way out for West. He can’t throw away a diamond, as explained above, while if he throws his QJ under... your AK in order to escape the end play, he makes Dummy’s 10 good. After the hand was over, my partner explained that he would not have bid as he did if he hadn’t had the 10. Here is the full hand. See more

Jake's Challenge 16 Solution Considering West’s bidding (take-out and penalty doubles), any attempt to draw trumps would be a suicidal act. Much better to try a cross-ruff followed by an endplay. Take the first trick with your ace (perforce). At Trick 2, lead a small diamond from your hand and ruff it in Dummy, both opponents following, and then lead a small heart from the board and ruff in your hand at Trick 3. Once again, both opponents obligingly follow. Rinse and repeat twice more at Tricks 4, 5, 6, & 7. So far so good, everyone still follows. Pray and cash the K, Q and A at Tricks 8, 9, & 10, ending in board. Still no surprises. Wow, what co-operative opponents they are! Ten tricks in the bank now, two tricks to go. After the tenth trick, the three-card ending is as follows.

Jake's Challenge 16 Solution When you lead the 9 from Dummy and blithely pitch the A from your hand a rare winner-on-loser manoeuvre, West is forced to take the trick and then lead away from his KJ combination into your AQ tenace, allowing you to make your doubled slam contract! Here is the full hand.

Jake Challenge 16 Solution This hand came up in a Swiss team game at Caledon a few years back. My partner, the Dummy, was very fond of critiquing my declarer play and, when he saw me pitch the A, he freaked out - telling me that I was wasting a winning trick, that I should have cashed it earlier and discarded a loser on the board. After the hand was over, West told my partner that his analysis was wrong and that if I had done what he wanted, she would not now be regretting her double. As it turned out, this was a top board for us.

Learn Bridge in a Day January 11,2020 1-5 pm $35

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