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DAILY BRIDGE CLUB:
“How did Cy get that way?” a club player asked me. “He’s such a fatalist, I can’t see why he plays at all.”
Cy the Cynic expects the worst and is seldom disappointed. As South in a team match, he opened one club. When East overcalled 1NT, Cy showed his diamonds and landed at five clubs.
West led a heart, and East took the Q-A and shifted to the king of spades. Cy took dummy’s ace, throwing a diamond. He led a diamond to his queen, cashed the ace, ruffed a diamond in dummy and finessed in trumps. Making five.
“Wasn’t Cy happy to be plus 600?” my friend asked. “East beats five clubs by leading the king of trumps at Trick Three.” 37 39 41 43 44 45 50 52 53 Group of star athletes Beat strongly Spy novelist Deighton “Insecure” Emmy nominee __ Rae Attempt to ensnare, with “for” Land of the banshee June honorees Breakfast juice flavor
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“In the replay,” I said, “the auction began the same way, but South passed over 1NT. North doubled, all passed and South led the queen of diamonds. East took his king and led the king of spades. North won and shifted to the queen of clubs. Down five, minus 1,400. Cy’s team lost 13 IMPs.”
“I begin to understand,” my friend said.
DAILY QUESTION: You hold: ♠ KQ972 ♥ AQ5
◆ K92 ♣ K 5. You are the dealer. What call do you make?
ANSWER: Even if you are willing, or maybe eager, to open 1NT with a five-card major, to do so here would be questionable. You have 17 points with a good fivecard 56 57 58 59 60 61 63 66 67 68 69 McCartney
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