Two Hands From the Tolle 2014 by Warner Solomon
Published November 2014Hand 1
| Dealer West. Love All. | ||
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 K 10 6 3 J 5 4 2 10 5 9 8 4 |
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| Void A Q 9 8 6 A K Q 4 A Q 7 6 |
Q J 9 4 7 9 7 6 3 K J 10 3 |
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| A 8 7 5 2 K 10 3 J 8 2 5 2 |
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| West | North | East | South |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 2 3 4 6 |
Pass Pass Pass Pass End |
2 2 4 5 |
Pass Pass Pass Pass |
When partner bid four clubs I knew he had some values as five clubs would be weaker. North led the three of spades .This went Q-A then ruff with the six of clubs.What now?
I played the ace of hearts, six of hearts ruff with the three of clubs. But then stupidly instead of coming back to hand with a diamond to ruff another heart, I ruffed a spade instead. Too late, now I could not make it.
The other line is to play the seven of clubs to the ten of clubs at trick 2 and then a small heart to the Queen.
Hand 2
| Dealer West. Love All. | ||
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| 6 5 K 6 A K 8 6 5 2 6 5 3 |
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| A 8 3 A 10 4 7 3 A J 10 7 2 |
K Q J 10 9 5 3 10 9 4 K Q 4 |
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| 7 4 2 Q J 9 8 7 2 Q J 9 8 |
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| West | North | East | South |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1NT(1) 2 (4) |
Pass 3 |
2(2) 3 |
Dbl(3) |
| (1) 11-14 (2) Transfer (3) Shows hearts (4) Shows 3 spades |
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East, non-vul, has a difficult decision over three hearts and eventually just bid three spades.
As can be seen 11 tricks can be made.
A good method to use is that over South’s double, redouble shows a maximum with three spades and with a maximum and four spades West can break the transfer.