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BRIDGE BITES  #67

      

 

A FREE SHOT

                                        Brian Gunnell

 

          

♠ A42

♥ 865

♦ 9643

♣ T43

                  

 

 

            None Vulnerable

            South   West     North    East

            1♣         1♥        Pass     4♥

            5♣         Pass    Pass    Dbl

            Pass     Pass   Pass

 

            South boldly bids up to 5♣ all on

            her own and gets rewarded with

            a decent dummy.

♠ QJ7

♥ KQJ97

♦ 875

♣ 85

       Dummy

 

West            East

 

       Declarer

♠ T985

♥ AT432

♦ K2

♣ KJ

 

♠ K63

♥

♦ AQJT

♣ AQ9762

 

 

West leads the ♥K which Declarer ruffs.  Over to the ♠A, Club finesse, cash the ♣A, back to Dummy’s ♣T, then a Diamond finesse.  When the ♦K comes down doubleton it is 12 tricks no less!  Was that a foolish Double by East or what?

 

Yes, it’s always embarrassing when you double them and they make an overtrick.  But East missed the chance for a delicious deception!  See if you can conjure up a masterful deceptive play in order to defeat the contract!

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