| Squeezing an overtrick out of a hand |
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West leads ♥ 7. You play low from Dummy and win East's ♥ Q in hand. You attack Clubs and East wins with ♣ A, returning a Heart.
You're playing pairs so overtricks matter. You can count 12 tricks if Diamonds split 3-3 but you still have a chance of making 12 tricks even if they don't. Can you see what that chance is?
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What if the hand that has four Diamonds also has the ♠ A?
Play out the Clubs coming down to:
♠Q 10
♦ A 9 3
Opposite
♥ J
♦ K Q 4 2
Cross to the ♦ K and cash the ♥ J throwing the ♠ 10 from Dummy.
Neither defender has space left in their hand to keep three Diamonds and the ♠ A. |
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