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highlight 44 Battlefield order 47 __ Mode, designer voiced by Brad Bird in “Incredibles 2” 48 Strive
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DAILY BRIDGE CLUB:
“Your honor,” the district attorney stated, “we will prove that declarer committed a felony in that he lost a cold game.”
“Proceed,” the judge instructed, and the court kibitzed the evidence.
“Against four hearts,” the DA related, “West led the ace of spades: six, deuce, four. South ruffed a second spade lead and cashed the three top trumps, finding West with a trump trick.
“South next took the top diamonds, pitching a club. He ruffed a diamond and led a club to dummy’s king, but when East took the ace, South went down two, losing two more clubs and a trump.
“We contend that South should finesse with dummy’s 10 on the second Second cup at a diner, e.g. Unite on the sly Spoken for Stairway element Statistician Silver Dire Bakery unit Cross inscription Like harvested hay
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45 Black ice, e.g. 46 Boeing rival 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 37 42 diamond. The bidding marks East with the ace of clubs, so South needs three club discards before West can ruff and shift to clubs. So South must find West with four diamonds.”
“Guilty,” ruled the judge. “And while you’re at it, arrest West. East’s deuce of spades at Trick One demanded a shift. If West finds a club shift, South has no chance.”
DAILY QUESTION: You hold: ♠ Q76 ♥ A4 ◆ KQ 1053 ♣ K 6 3. You open one diamond, your partner responds one spade, you bid 1NT and he jumps to three hearts. What do you say?
ANSWER: Some players would have raised your partner’s one-spade 49 All-in-one Apple 50 Florida State
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as a win 53 Source of cones 54 Early late-night TV host Lacking slack Business magnate Olympics coach Karolyi
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60 The SEC’s Tigers 55 56 57 response to two spades with your hand. You should certainly show your spade support now. Jump to four spades.