Hand of the day #149
The Aces On Bridge by Bobby Wolff Good players make fewer mistakes than bad ones...
This quiz accompanies the article Lose 'em all.
Have a go at trying to solve this declarer play problem. Your overall score will be displayed, along with the correct answers once you’ve complete the exercise. Good luck!
This article was written by Larry Cohen and was originally published in Bridgerama+.
The problem with your answer is that a 5-1 club break sinks the hand. The suggested line of play makes on a 5-1 club break as long as spades are not 6-1. The full play:
D9
DK
Heart ruff
SQ
Heart ruff
SA
Heart ruff
CJ
DA (draws last trump, pitching 5th club)
CQ
SK
CA
CK
The distribution of D suit in P1 in the answer is inconsistent with the description of trick 1 and apparently with the answer itself. If D9 holds and everybody follows, we have extra chance of dummy reversal with trumps 3-2 to hedge afainst C 5-1 while playing a second trump to dummy after H ruff we know if trumps are 3-2 or 4-1.
On Problem 3: If you don''t ruff a heart at trick 2, E could pitch 4 spades, the heart J, and a diamond, and you can't be sure whether he started with J93 of hearts or J3.
i don t get problem 1. on a !d lead with east following the !d break is no worse than 4-1 from the choices for !c !c could be 5-1 with the short !d having 5!c. so win !dAK unblock !cs, cross to !sK and ruff !c with !d9. then ruff !h draw trump and claim. the answer diagram is flawed.