{"id":926,"date":"2010-12-17T00:40:31","date_gmt":"2010-12-17T08:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/?p=926"},"modified":"2013-01-09T16:12:08","modified_gmt":"2013-01-10T00:12:08","slug":"poll-15-in-3-notrump-with-flat-hands-consider-your-finesses-12172010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/?p=926","title":{"rendered":"Poll #15, In 3 Notrump with flat hands, consider your finesses, 12\/17\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While flat 4-3-3-3 shaped hands can often be a negative factor, this time South\u2019s 20 HCP hand will pull its own weight.\u00a0 The Diamond Ace-King-Queen-fourth is a great holding and the intermediate 10\u2019s might prove beneficial as well.\u00a0 After opening 2 Notrump, with 6 HCP North bids 3 Notrump.\u00a0 Did you notice North also holds a 4-3-3-3 shape?\u00a0 But again, North is proud of the intermediate values which could become a plus \u2013 notice the Diamond 10-9-x-x and the Club 10-9-8.\u00a0 In time, perhaps these \u201cspot cards\u201d will be valuable to the opener.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

West makes a safe \u201ctop of broken sequence\u201d lead \u2013 the Heart Queen.\u00a0 Right away declarer South is aware that in the Heart suit, West holds the Q-J-9-x-[\u2026] since South holds the A-10-8 and dummy holds the K-x-x. \u00a0\u00a0Okay, it\u2019s time to play your declarer play \u2013 certainly the opponents must be looking at the dummy as well and planning their defense.\u00a0 In addition to voting and watching the video below, we invite you to login, read additional commentary and download a copy of our MS-Word, PDF, HTML, PBN and other formatted Bridge program files.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Looking for sure winners, declarer South counts 1 Spade, 2 Hearts, 3 Diamonds and 1 Club.\u00a0 Assuming the Diamonds break normally, South has 8 tricks and needs to develop another winner somewhere.\u00a0 So where do you think we should look?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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