Bridge Ace The Nicest Club
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Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304
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Deal of the Week
 September 26, 2010
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You can now replay the boards you've played at the club - in the comfort of your own home.
 
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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Free Bridge Lessons 

Rich answers your questions every Tuesday prior to the game. 

vrgraph
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.
Directions to Bridge Ace
From I-95: Exit at Sunrise Blvd. East. Continue east on Sunrise Blvd. 2.1 miles. Turn right on NE 15th Ave. (immediately after the Shell station). Proceed past the stop sign. St. Demetrios will be on your right.
 
From the Beach: From A-1-A, head west on Sunrise Blvd. 2.4 miles. Turn left on NE 15th Ave. Proceed past the stop sign. St. Demetrios will be on your right.
Greetings!
Think Ahead
This deal is really simple. But it is surprising how many people go wrong. Plan the play in 6♠.
North Deals
E-W Vul
♠ A 9 7 6
♥ K 9
♦ K 5 4
♣ Q 8 5 2




 
N 
W E
S 



 
♠ K Q 10 5
♥ A 6 5 3
♦ A Q J 10
♣ 9
West
North
East
South
 
1♣
Pass
1♠
Pass
2♠
Pass 
4NT 
Pass
5♦
Pass 
6♠ 
Pass
Pass
Pass 
 
Lead: ♥Q
Silver Points (no Shadow)
Here is another chance to get those elusive Silver Points at the club. We will run the STaC all this week: Monday, 9/27 thru Saturday, 10/2.

Wednesday Game 

Wednesday, 10/6

In association with Brian Gunnell and The Wednesday Game, we run a special game on the first Wednesday of every month. This game features expert hand anaylses of the deals you play that day.
 
On the first Wednesday of each month we 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
The reason so many people fail to get this one right is that they play, by rote, too quickly to trick one.
 
You have ten top tricks, assuming the spades split. You can take the two extra tricks you need by either ruffing two hearts in dummy or two clubs in your hand. The clubs only have to divide no worse than 5-3, so you prefer this suit.
 
You must use your entries to dummy wisely. If you play the ♥K on the first trick you will be an entry short. Win the opening lead with the ♥A and then let the opponents have their club winner. They continue hearts to your ♥K, and you ruff a club and draw two rounds of trumps before going to dummy with a diamond and ruffing another club.
 
The entire deal:

HAND DIAGRAM 

You can follow the play with the Bridge Movie on our website.
Cheers,
 Rich signature