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By Frank Stewart Bridge literature is vast, but “classics” still make good reading. Several have been reissued: “Card-Play Technique” byMollo/Gardener, Jeff Rubens’ “The Secrets of by Darrin Bell

Winning Bridge,” and the timeless “Watson’s Play of the Hand.”

In today’s deal from theWatson book, South ducks two hearts and wins the third. With eight top tricks, he leads a diamond to dummy’s ten, hoping for a third diamond trick or to get a count. East wins and shifts to the queen of spades, and South plays low.

When East leads another spade, South takes the A-K and then the A-K of diamonds, finding that East had five spades, two hearts and four diamonds, so two clubs. So South takes the A-K of clubs and leads to dummy’s ten.

South can also succeed by winning the first spade, taking his top clubs and diamonds, and exiting with his last diamond to end-play East.

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You hold: & A 10 4 h 7 6 3 K 10 5 A Q 10 4. You open one club, your partner responds one heart, you bid 1NT and he raises to 2NT. What do you say?

Answer: Your high-card count is near a minimum, but your three tens add “body” to your hand and will be especially useful at notrump. Bid 3NT and dare your opponents to beat it. An option would be to show your three-card heart support on the way to game. That action would not appeal to me.

by Dana Summers The Denver Post is offering trial runs of new comics. Through Nov. 29, check out “Candorville,” where humor intersects the lives of young black and Latino characters living in the inner city. Let us know what you think: send an e-mail to comicsfeedback@denverpost.com