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Pairs N/S Vul Dealer North
It is good to see
that the Manchester University Bridge Club is currently thriving with
regular meetings on a Wednesday afternoon supervised by Nicholas
Greer. Students play (and work) at Manchester Bridge Club and
also compete in MCBA competitions. The deal above is from the
university duplicate.
(1) Weak jump overcall, could be a five card suit West leads the diamond queen, East overtakes with the king how do you play? You elect to duck the
first trick and East returns the diamond ten with West following.
You can count three spade tricks, a diamond trick and two club tricks,
so you need three heart tricks without letting East gain the
lead. Win the second diamond and lead a heart towards the king,
then take the spade finesse which loses. Win the black suit
return and play another heart. If West plays the queen duck,
otherwise win the ace and play another heart hoping that West held Qxx
originally. This is an example of an avoidance play. Note
that if you hold up until the third round of diamonds, then West can
defeat the contract by discarding the heart queen. Similarly if
the diamonds were 6-1 originally then West could have discarded the
heart queen.
The full deal was
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