Can you play like a champ?
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h Q 5 |
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b Q 9 7 6 |
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f A 10 |
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d 9 5 4 3 2 |
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h A 7 |
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b A J 10 8 5 4 |
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f K J 3 |
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d 10 8 |
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Source:
Eddie Kantar
Dealer: W
Vul: Both
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Opening Lead: h6
Contract: 4b
Sometimes it is fun to match wits with a
famous player and see if you can do as well (or better) than he or she. The following hand was played by five-time
world champion
At trick one
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h Q 5 |
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b Q 9 7 6 |
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f A 10 |
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d 9 5 4 3 2 |
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h J 9 8 6 2 |
N W E S |
h K 10 4 3 |
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b K 3 |
b 2 |
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f Q 8 5 |
f 9 7 6 4 2 |
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d A Q J |
d K 7 6 |
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h A 7 |
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b A J 10 8 5 4 |
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f K J 3 |
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d 10 8 |
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He was not lucky. Once
The
Bottom Line:
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When
you are missing the AK of an unbid suit and that suit
is not led by the stronger of the two defensive hands, assume the honours are split.
·
Assume
the opener has at least 12
September,
2010