Tuesday, January 14, 2025

A fascinating 3NT contract. Handling on the H lead is interesting

I sent this played hand record to my longtime bridge partner. Because my holding off the HK seemed a nice trick at T1. He wrote back "Maybe, having overstated your strength by reversing, you should have passed the 2NT invite. 3NT had zero play if East had just continued hearts. And even after the shift, East can still give you a guess by not randomly playing second hand high on the second round of clubs. "

But I was not done. I replied. Even if E continues hearts, I can even duck FOUR rounds of hearts!! E comes under pressure in THREE suits holding S:QT93 D:J95 C:KT and still has to find two discards on my long hearts and I make nine tricks. A remarkable hand. There are other ways to play it than to duck four hearts, E is inexorably pressured.

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In these pages, I comment on hands from Bridge Base Online ACBL tourneys. I play in these with a variety of partners with different degrees of skill. I might present a hand or two from my collection of bridge books, every now and then. I am more interested in play and defense than in complex bidding systems, but I do follow the cut and thrust of Vanderbilt and World Championship Vugraph and try to keep abreast of expert practice in the obstructive and constructive bidding system department. I may also feature, newspaper-style, famous hands from important matches that I saw on Vugraph.

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