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Sheffield Bridge Club |
Established 1936 |
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Sheffield Bridge Club |
Established 1936 |
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THE
PIG TRADER GOES
FOR OVERTRICKS
From
The Pig Trader was playing a Pairs
session with Charlie Mead one evening when he found himself playing in 1NT after
he had opened 1¨
and received a 1©
response:
West led a
spade. Dummy went down and the Pig Trader could see that the contract stood a
reasonable chance of making. Of course, if East held
©K
and held it up on the first round, there could be trouble….!
Anyway, East
played the
ªK
at Trick 1and the Pig Trader took
ªA,
ªQ,
ªJ
and then ran
©Q,
which held.
©3
was covered by
©K
and
©A
and Dummy’s major suits were cashed.
It turned out
that West had started with four hearts so her play of the
©K
was ill-advised, to say the least. Still, the Pig Trader, who was going for
maximum overtricks, not to mention any opportunity to show off, was busy
counting the discards. East threw two diamonds and two clubs and West threw one
diamond. The Pig Trader could have settled quite nicely now for cashing
¨A
for ten tricks, but, reckoning West to have started with a 4-4-2-3 shape, and,
by the diamond discard, not holding
¨K,
he finessed
¨Q,
cashed
¨A,
felling East’s
¨K,
and claimed two more master diamonds for 13 tricks!
It
wasn’t quite a Top……..
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