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 <\/p>\n<\/td>\n

North
\u2660AK6
\u2665QJ10973
\u266697
\u266353<\/td>\n		\n

 <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

West
\u26609752
\u26658642
\u26662
\u2663J974
<\/td>\n		\n

 <\/p>\n<\/td>\n

East
\u2660Q83
\u2665K5
\u2666AQ1086
\u2663K108
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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 <\/p>\n<\/td>\n

South
\u2660J104
\u2665A
\u2666KJ543
\u2663AQ62<\/td>\n		\n

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Dealer: East
Vul: Neither<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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E<\/td>\nS<\/td>\nW<\/td>\nN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1\u2666<\/td>\nP<\/td>\nP<\/td>\n2\u2665<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P<\/td>\nP<\/td>\n3NT<\/td>\nP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P<\/td>\nP<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Opening lead: \u26662<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Answer: The only way to beat the hand is to rise with the \u2666A and shift to the \u2660Q. Declarer needs two entries to dummy — after the heart A is unblocked. By returning the \u2660Q at the second trick, dummies entries are attacked early and declarer cannot establish the heart suit and cannot come to more than eight tricks: three spades, a heart, two diamonds, and two clubs.<\/p>\n

If East ducks the opening lead or wins and returns any card other than the \u2660Q, declarer will cash the ace of hearts, go to a high spade, and play hearts, setting up the suit. Declarer can’t be kept from taking eleven tricks.<\/p>\n<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Return to Bridge Problems<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  North \u2660AK6 \u2665QJ10973 \u266697 \u266353   West \u26609752 \u26658642 \u26662 \u2663J974   East \u2660Q83 \u2665K5 \u2666AQ1086 \u2663K108   South \u2660J104 \u2665A \u2666KJ543 \u2663AQ62   Dealer: EastVul: Neither E S W N 1\u2666 P P 2\u2665 P P 3NT P P P     Opening lead: \u26662 Answer: The only way to beat the hand […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/434"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=434"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":487,"href":"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/434\/revisions\/487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}