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DAILY BRIDGE CLUB:
After the day’s penny game, Cy the Cynic and I went to dinner.
“Your partner had a tough problem on that last contract he played,” I said. “What did you think of his execution?”
“I was all in favor of it,” Cy growled.
Cy’s partner had gone down at four hearts. East took the ace of clubs and saw he needed to kill dummy’s entry to the diamonds. So East shifted to a low spade: four, 10, king. South drew trumps and led the jack of diamonds, but East ducked, won the next diamond and got out with a club. South lost two spades.
“Partner deserved the guillotine,” Cy grumbled.
I think not, but four hearts was indeed makable. 37 38 40 41 42 43 44 48 51 52 “I’m game” Newcastle Brown brew Wolfgang Puck creation
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Hit with a laser “Awake and Sing!” playwright Farm mom “Slumdog Millionaire” money Brief summary After South takes the king of spades and draws trumps, he cashes his high club and leads the jack of diamonds to the queen. When East ducks, South ruffs dummy’s last club and leads another diamond.
East wins but is stuck; he has only spades and a diamond left. He can only cash the ace of spades to hold South to his contract.
DAILY QUESTION:
You hold: ♠ AJ76 ♥ 982 ◆ A76 ♣ A 8 5. Your partner opens one heart, you bid one spade and he jumps to three hearts. What do you say?
ANSWER: Partner has about 16 points with a good six-card suit. You must try for slam or commit to slam since a sound hand for him 53 54 57 58 59 61 62 63 64 65 66 Line dance step Military instructions Bridge seats Scandinavian toast Surfboard stabilizers Got up “Just do it” brand Niagara Falls source Penny Ballplayer’s hat Choler suchas3,AKQ753,KQ3, K 6 4 will produce 12 tricks. With an aggressive partner, bid five hearts. Bid six hearts yourself.