“Yes We Can”
If you watched Barack Obama’s speech last night in Chicago after he won the election, you will know that hope is in the air and everything is possible.
I was playing with Brad Bart in a team game when this hand came up.
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North |
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♠ A1097 |
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♥ K106 |
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◊ QJ75 |
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West |
♣ A9 |
East |
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♠ QJ4 |
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♠ 853 |
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♥ 87 |
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♥ 943 |
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◊ K102 |
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◊ 986 |
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♣ K10432 |
South |
♣ J865 |
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♠ K62 |
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♥ AQJ52 |
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◊ A43 |
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♣ Q7 |
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Dealer North. Both sides vulnerable.
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West |
North |
East |
South |
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1D |
pass |
1H |
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pass |
1S |
pass |
2C* |
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pass |
2H |
pass |
3H |
| pass | 4C | pass | 4D |
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pass |
4H |
pass |
4S* |
| pass | 5C | pass | 5S |
| pass | 6H | All Pass |
In the auction, 2C was 4th suit game forcing. 4S was Key card ask for hearts and 5C was 0 or 3 key cards. 5S was King ask.
West led the club four, dummy the nine, jack and I won the queen. After two rounds of trumps I played diamond ace and low diamond towards the queen in dummy. West won the king and I now have 12 easy tricks. “Yes We Can”
It was interesting hand as West was end played on opening lead. Even if he led a trump, after three rounds of trumps he will be put back on lead with the diamond king. “Yes We Can”
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I think it is an interesting deal but I have a few extra comments about the analysis. West can avoid being endplayed. He can lead hearts and later win the diamond king and get out a diamond.
But the hand is still cold on the lie of the cards. Here is the position after three rounds of diamonds
North
♠ A1097
♥ –
◊ –
♣ A9
South
♠ K62
♥ Q5
◊ –
♣ Q7
You just throw a spade on the 13th diamond and then play three rounds of spades ruffing the third one to set up the fourth spade for a club pitch.
If spades were not 3-3 and West held the spades you would have a squeeze though. Play proceeds along the same lines. When you cash the last diamond you throw a spade. But when declarer ruffs the last spade East shows out. Now the ♥Q squeezes West.
Glad you saw the ending I envisaged
We are good! High five!