Skip to main content

Finesse or Drop

This deal happened in the first segment of the 17th World Youth Teams Championships Final, China vs Poland.

Board 11
Dealer: South
Vul: None

Contract: 6♣
Declarer: South
Lead: ♣2





Trick    North    East    South    West
   1         ♣3        ♣6       ♣T          ♣2
   2         ♣7        ♡4       ♣K          ♣5
   3         ♣J         ♢4       ♣A         ♣9
   4         ♠T         ♠J       ♠2         ♠8
   5         ♢K         ♢6      ♢T          ♢J
   6         ♠K         ♠3      ♠4          ♠9
   7         ♠7         ♠5        ?

The contract looks easy making when you are taking a superficial look, however... After drawing trumps, l led a spade to dummy's ten and East's Jack. East returned ♢. Due to no 8 on table, so I have to play ten for an extra chance--QJ in East. Anyway the chance didn't appear. When I played dummy's King, I paused to take stock. West had followed suit with the ♠89, and now I had the extra option of finessing the missing ♠Q through East rather than playing for the drop, my original plan.

OS: Hahahaha, it's my show time!!!! Cannot miss such wonderful play!!! I will become the super star and the nice play will be published on bulletins if I succeed in finessing. 'FINESSE, FINESSE, FINESSE' the voice rings in my ear long. So... I gave up my original plan. And then so sad.... Down one, 14 IMPs to Poland... Indeed, it was published on bulletins, not nice play, Um....

The full deal
Board 11
Dealer: South
Vul: None


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Premier League Final China 2018: Get professional! How a declarer became a defender

This deal happened in the last segment of The Premier League Final China 2018, PD Times VS Hengzhou. Board 8 Dealer: West Vul: None West     North     East     South Lorenzin J.Li        Bessis    Z.Fu Pass       Pass       Pass      1♣* Pass        1♢*       Pass      1NT Pass        2♡*         X          XX*  3♢          3♡*       Pass       4♠  AP 1♣: Precision 2♡, 3♡: Transfer Lead: ♡3 (3rd/5th) South won with the ♡A while you followed ♡J. Then the declarer crossed to the table with ♠J to lead a small ♡ from table. Now what's your plan? Who holds the ♡T and where is the ♢A become 2 serious questions. First, 3♢ indicates that West holds 4 ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Saturday Training: Leading analysis

This deal happened in termly Saturday training. Card distribution analysis was always a commonplace in my blog. Now, it was still worth to be mentioned again. Board 3 Vul :N-S Dealer: South South     North  1NT         3♡*  3NT         AP 3♡: 4 cards ♠, choosing contract Lead: ♣7 (2nd/4th) West thought for a while and lead ♣7. East followed ♣J. It's your show time. Please start. It was ridiculous. Totally 27 points, only 6 tricks. Even if you get 4♠ and you create a winner in ♡, still 8 tricks. There was an easy way that finessing ♡K directly or hope 3-3 in ♣. How to find the best way to try all the chance became a serious problem. What comes first? For West, 3 cases, ♣97x, ♣7x or ♣97xx. Due to the period of his thinking and table sense, he hardly hold 4 cards ♣. In first two cases, why didn't he lead his 4 cards suit. That was to say, his longest suit was ♠. If he was 4-3-3-3, why didn't he le...
Post a Comment
Read more

Online training: An unexpected but reasonable ducking

HAHAHA, after one month off bridge, I'm back!!! This deal happened in our weekly online training, Nov 5th, 2018. First of all, I have to admit my mistake. Hahaha, to be honest, the training was quite boring. After 12 boards, the scores were still 2:2. Although I knew X was not allowed and I would be fined if 3♣X was brought home, I still couldn't help to doing that. Board 13 Dealer: North Vul: Both North    East    South    West  Pass     Pass      1♢         2♢*   2♡*      2♠       Pass       Pass   3♣         X         AP 2♢: Michael 2♡: ♣ suit, better than 3♣ Lead: ♡3 (if hasn't raised, count has a priority. That is to say, xxx lead the smallest card) Table followed ♡9. Normally, you would play ♡Q causally. Would it be correct in this case? Leading analysis: Eas...
Post a Comment
Read more