November 2008 - 43
November 2008
Bridge Player's Survival Kit
if you draw trumps immediately,
you won't have enough entries left
in dummy to set up and cash the
diamonds.
After winning the A, play the
A and a diamond to the king.
Ruff one of dummy's diamonds
with the 9 (don't send a boy to
do a man's job!). Lead a low trump
to dummy's 10 and ruff a diamond
with your J. Lead a low trump
to the queen and play the A to
finish pulling trumps if you need
to. Now your fifth diamond is good
and you can pitch a heart on it.
Poof! - there goes a loser. You can
even lead a low club towards the
K for a possible overtrick!
Pulling two or three rounds of
trumps at the beginning of the play
probably would've locked you away
from the diamond suit forever. Then
you would have had to rely solely
on the club finesse.
Reasons not to pull trumps right
away:
❖ If you want to crossruff the
hand, or if you need dummy's
trumps to ruff losers.
❖ If you need trump entries as
transportation (for finessing or
establishing a long suit, etc.).
❖ When you have too many quick
losers. If they get in with a high
trump, can they set you? If so,
don't pull trumps until you
eliminate enough losers.
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43
PLAY BRIDGE
Here is what one declarer did. Seeing
that he had to ruff two hearts in dummy,
he won the first heart and returned a heart,
which West won. West saw his partner's
10 and 8, so he knew East started with
two hearts. West led a third heart. Declarer
ruffed in dummy and was overruffed by
East. East led a diamond to West's ace, and
West led another heart. Dummy ruffed and
East overruffed again. This led to South's
losing one heart, two heart ruffs, the A
and a final trick to West's Q. Down two.
"Wow," said East. "I never expected to take
two tricks with this hand."
Here is what another declarer did. He
saw that if he ruffed hearts in dummy, East
would overruff. He did not like that possibility, so he won the A and played the
A and K. When he led a heart, West
won and played his Q. This left dummy
with one spade, so declarer could ruff only
one heart in dummy. This declarer managed to go down just one.
The last declarer was a little more aware
of the possibilities. He chose a play many
would not even consider - he let West win
the first trick!
West had nothing better to do than to
lead another heart. South won this one, and
now he did what the second declarer did.
He cashed his top spades and when they
divided 3-2, he was safe.
He ruffed a heart in dummy. Because
there was only one spade outstanding,
South did not care if it was overruffed.
When the heart ruff survived, South returned to hand with the K and ruffed his
last heart. When that also won, South gave
up a diamond trick and conceded a trick to
the Q. Ten tricks.
What South did was to lose a trick that
he had to lose anyway, and he did so in a
way that did not have the dangers you saw
in the lines used by the first two declarers.
Most holdups you see are in notrump
contracts, the usual reason being that you
want to keep one player from running his
suit. For now, be aware that the holdup
works well in suit play, too.
Note also that 4 was, ultimately, a
good contract. It was necessary for South
to bid 4 and not make a lesser bid of 2
or 3. 2 would qualify for some kind of
wimpy bid award, and 3, while a step in
the right direction, would still not get the
job done. North would have passed 3 on
the basis that he had a minimum hand for
r
his bidding.
