Deep Water

Hi all

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Here’s some deep water experiment in Piedmont.

North
JT
T62
KT974
KQ9
South
AK642
7
AJ
JT743
West
North
East
South
 
pass
1
1
2
Double1
pass
32
pass
3
pass
5
a.p.
 
 
 

1. Responsive
2. Showing a good hand

Geoff propelled himself to a fairly high contract. Now how to scramble together eleven tricks?

He ruffed the second round of and played a to the King and Ace. The third he ruffed again in his hand, and now he was at a crossroads. Establish dummy’s or his own ? The answer lies in the quality of the suit. Where the have to split 3-3 to set up the suit, the may split 4-2 too as long as the Queen resides in the doubleton. Both routes require a friendly trump split.

This was the full deal:

North Dealer
EW Vul
North
JT
T62
KT974
KQ9
West
Q975
QJ8
8532
86
East
83
AK9543
Q6
A52
South
AK642
7
AJ
JT743

It was a little fortunate that the Queen came tumbling down. Geoff was on the right track, though, entering a dummy reversal for eleven tricks.