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Quiz11 The danger hand Question 2

Contract = 4♠
Lead = ♠Q

  • ♠ AK732
  • ♥K32
  • ♦AJ2
  • ♣A6
  • ♠ 986
  • ♥984
  • ♦KQ987
  • ♣87

What 10 tricks are you hoping to make?

The Answer

4 spades; 5 diamonds and a club.

What's the problem?

The Answer

If South gets in he may switch to hearts and you could lose 3 hearts and a spade, therefore he is the danger hand.

So what's your plan?

The Answer

We will probably need the trumps to break 3-2 and we have to keep South off lead at all costs. If North began with ♠QJ10 then we could just play three round of trumps. However it is possible that North began with ♠QJ and South has ♠1054, in which case if we play three round of trumps he will be on lead. The solution is to duck the first round and then whatever North does we can take out trumps and all should be well.