July 2018 - 55
Intermediate Players
Misplay These Hands with Me
BY MARK HORTON
markhorton007@hotmail.com
Brilliancy
During a home international match,
I pick up:
♠Q43
♥ A 10
♦K6
♣AQJ753
Only the opponents are vulnerable,
and after two passes, I open 1♣. When
West overcalls 1♦, my partner bids
1♠, promising a five-card suit. I rebid
1NT, which in this position shows
around 15-16. When West comes
again with 2♦, my partner doubles. I
imagine he has four hearts, but all I can
do for the moment is bid 2♠. When
partner continues with 3♦, I must
choose which game to bid. Not wanting
to expose my ♦K to an early attack, I
opt for 3NT, giving us this auction:
West
1♦
2♦
Pass
All Pass
North
Pass
1♠
Dbl
3♦
East
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
South
1♣
1NT
2♠
3NT
West leads the ♦2 and I see that
dummy has nothing to spare:
♠ A K J 10 8
♥8765
♦ J 10 7
♣9
When I inquire about the lead, East
explains that it is "attitude," indicating that West likes the suit. With eight
tricks assured, my only chance of a
ninth lies with the club suit. I could
take the finesse (or pay homage to the
Rabbi by laying down the ace), but the
bidding suggests that the finesse is
likely to be wrong. I put up dummy's
♦10 and East follows with the 4.
There is no rush to decide what to do
in clubs, so I take five rounds of spades,
discarding two clubs from my hand.
West follows once and then throws the
♣2, followed by the ♥3 4 and the ♦5,
while East pitches the ♥2.
It looks to me as if West started
with a 1-3-6-3 distribution including
the♣K. Backing my judgment, I play
a heart to the ace and am pleased to
see West follow with the queen. I exit
with the ♦K, and West wins with the
ace and cashes three more tricks in the
suit. I lean forward to reveal my ♣A Q,
and West nods appreciatively before
producing the ♥J.
I take West's ♣K at trick 13 but am
down one. With murder in my heart, I
congratulate West on his far-sighted
defense of blanking the ♣K at trick
three.
The full deal:
♠ A K J 10 8
♥8765
♦ J 10 7
♣9
♠5
♠9762
♥QJ43
♥K92
♦AQ9852
♦43
♣K2
♣ 10 8 6 4
♠Q43
♥ A 10
♦K6
♣AQJ753
Postmortem
You will recall that I had considered
the possibility of playing West for a
singleton ♣K. It did not occur to me
that the king might have started life as
a doubleton. The only clue was East's
discard of the ♥2, suggesting an odd
number of cards in the suit.
At the other table, West, unwilling
to surrender a diamond, led the ♥J,
and declarer won with the ace, played
a spade to the ace and a club to the
jack. West won and continued with the
three of hearts, East winning with the
king, cashing the nine and then switching to a diamond, which gave the defenders six tricks, down two, plus 100.
Alas, we were making 4♠.