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of November 2008
Viewpoint - Brent Manley
Letters to the editor
From the CEO - Jay Baum
Boston hosts Fall NABC
Wrap-up coverage of the Las Vagas NABC
2008 Holiday Gift Guide
Club News
East hands - The Bidding Box
The Bidding Lab - XYZ (part 1) - Mike Savage
The Bidding Box
It's Your Call
Lifetime Achievement
International Fund Game winners
Ruling the Game - Mike Flader
For Newer Players
Dear Diary - Marti Ronemus
Ask Jerry - Jerry Helms
Mike's Bidding Quiz - Mike Lawrence
Conventional Wisdom - part 4
Bridge Player's Survival Kit - Trump Management - Leslie Shafer
Answers to Mike's Bidding Quiz
Why Play 2/1 - Lynn Berg
The Hat Lady - It's good to be North - Marie Sander
Play & Learn - 2NT forcing or not? - Pat Harrington
For Intermediate Players
Boehm on Bridge - Bridge Puzzles 26-27
Claim with Colchamiro - When 2/1 is weak (part 2)
The Real Deal - Larry Cohen
Better Bridge with Bergen - The true value of honor cards (part 2)
Chalk Talk - Eddie Kantar
It's Just MayHem - Game tries (part 1)- Marilyn Hemenway
For Advanced Players
My Bridge and Yours - Matchpoint defense (part 3) - Frank Stewart
Bidding Matters - 12 Habits - Karen Walker
Test Your Play - Eddie Kantar
West hands - The Bidding Box
Mike's Advice - 2/1 auctions - Mike Lawrence
Solutions to Test Your Play
Partnership Bridge - The Granovetters
Bridge with the Abbot - David Bird
George's World - George Jacobs
Winsome and Loathsome - Zeke Jabbour
Life Master Milestones
New Life Masters
In Memoriam
Obituary - Richard Babaris (1925-2008)
Tournament Directory
November 2008 - 1
November 2008 - 2
November 2008 - 3
November 2008 - 4
November 2008 - 5
November 2008 - Letters to the editor
November 2008 - 7
November 2008 - 8
November 2008 - From the CEO - Jay Baum
November 2008 - Boston hosts Fall NABC
November 2008 - 11
November 2008 - Wrap-up coverage of the Las Vagas NABC
November 2008 - 13
November 2008 - 14
November 2008 - 15
November 2008 - 16
November 2008 - 17
November 2008 - 18
November 2008 - 19
November 2008 - 2008 Holiday Gift Guide
November 2008 - 21
November 2008 - 22
November 2008 - 23
November 2008 - 24
November 2008 - 25
November 2008 - Club News
November 2008 - East hands - The Bidding Box
November 2008 - The Bidding Lab - XYZ (part 1) - Mike Savage
November 2008 - The Bidding Box
November 2008 - 30
November 2008 - 31
November 2008 - It's Your Call
November 2008 - 33
November 2008 - 34
November 2008 - 35
November 2008 - Lifetime Achievement
November 2008 - International Fund Game winners
November 2008 - Ruling the Game - Mike Flader
November 2008 - Dear Diary - Marti Ronemus
November 2008 - Mike's Bidding Quiz - Mike Lawrence
November 2008 - Conventional Wisdom - part 4
November 2008 - Answers to Mike's Bidding Quiz
November 2008 - 43
November 2008 - Why Play 2/1 - Lynn Berg
November 2008 - The Hat Lady - It's good to be North - Marie Sander
November 2008 - Play & Learn - 2NT forcing or not? - Pat Harrington
November 2008 - Boehm on Bridge - Bridge Puzzles 26-27
November 2008 - Claim with Colchamiro - When 2/1 is weak (part 2)
November 2008 - The Real Deal - Larry Cohen
November 2008 - Better Bridge with Bergen - The true value of honor cards (part 2)
November 2008 - Chalk Talk - Eddie Kantar
November 2008 - It's Just MayHem - Game tries (part 1)- Marilyn Hemenway
November 2008 - My Bridge and Yours - Matchpoint defense (part 3) - Frank Stewart
November 2008 - Bidding Matters - 12 Habits - Karen Walker
November 2008 - West hands - The Bidding Box
November 2008 - Mike's Advice - 2/1 auctions - Mike Lawrence
November 2008 - Solutions to Test Your Play
November 2008 - Partnership Bridge - The Granovetters
November 2008 - Bridge with the Abbot - David Bird
November 2008 - George's World - George Jacobs
November 2008 - Winsome and Loathsome - Zeke Jabbour
November 2008 - 62
November 2008 - 63
November 2008 - Life Master Milestones
November 2008 - 65
November 2008 - New Life Masters
November 2008 - Obituary - Richard Babaris (1925-2008)
November 2008 - 68
November 2008 - Tournament Directory
November 2008 - 70
November 2008 - 71
November 2008 - 72
November 2008 - 73
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