Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Nice breaks

Here's a funny one from a club evening:

Dealer:South
Vul:NS
Scoring:MP
xxxx
AJ9xxxx
x
J
K
Kxx
AKQJxx
xxx
AQJxxx
QTx
-
AQxx
xx
-
T9xxxx
KTxxx

I was sitting South and saw the opponents mess up the auction. They ended up in 3NT by West. Partner lead a and they made +3. When we saw the scoresheet somehow we got a bottom: opponents usually got to 6 which is easily defeated...

Those were some really poor breaks in 6, and West only has 1 entry to try his luck in . However, these poor breaks mean 6NT is laydown, whatever partner leads! Even if he leads J, declarer can make it if he plays A, K, AKQJ discarding his s and to the Q to finish off with the s. Partner can't return a . Question remains if Ace at trick one is the right play...

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