◾
♠Q43
♥ A 10
♦K6
♣AQJ753
July 2018 Bridge Bulletin
55
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of July 2018
In First Seat - Paul Linxwiler
Letters to the Editor
US Bridge Championships
Atlanta hosts the Summer NABC
Collegiate Bridge Bowl
Poetic License - Haikus
Vision Quest
First in Their Class Update
Obituary - Eric Murry (1928-2018)
Product Reviews
Ruling the Game - by Matt Smith
Losing Trick Count
World Bridge Series in Orlando - Sept 22-Oct 6
Obituary - John Sutherlin (1936-2018)
Fourth Annual Bay Area High School Bridge Championship
For the Record
Club News
Losing Trick Count Updated - Part 3 by Jennifer Jones
The Bidding Box
It's Your Call
Card Play 101 - by Phillip Alder
Play & Learn - by Pat Harrington
Parrish the Thought - Adam Parrish
Startup Bridge - Improving Postmortems- by Lynn Berg
Bidding Basics -Responding to 3♣ and higher by Larry Cohen
Bidding Basics Quiz
Senior Game winners
Ask Jerry - by Jerry Helms
Mike's Bridge Lesson - Mike Lawrence
Chalk Talk - by Eddie Kantar
Boehm on Bridge - G is for guarding- by August Boehm
Misplay these Hands with Me - by Mark Horton
Better Bridge with Bergen - Squeezes made easy (part 2) - by Marty Bergen
The Real Deal - by Larry Cohen
West Hands - The Bidding Box
Challenge of the Month
Out of Hand
East Hands for the January Bidding Box
Test Your Play
Bidding Matters - by Karen Walker
My Bridge and Yours - by Frank Stewart
Mike's Advice - by Mike Lawrence
Solutions to Test Your Play
George's World - by George Jacobs
Dear Billy - by Billy Miller
Bridge with the Abbot - by David Bird
Big Games
New Life Masters
Life Master Milestones
In Memoriam
Obituary - Cecil Cook (1932-2018)
Obituary - Charles Stenger (1922-2018)
Obituary - Margie Gwozdzinsky (1948-2018)
Tournament Directory
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July 2018 - In First Seat - Paul Linxwiler
July 2018 - Letters to the Editor
July 2018 - 8
July 2018 - US Bridge Championships
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July 2018 - Atlanta hosts the Summer NABC
July 2018 - 17
July 2018 - Poetic License - Haikus
July 2018 - 19
July 2018 - 20
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July 2018 - Vision Quest
July 2018 - 23
July 2018 - First in Their Class Update
July 2018 - Obituary - Eric Murry (1928-2018)
July 2018 - 26
July 2018 - 27
July 2018 - Product Reviews
July 2018 - Ruling the Game - by Matt Smith
July 2018 - World Bridge Series in Orlando - Sept 22-Oct 6
July 2018 - 31
July 2018 - Fourth Annual Bay Area High School Bridge Championship
July 2018 - For the Record
July 2018 - Club News
July 2018 - 35
July 2018 - Losing Trick Count Updated - Part 3 by Jennifer Jones
July 2018 - The Bidding Box
July 2018 - 38
July 2018 - 39
July 2018 - It's Your Call
July 2018 - 41
July 2018 - 42
July 2018 - 43
July 2018 - 44
July 2018 - Card Play 101 - by Phillip Alder
July 2018 - Play & Learn - by Pat Harrington
July 2018 - Parrish the Thought - Adam Parrish
July 2018 - Startup Bridge - Improving Postmortems- by Lynn Berg
July 2018 - Bidding Basics Quiz
July 2018 - Senior Game winners
July 2018 - Ask Jerry - by Jerry Helms
July 2018 - Mike's Bridge Lesson - Mike Lawrence
July 2018 - Chalk Talk - by Eddie Kantar
July 2018 - Boehm on Bridge - G is for guarding- by August Boehm
July 2018 - Misplay these Hands with Me - by Mark Horton
July 2018 - Better Bridge with Bergen - Squeezes made easy (part 2) - by Marty Bergen
July 2018 - West Hands - The Bidding Box
July 2018 - Out of Hand
July 2018 - Test Your Play
July 2018 - Bidding Matters - by Karen Walker
July 2018 - My Bridge and Yours - by Frank Stewart
July 2018 - Mike's Advice - by Mike Lawrence
July 2018 - Solutions to Test Your Play
July 2018 - George's World - by George Jacobs
July 2018 - Dear Billy - by Billy Miller
July 2018 - Big Games
July 2018 - New Life Masters
July 2018 - Life Master Milestones
July 2018 - 69
July 2018 - Obituary - Charles Stenger (1922-2018)
July 2018 - Obituary - Margie Gwozdzinsky (1948-2018)
July 2018 - 72
July 2018 - Tournament Directory
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