BLACK C8
DAILY 03-02-10 MD RE C8 BLACK
C8
R KLMNO TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010
MUTTS
PATRICKMCDONNELL SCOTTADAMS
DILBERT
BRIDGE
N-S VULNERABLE
NORTH
a10973
a1101032
a111AJ632
a112KQ3
WEST EAST
a109J10642 a109AQ8
a110J974 a110K65
a111Q5 a111987
a11287 a11210942
RE
AGNES
TONYCOCHRAN
DANDROVER
BRIANBASSET
SOUTH (D)
a109K95
a110AQ8
a111K104
a112AJ65
The bidding:
SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST
1 NT Pass 3 NT AllPass
Opening Lead —a1094
FRANK AN GET FUZZY
DARBYCONLEY
DERNEST
TOMTHAVES
“I
couldn’t find the
queen of diamonds,”
Cy the Cynic observed sadly
after today’s deal.
“Just like a man,” growled
Wendy, my club’s feminist.
“When he says ‘I couldn’t
find it,’ he means ‘It didn’t
fall into my outstretched
palm.’”
Wendy and Cy were part-
CLASSIC PEANUTS
CHARLESSCHULZ
PICKLES
BRIANCRANE
ners in a Chicago game, and
West led a spade against
Cy’s 3NT. East correctly
played the queen, and Cy
won. He next led a diamond
to the ace and a diamond to
his ten. West produced the
queen and guessed to con-
tinue spades: down one.
“Give me a platter,
somebody,” Wendy said to
the kibitzers. “I’ll put the
queen of diamonds on it,
garnish her with salt and
RHYMES WITH ORANGE
HILARYPRICE
MARK TRAIL
JACKELROD
parsley, and give her to the
opponents.”
“I had a guess,” Cy
fumed.
Cy did indeed have a
guess in diamonds, but
after he wins the first trick
he should cash his club
tricks, then combine his
chances by taking the K-A
of diamonds. If the queen
didn’t fall, Cy could finesse
in hearts next, hoping for
LIO
MARKTATULLI
twohearts,aspade,four
MOTHER GOOSE & GRIMM
MIKEPETERS
clubs and two diamonds.
DAILY QUESTION
You hold:
a109 AQ8 a110 K65
a111 987 a112 10942.
Your partner opens one
heart, you raise to two
hearts and he tries 2NT. The
opponents pass. What do
you say?
ANSWER: Your partner
would have stopped at two
hearts if not interested in
HAGAR THE HORRIBLE
CHRISBROWNE
BALDO
HECTORCANTU&CARLOSCASTELLANOS
game.His2NTsayshe’s
interested, and notrump
maybeyourspot.Your
hand couldn’t be more
suitable to raise to 3NT:
maximum strength for a
single raise and balanced
pattern. Partner may hold J
54,AQJ842,K4,A8.
— Frank Stewart
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