Through the Pack at
Glenfield
The Jack of Clubs
Last Updated on 2nd
September 2006
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My role was decisive in this deal from Glenfield Bridge
Centre on 30th August 2006 – but I needed the support of three of
my younger brothers. |
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Board
15 Dealer
S NS
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North ª T © T543 ¨ T732 § J953 |
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I prevented the run of the club suit and limited the number of tricks available in no trumps to twelve. The
North/South winners, Robert Northage & David Fletcher, along with Rene
Berrington & Irene Robinson, Doreen Hillier & Len Hillier and Dennis
Yates & Phil Bennett defended seven
no trumps and defeated it by two tricks. The
East/West winners, Phil Watts & Howard Stevens, along with Pam Leeson
& Betty Smith and Baz & Wendy Thomas, played in six no
trumps, allowed
me to take a trick and made five clubs, two spades, three hearts and two
diamonds. Incidentally,
seven
no trumps is not a bad contract.
It will make when clubs break 3-2 (67.83%)
or I am singleton (5.65%)
or North began with three spades to the queen (9.42%)
which makes it an 80% proposition and well worth bidding. Tough luck then on Peter Tyers &
Margaret Glover, Geoff Mead & Dennis Bradley, Christine Voyce & Mike
Voyce and Bill Youngs & Ian Thomson, all of whom bid as high as is possible.
The results,
travellers
and personal
scorecards are online. |
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West ª 97 © A862 ¨ K § AKQT64 |
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East ª AKJ64 © KQ7 ¨ AJ8 § 87 |
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South ª Q8532 © J9 ¨ Q9654 § 2 |
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The joint winners at Glenfield Bridge Centre weren’t
expecting much from their dummy’s on 12th July 2006 |
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Board
9 Dealer
N EW
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North ª A962 © KQ962 ¨ Q § AT9 |
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But
they were glad to see me: if I had
been any of the other jacks, their contracts of four hearts would have
failed. As it was they were able to draw
two rounds of trumps, ending in dummy and finesse
the nine of clubs. This lost to East’s king, but a spade ruff
would then allow further entry to dummy for a successful finesse
of the ten of clubs. Game is then made by way of five hearts,
two clubs the ace of
spades and two spade ruffs. The
game was bid and made by Dennis Bradley & Geoff Mead and Harry Gordon
& Tim Glover. The other four
pairs stopped in part-score. Click
here
for the results. Click here
for the travellers. Click here
for personal score cards. |
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West ª QJT84 © 84 ¨ A83 § Q64 |
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East ª K5 © J7 ¨ KJT972 § K72 |
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South ª 73 © AT53 ¨ 654 § J853 |
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Declarer’s success depended on whether he played for me
to be with South or North on this deal from Glenfield Bridge Centre on 5th
July 2006. |
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Board
14 Dealer
W Love
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North ª 3 © 872 ¨ AT8632 § AJ2 |
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There
are lots of possible auctions; including everybody passing, which happened at
one of the eight tables. West might open
one club, one no
trump or pass. North might bid
diamonds, East might bid hearts and South might bid spades. Best spot is three clubs, which, if
declarer finesses
dummy’s ten of clubs
and guesses the diamonds and spades correctly can make four clubs, three
spades and a trick in each of the red suits.
Only one pair Margaret Glover & Peter Tyers, reached this optimum
contract, but they did not get a top.
Another pair had been allowed to play in two clubs, for an equal score
while the East/West winners, Jackie Wilkes & Len Clayton, had seen their opponents
push on to three spades. They doubled
and collected a 500 penalty. The best
score for North/South also went to the winners, Alan Pardoe & Margaret
Stone, whose opponents bid three hearts and went three down. Click
here
for the results. Click here
for the travellers. Click here
for personal score cards. |
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West ª AJ5 © 43 ¨ KJ4 § Q9863 |
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East ª K87 © AJT65 ¨ 95 § KT5 |
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South ª QT9642 © KQ9 ¨ Q7 § 74 |
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Most East/West pairs made ten tricks in four spades when
this hand was played at Glenfield Bridge Club on 3rd August 2005. |
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North ª T7 © 8754 ¨ T753 § JT4 |
Board
19 Dealer
S EW
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Which
three tricks do you think the defence made?
