{"id":3089,"date":"2012-09-16T08:20:18","date_gmt":"2012-09-16T16:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/?p=3089"},"modified":"2013-01-14T01:50:08","modified_gmt":"2013-01-14T09:50:08","slug":"polling-you-79-extra-2-strong-jump-shifts-suit-quality-losing-trick-count-cover-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/?p=3089","title":{"rendered":"Polling You # 79, Extra #2 Strong Jump Shifts, Suit Quality, Losing Trick Count, Cover Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Strong Jump Shifts, Suit Quality, Losing Trick Count<\/h2>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"JavaScript\" src=\"http:\/\/survey.constantcontact.com\/poll\/a07e6e2t9z0h75dj8n4\/start.js?v=1&amp;w=300\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n\n\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p><noscript>JavaScript needs to be enabled for polling to work.<br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/www.constantcontact.com\/survey\/index.jsp?cc=ViraWidPOL'>Online Surveys<\/a> by Constant Contact.<br \/>\n<\/noscript>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/survey.constantcontact.com\/poll\/a07e6e2t9z0h75dj8n4\/start.html\">Click here if you have problems viewing the Poll<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Greetings Bridge Friends,<\/h3>\n<p>Welcome to \u00a0<strong><em>BridgeHands<\/em><\/strong> second &#8220;Extra&#8221; lesson that intercedes our more voluminous, full length episodes.\u00a0 Again you will have an opportunity to demonstrate your Strong Jump Shift bidding skills as well as some play skills from our prior lessons.<\/p>\n<h3>Polling You #79 Extra 2<\/h3>\n<table cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\"><strong><em>Board 3<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nSouth Deals<br \/>\nE-W Vul<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"left\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">\u2660 2<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: red;\">\u2665<\/span> Q J 2<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: red;\">\u2666<\/span> Q 9 7 6 5<br \/>\n\u2663 K 7 6 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">\u2660 K 9 6 5<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: red;\">\u2665<\/span> 10 9 8 3<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: red;\">\u2666<\/span> 10 8 4 3<br \/>\n\u2663 9<\/td>\n<td>\n<table width=\"64\" border=\"0\" frame=\"void\" rules=\"none\" bgcolor=\"#008000\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\">N<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\">W<\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\">E<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\">S<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">\u2660 7 4 3<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: red;\">\u2665<\/span> K 7 6 5 4<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: red;\">\u2666<\/span> A<br \/>\n\u2663 Q 5 4 3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"left\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">\u2660 A Q J 10 8<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: red;\">\u2665<\/span> A<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: red;\">\u2666<\/span> K J 2<br \/>\n\u2663 A J 10 8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For better or worse, after South makes a Strong Jump Shift to 3 Clubs the partners wind up playing in a 6 Club contract.<\/p>\n<p>Without looking at the hands, what West card do you suppose would be the killing lead?\u00a0 Based on the bidding, would East&#8217;s play on the first make any difference?\u00a0 If North held another primary honor instead of the working secondary honors, would that significantly affect their chances to make slam?\u00a0 And finally, even with perfect &#8220;double-dummy&#8221; declarer play, if we exchanged the East-West trumps would that influence the outcome?\u00a0\u00a0 Inquiring minds must know!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The remainder of this lesson (and associated videos) is available for Premium and ULTRA members.<\/p>\nPlease login or register to view this content.<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Thank you for tuning in to our first extra interim Polling You lesson. 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