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By Maureen Dennison
I played for many years with Diana
Williams and I remember this hand from the Swiss Teams at Brighton
when she found a delightfully deceptive 'lady' play!
East West game. Dealer East.
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7 |
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K Q 7 4 |
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K J 10 9 7 |
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K J 10 |
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J 5 3 |
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A K 9 4 2 |
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A 6 5 3 2 |
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Q 8 5 |
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Q
6 4 |
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8 7 5 |
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Q 10 8 6 |
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A J 10 9 5 2 |
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8 3 2 |
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East opened 1
and partner overcalled 2.
North raised spades one level and I jumped to 4
to keep the table guessing as to which side the hand belonged. North
lead a heart which Diana took on table. She then made the inspired
lead of J.
East followed low and declarer discarded a club. West won with the
ace and played his second heart taken in the closed hand. Now Diana
led the Q
- another good play - expecting as happened that East
would be forced to take the trick. What could East lead now?
Clubs and diamonds were unpalatable
so he exited with the other high spade. This was ruffed on the table
and the king of diamonds was cashed allowing for another club pitch.
Next a ruffing finesse was taken against East's marked diamond queen.
When declarer ruffed her low spade and the jack dropped she had
all the rest of the tricks:- 9,
10
and the last trumps, eleven tricks in total. In the replay, the
game was neither bid nor ten tricks made.
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