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| Hands Across the Pond | |
We will play our sixth interclub challenge match vs. Exeter Bridge Club in England on Labor Day, Monday, September 6.
Exeter Express & Echo | Click here to read the article. |
 Birthdays this Month | |
8/17 - Ray Wolowicz
8/23 - Allan Greenberg
8/25 - Jerry Bergheim
8/30 - Edgar Hift |
| Free Bridge Lessons | |
Rich answers your questions every Tuesday prior to the game.  |
Thursdays, we have a vugraph presentation. Rich reviews interesting deals of the past week. Each board in question is projected onto our large video screen for all to see as we discuss it. |
| You See Them Every Day | |
The king of one suit is stabbing himself in the head.
The king of another suit displays only one eye.
Which suits? |
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 | Par Contest Tomorrow | |
Continuing our tradition of running games that no other clubs offer, we will hold our first "Par" game tomorrow - Monday, August 23. |
| The Wednesday Game |
Here is an example of the kind of hand anaylsis you will see from The Wednesday Game, which we will run on the first Wednesday of every month, starting September 1. |
| ♠ Q 7 2
♥ 9 6 3
♦ K Q J 7 3
♣ A 4
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| ♠ A K 5 3
♥ A K 5
♦ 10 2
♣ J 6 3 2 |
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South
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1NT
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3NT
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Lead: ♦6 |
This one is about overtricks, as you have nine certain tricks. You were lucky to escape a club lead, how do you cash in on your good fortune?
Plan the play, then scroll down. |
| Another Bridge Ace Innovation |
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Replay the exact same hands with any of several commercial bridge programs such as GIB or Bridge Baron if you own one. If you have not purchased one, we have a free program for you to download. Click the button for instructions.
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New Feature Beginning Wednesday, September 1
In association with Brian Gunnell and The Wednesday Game, we will run a special game on the first Wednesday of every month. This game will feature expert hand anaylses of the deals you play that day.
On the first Wednesday of each month we will play a set of computer-dealt hands, as we normally do. After this game, however, you can visit The Wednesday Game website for expert Hand Analyses, Bidding Quizzes and Play Problems for the hands you have just played.
The site also has a wealth of information in BridgeOpedia. |
| Solution |
| ♠ Q 7 2
♥ 9 6 3
♦ K Q J 7 3
♣ A 4
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♠ 10
♥ J 8
♦ A 9 8 6 5 4
♣ K 10 8 5
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♠ J 9 8 6 4
♥ Q 10 7 4 2
♦ -
♣ Q 9 7
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| ♠ A K 5 3
♥ A K 5
♦ 10 2
♣ J 6 3 2 |
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It doesn't pay to play too quickly at trick one, and here is a classic example. Declarer must first consider West's possible holdings in the led suit. If the ♦6 is a fourth-best lead, then the Rule of Eleven says that East has no cards higher than the 6... 11 minus 6 is 5, and declarer can see all five of those cards in his hand and in dummy. So, he must remember to play the ♦7 at trick one! This wins and East pitches a heart.
That's step one. When the ♦7 holds, declarer is now up to ten tricks. Any chances of an eleventh? Yes, indeed! If East is void in diamonds, he might well have control of both majors, and be subject to a squeeze with careful timing. Win the ♦7, lead a diamond to the 10, which West does well to duck. Next, the ♠A and a spade to the queen, and the ♦K, won by West's ace. West shifts to a club, ducked to East's queen, and now the stage is set for the major suit squeeze against East.
Keys to Success
- Reading the opening lead and realizing that the seven should be played from the board
- Cashing the ♠A before crossing to dummy's queen (for why, see Postscript 1)
Postscript 1
Why is it good technique to cash the ♠A before crossing to the dummy's queen? The answer is that it helps declarer get a count on the hand. When West shows out on the second round of spades there is no ambiguity in the end position, whereas, if declarer had no count on the spades, he would be guessing which major suit East had unguarded in the end game.
Postscript 2
Do you see how West erred in the play? He did well to duck the second round of diamonds but he might also have ducked the third round... and the fourth round! It's not often that it's right to duck four rounds of a suit, but here's an example. By not taking the ♦A, West disrupts the timing for the squeeze and holds declarer to ten tricks.
You can follow the play with the Bridge Movie on our website. |
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