At a cursory glance, it would appear that South would make the two
aces and the queen
of hearts. In fact, however, at
most tables, I came into play. The
best lead
for South is either the three of spades or
the eight of
diamonds. It seems fairly natural
for declarer to win, draw trumps and play off the diamonds, discarding a
heart from dummy. Now East can play
on clubs without any risk of losing two heart tricks. The seven of clubs is
led. South should duck. West can then play a heart to the king. South takes the ace and plays the queen. Declarer can ruff in dummy but now has
to lead from § Q63 and I take one of the last
two tricks. Is
this a sensible line of play?
Definitely at teams, as it guarantees the contract against anything
but a 4-1 trump break. It appears to
be sensible at pairs provided South has passed. However, if South opens, as they did at most tables, it
foregoes that important overtrick that is available when South has both aces,
as they should for the opening bid.
It is better, after drawing trumps, to play on clubs instead of
diamonds. That allows East to lead
towards the § KQ63 twice and declarer will
make three club, four diamond and four spade tricks. Congratulations to David Millsom &
John Morrey and Mary Bayliss & John Glover who both made eleven tricks. Best
North/South result went to Margaret Glover & Peter Tyers who defeated
four spades by one trick. This result
helped them towards fourth place, 54.54% and an early lead in the race for
the August prize. |
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West ª AQ54 © JT ¨ K92 § KQ63 |
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East ª K862 © K3 ¨ AQJ4 § 987 |
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South ª J93 © AQ962 ¨ 86 § A52 |
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I spoilt Peter Neville’s enjoyment of this hand from
Glenfield Bridge Club on 9th June 2004. |
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Board
11 Dealer
S Love
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North ª Q © AKQ6 ¨ A92 § K9854 |
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Tim opened one spade
and Peter bid
two clubs. Tim rebid two
spades and Peter bid
three hearts. So far it had all
been pretty straightforward, but now Tim had a critical choice to make. There appeared to be three fairly normal
options; three spades, three no trumps and four clubs. Three no trumps was quickly rejected
because of the poor diamond holding and the inevitability of a diamond
lead. The choice between four clubs
and three spades was fairly close; Tim chose four clubs on the basis that
there must be at least an eight card club fit and in the hope that it would
imply a slightly stronger hand than three spades. Peter leapt to six clubs.
East found the best possible lead of the six of diamonds. Double
dummy, of course, North can make the contract by winning the ace of diamonds, cash the queen of spades and the ace of clubs and play the ace and king of spades, discarding
the losing diamonds. Then comes a
club, whatever card West plays is covered, and, after a heart ruff
and a diamond ruff,
all that remains is to give up one trump trick to me. Peter did not have the benefit of seeing
through the backs of the cards and rejected this line, which required spades
to be 3-3 (35.53%)
in favour for playing the king and ace of clubs, which required clubs to be
3-2 (67.83%). Unlucky? Well,
not really, Tim and Peter were the only pair in six clubs. One pair had bid six spades and three
pairs had bid six no trumps. These
contracts just require spades to break no worse than 4-2 (83.98%). Six No Trumps is clearly the best spot;
congratulations to Doreen & Len Hiller, Geoff Mead & Dennis Bradley and
Mary France & Pam Leeson. Indeed,
without a diamond lead, it is possible to make all thirteen tricks. The webmaster is prepared to offer a small
prize to the first correspondent that explains how. |
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West ª 532 © 9873 ¨ Q3 § JT72 |
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East ª T94 © JT542 ¨ KJ86 § Q |
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South ª AKJ876 © ¨ T754 § A63 |
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The
next card is the ten of clubs
The
previous card was the queen of
clubs
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