C8 BRIDGE BOTH SIDES VULNERABLE
NORTH ♠ 7 6 4 ♥ 7 3 2 ♦ A 6 4 ♣ A 9 4 2
WEST ♠ J 10 9 8 ♥ K 8 4 ♦ J 10 ♣ 10 8 7 6
SOUTH (D) ♠ K Q 2 ♥ A 9 5 ♦ K 7 2 ♣ K J 5 3
The bidding:
SOUTH WEST NORTH 1 NT
Opening Lead — ♠ J FRANK AND ERNEST
oth optimists and pes- simists contribute to society: Optimists invented the airplane, a pessimist the parachute. The bridge table also has room for both approaches. Today’s East takes the ace of spades and returns a spade, and South needs four club tricks for nine in all. He must be an optimist and hope East has the queen. If East happens to have the singleton queen, South must be careful to lead a dia- mond to dummy and return a club, saving the A-9 for a finesse against West’s ten. South would lose an extra trick if West had the bare queen but might save the contract.
B Now say North raised only
to 2NT, and South passed. South needs only three clubs, so he can be a pessi- mist and guard against a bad break. South would cash the king first. If East-West played low, South would lead a low club.
If West discarded, South would take the ace and lead toward his jack. If instead West followed low, South would play the nine to assure three club tricks no matter what. DAILY QUESTION You hold: ♠ 7 6 4 ♥ 7 3 2 ♦ A 6 4 ♣ A 9 4 2 Your partner opens one spade, you raise to two spades and he bids three spades. What do you say? ANSWER: Some pairs would treat partner’s three spades as obstructive. Others would treat it as a try for game; but since partner could instead have bid a new suit, his re-raise implies con- cern about trump strength. If you either passed, hating your poor spades, or bid four spades, liking your aces, I sympathize.
— F rank Stewart © 2010, TRIBUNE MEDIA SYNDICATE
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