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q dealt on the rubber game and bid
| two hearts having four honors In one
| hand and two outside tricks. A passed
and did not feel called upon TO deny
the hearts with minor suit when the
| dealer started with a two trick bid, as
| that usually means that he wants to play
tho hand at hearts, no matter what his
partner holds. 80 hearts It waa
A led the king OF clubs. which z won
with the ace. Before leading trumps n
tried the diamond nnesse, which held, Il
| refusing 10 play the king. hoping dummy
would lose his reentry spade king before
| the diamonds were cleared. because n
saw that II z went on with the diamonds
A might get in a run.
u put himself back in the lead with the
| ace OF spades and started the trumps.
| taking II for granted that the second
diamond flnesse would hold and that all
| the diamonds would fall, giving him dis
| cards OF his four losing cards In the
black suits and making a grand slam
on the hand.
on trumps discarded all his clubs
and a small spade. on finding the long
trump against him In AS hand after four
rounds u led another diamond 40 as to
take the fnesse and lead the ace. catch
ing the king and forcing AS trump
Then would have got rid OF his club
and be ready to ruff that suit and put
dummy In with the spade. Small slam
anyway.
This scheme OF play fails because the
iinesse fails. wins the diamond with
The king and comes through with a club,
which allows \ TO pick up rs losing
trump ana make another trick In clubs.
'1NinG the game with two clubs. one
'rump and one diamond trick
This hand IL badly played as will be
seen II we look at II moro carefully and
refuse TO he blinded by the glitterinc
prospect OF grand slam based on a
nnesse which IS not by any Means a
certainty.
Tho point Of the hand is this " one
hncssc in diamonds holds, four by cards
ma the game ar" In sight and there is no
need to risk so much on a second finessc
Inc possibility Of the long trump being
against should have heen taken into
account, and that would have suggests ed
the necessity OF Keeping n stopper in the
1dversaries' suit. clubs. u throws the
game and rubber by taking II for granted
that lie can make grand slam before
he Is sure OF the game itself
Let US suppose the opening TO b. cx
actly az II was u winning the club and
making successful fnesse in diamonds
rhen he puts himself In with the spade
ace and leads four rounds 90 trurnps 10
see II they will drop. which ls not by any
NleitfS assured.
on the first three rounds OF trumns
the safest dlscards from dummy are on,
spade and two small diamonds As Il
mas cropped tho ten Oh the third round
or trumps and II In highly probable tha,
he has no more dummy must keep all his
clubs and let 20 the Jack OF diamonds.
Now when leads the diamond there
IL no need to risk the finesse He has
tlroady won the odd. seven tricks, and one
diamond, one spade, n club COR his losing
trump. are all he wants TO go game. He
outs on the ace Of diamonds and leads
he queen. The king covers and z ruffs
What Is going to do with this trick
lf y overtrumps tho ten of clubs wins
the game for n. and A cannot get ont of
I by putting In with a spade II
ctuses TO oNcrtrump discarding the
losing spade, u goes through him with III.
club. II \ discards the spade instead OF
overlapping will still lead the club
as he knows that dummy's ten or his
spade must win the last trick,
These are not simple situations nor
lre they such that the beginner would be
Apected to see through them. but they
're good examples of the possibilities of
IA game and show in how many WAYS ~
player may just miss a game that he
'ould have won had Ne given the situation
a little more thought,
Here Is hand that led to great deal
OF discussion AT the time II was played
which the student will probably ind inter
sting enough TO analyzc without notes.