2 boards from last Friday 01-04-2005, butler at Atomic.

For a change some boards which went wrong.

How do you play the next game?

Analyses:

West will have length in .

East will have a 4-card and some pictures because he doubled.

East won’t have A K, this should be a natural lead I think.

You make 4 -, 3-, 2- tricks if Q is in West and K is in East.

One extra trick has to be found.

Question1: Play at once 10 or first A K and later to the 10?

Question2: Draw trumps (East has 4) or first establish -ruff in North?

Question3: Draw trumps and play for decision?

Question4: If -decision, to the Q or to the 9?

Question5: Draw trumps first and play at once the -finesse?

Question6: Play first A and draw 4 times trump and then the finesse on Q against West?

Solution at the end.

Also there you can read the mistake(s) I made.

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Trick1: to A

Now you can ruff a , A, ruff a , play .

The 4^th is ruffed and overruffed. Playing J there will be made another .

Trick2: A

Trick3: K

Trick4: Q, East discarded.

Trick5: J- 8- J - 10

Trick6: 3 ruffed.

Trick6: to 10 in North

Trick7: to A

South went wrong in playing Q, establishing 8 in East.

South did not notice 9 and 10 in North.

The defence made 1 -, 3-, 1- trick.

This was the penultimate deal, so we got a little bit tired.

A lot of West went down in high -contracts.

The solution from board 4.

Also I was tired, this was the last deal.

East did not lead a , that was strange.

I think the play should go:

First A K and then to Q 10.

There are no ruffs, and West cannot make the bare J.

After this play A, so East doesn’t make the bare Q.

After this to Q, hoping for 3-3 or J in West.

Then play the -finesse.

I played:

Trick1: 10 (not good, but on this deal not important).

Trick2: A

Trick3: to Q

(Wrong, East can play the K and play ; West can give the-ruff)

Trick4: to A, the J appeared

Trick5: for K

(Wrong, North has to draw the trumps first)

Trick6: , which I took in South.

(Wrong, has to be taken in North and draw the 4^th trump winning in South)

(East supposed West makes A-, North can have A Q)

This was the last time I won a trick in South.

I took the -finesse. If ok, I play to North and cash the last .

It succeeds if West has a 6-card and East not the bare Q.

Aaii, West had a 7-card .

East ruffed the .

4 Rdbl -1 vulnarable -200, contract would have been +1080.

Greetings from Louis, the tired Dutch player.