1st Challenge

Submitted by Sally Kneser on August 14, 2006 - 4:59pm.

How would you plan to play this hand? Contract: 3NT. Lead: Q spades


 


 


Dummy


S 8 7


H Q 10 6


D A K 10 8 6 2


C J 8


 



 


You


S A K


H A 9 5


D 7 4


C A 9 7 6 4 2


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Submitted by Sally Kneser on January 9, 2007 - 8:08pm.

It is important to set up the diamonds in dummy, hoping that they are split 3-2. But you do not have an outside entry to the board. Give up the first diamond trick. Then use the second diamond to cross to the A-K of diamonds. If they are split 3-2 you can cash all the remaining diamonds.
Sally Kneser