Strong Jump Shifts, Suit Quality, Losing Trick Count
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Greetings Bridge Friends,
Welcome to BridgeHands second “Extra” lesson that intercedes our more voluminous, full length episodes. Again you will have an opportunity to demonstrate your Strong Jump Shift bidding skills as well as some play skills from our prior lessons.
Polling You #79 Extra 2
| Board 3 South Deals E-W Vul |
♠ 2 ♥ Q J 2 ♦ Q 9 7 6 5 ♣ K 7 6 2 |
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| ♠ K 9 6 5 ♥ 10 9 8 3 ♦ 10 8 4 3 ♣ 9 |
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♠ 7 4 3 ♥ K 7 6 5 4 ♦ A ♣ Q 5 4 3 |
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| ♠ A Q J 10 8 ♥ A ♦ K J 2 ♣ A J 10 8 |
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For better or worse, after South makes a Strong Jump Shift to 3 Clubs the partners wind up playing in a 6 Club contract.
Without looking at the hands, what West card do you suppose would be the killing lead? Based on the bidding, would East’s play on the first make any difference? If North held another primary honor instead of the working secondary honors, would that significantly affect their chances to make slam? And finally, even with perfect “double-dummy” declarer play, if we exchanged the East-West trumps would that influence the outcome? Inquiring minds must know! [Read more…]
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