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DAILY BRIDGE CLUB:
Unlucky Louie told us that he and Esther decided their marriage needs revitalization.
“We’re going to a workshop next week,” Louie said, “to learn to reconnect.”
“My marriage was a workshop,” growled Cy the Cynic. “I worked, she shopped.”
Louie needs a refresher course in dummy play. At today’s four spades, he took the ace of hearts, lost a trump to the ace, won the next heart and drew trumps. He next led the ace and a low club to dummy’s queen. East took the king and returned a club. Louie ruffed and tried a diamond to dummy’s queen, but East won, and Louie also lost a diamond to West’s jack.
Louie succeeds with a 28 29 30 31 32 36 37 42 45 46 “Not happening” Expanded Royal address Food often served with a mallet Naturalist John Drew out Indicate Settler? Haydn’s includes 106 symphonies “General Hospital” Emmy winner Sofer bit of work. After he wins the second heart, he ruffs dummy’s last heart, draws trumps, takes the ace of clubs and leads a second club to ... dummy’s nine.
East takes the 10 but is stuck. A diamond return yields a free finesse, a heart concedes a ruff-sluff. If East led a low club, Louie could pitch a diamond to make sure of his 10th trick.
DAILY QUESTION: You hold: ♠ K94 ♥ K53 ◆ A Q4 ♣ Q 9 6 2. The dealer, at your right, opens one heart. What do you say?
ANSWER: I believe most experts would pass. Some would double, and a few brave souls — those who aren’t terrified of being minus 800 — would overcall 1NT. This hand is good for 47 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 59 Member of an exclusive network Major success of the dot-com bubble
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