FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 2010 BRIDGE BOTH SIDES VULNERABLE
NORTH (D) ♠ K 6 3 ♥ A Q 6 ♦ A Q 4 ♣ K J 10 9
WEST ♠ 8 ♥ 10 9 8 2 ♦ J 9 6 2 ♣ 8 7 5 3
SOUTH ♠ A Q J 10 9 ♥ J 7 5 ♦ 10 7 5 ♣ 6 2
The bidding: NORTH EAST
1 ♣ Pass All Pass
SOUTH 1 ♠
2 NT Pass 3 ♠ 4 ♠
Opening Lead — ♥ 10
n optimist always expects his ship to come in. A true optimist expects his ship to come in when he hasn’t sent one out. In today’s deal, dummy played low on the first heart, and East took the king and lazily returned a heart. South won, drew trumps and led a club to the jack. East took the queen and led a third heart. South then forced out the ace of clubs and threw two diamonds on the good clubs, making his game. “Too bad you’re not an optimist,” West told his partner. “You could beat the contract.” East’s ship never left port. He can count 10 winners for South: five spades, two hearts, two clubs and a dia- mond. The defense must win four tricks first, including a diamond, so East must lead a low diamond at Trick Two, hoping West has a useful diamond holding. West’s nine forces out the queen, and when East takes the queen of clubs, he leads another diamond to establish the set- ting trick. North-South’s bidding
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wasn’t the best. North could always make 3NT. DAILY QUESTION You hold: ♠ 7 5 4 2 ♥ K 4 3 ♦ K 8 3 ♣ A Q 4 Your partner opens one diamond, you bid one spade, he raises to two spades and you try 2NT. Partner then bids three clubs. What do you say? ANSWER: Your partner
appears to have 3-1-5-4 pat- tern with minimum values. With 3-2-4-4 shape he’d play at notrump. With 4-1-4-4 he’d return to spades. Bid three diamonds. Since your king of hearts appears to be wasted opposite a singleton, make
no aggressive move. — F
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