Chapter 13
Setting Up Your Long Suit
© 2004 - Marty Bergen
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Setting Up Your Long Suit
West North East
South
-- 1
-- 1 NT
Pass
2
Pass 2
Pass 4
All Pass
Question 1:
You
have nine obvious winners. What is your plan for a tenth trick?
Question 2:
Where should you win the first trick?
Question 3:
How
will you continue?
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Question 1:
You
have nine obvious winners. What is your plan for a tenth trick?
Answer:
After the trump lead, you lack the timing to get a diamond ruff.
Therefore, you need to set up dummy’s spade suit.
Question 2:
Where should you win the first trick?
Answer:
In
your own hand. This is definitely not the time to "use up the
honor from the short side first." Every one of dummy’s entries
will be useful later on.
Question 3:
How
will you continue?
Answer:
After you win the
2
in your hand, lead a spade to dummy’s ace. Ruff a spade, and
lead a trump to dummy’s
A.
Once both opponents follow to two rounds of spades and two
rounds of trumps, you are guaranteed to win at least 11 tricks.
You then lead a
third round of spades as East shows out. No problem. You ruff
and draw the last trump. You still have one trump remaining in
your hand. Lead a club to dummy’s ace, and ruff out West’s
K.
Dummy’s two remaining spades are now good.
Lead a club to
dummy’s
K
and cash the two spade tricks. You have won the first 11 tricks,
so concede the last two tricks
–
making five.
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Setting Up Your Long Suit
Contract: 4
Lead:
2 |
|
North
A
J 9 7 4 3
A 5
2
A K 9
8 |
|
|
| |
West
K
10 8 5
6 4 2
A 10 8
7 4 3 |
|
East
Q
6
8 3
K Q 7 5 4
Q J 10
6 |
|
| |
|
South
2
K
Q J 10 9 7
J 9 6 3
5 2 |
|
|
West North East
South
-- 1
-- 1 NT
Pass
2
Pass 2
Pass 4
All Pass
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