Q54 7 West leads the 9, North ducks and East wins the Jack. Then she plays the King and you ruff. You lead trumps and East takes her Ace and 7 AK King, then plays the Ace, ruffed by you. JKA ♦9267 Your thinking: tricks played; East has showed 15 HCP. She has KJ2 “5 only one Queen left maybe but not both. West has the JT9643 – – ♣King. 3 West’s play help solve the problem, which is key to making AJ8 “Can ♠Q this contract? Let’s see: her lead was a worthless Diamond. I think that if she had both missing Club honors she would have led one of them because her partner opened 1NT. Did she?” so she doesn’t have both Club Honors, meaning East has the “No, ♣Q, and that puts the in East’s hand, hopefully”. Simple counting and ♠Q inference half way through the play of the hand. Neat! KQJ Contract: 4. AT74 4♠ AJT West takes 3 Clubs then leads the K. Dummy takes the A and you ruff JT5 a 2nd Heart, dropping West’s Q. You draws trumps in 3 rounds and ruff another Heart. Now you have to find the Q to make your contract. 347 5 Where is it? It could be in either hand, or could it? KQ 2356 Your thinking at this point: had 3 Spades, 2 Hearts, 4 Clubs “West AKQ7 239 and 4 Diamonds a balanced hand. So far, she’s played AKQ and – KQ. With the Q as well, what would she have opened? AT9862 9 she would have opened 1NT.” Not 1 Club – K96 864 And so, where’s the Queen?” Nothing to this game. Constantly counting HCP and Shape throughout the play of the hand wins. JETTISON
Q54 7 West leads the 9, North ducks and East wins the Jack. Then she plays the King and you ruff. You lead trumps and East takes her Ace and King, then plays the Ace, ruffed by you. Your thinking: “5 tricks played; East has showed 15 HCP. She has only one Queen left – maybe – but not both. West has the ♣King. “Can West’s play help solve the ♠Q problem, which is key to making this contract? Let’s see: her lead was a worthless Diamond. I think that if she had both missing Club honors she would have led one of them because her partner opened 1NT. Did she?” “No, so she doesn’t have both Club Honors, meaning East has the ♣Q, and that puts the ♠Q in East’s hand, hopefully”. Simple counting and inference half way through the play of the hand. Neat! 7 ♦9267 AK JKA KJ2 JT9643 3 AJ8 4. KQJ AT74 AJT JT5 Contract: 4♠ West takes 3 Clubs then leads the K. Dummy takes the A and you ruff a 2nd Heart, dropping West’s Q. You draws trumps in 3 rounds and ruff another Heart. Now you have to find the Q to make your contract. Where is it? It could be in either hand, or could it? Your thinking at this point: “West had 3 Spades, 2 Hearts, 4 Clubs and 4 Diamonds – a balanced hand. So far, she’s played AKQ and KQ. With the Q as well, what would she have opened? Not 1 Club – she would have opened 1NT.” And so, where’s the Queen?” Nothing to this game. Constantly counting HCP and Shape throughout the play of the hand wins. 347 KQ AKQ7 5 2356 239 AT9862 9 K96 864 JETTISON
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