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From: carol@zehntel.UUCP (Carol Simon )
Newsgroups: net.rec.bridge
Subject: Re: test your play R2 - (nf)
Message-ID: <1173@zehntel.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 12-Aug-83 04:21:05 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 12 04:21:05 1983
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zehntel!carol    Aug  9 12:05:00 1983

***** zehntel:net.rec.bridge / ihuxe!rainbow /  6:47 am  Aug  3, 1983

                               North
                               S:Q85
                               H:AKQJT
                               D:T
                               C:AJ76
          
                               South
                               S:J932
                               H:54 
                               D:AQJ7
                               C:KQ4
   
                  S        W       N         E
                  1D       --      2H        --
                  2N       --      6N!       --
                  --       --
   
Opening lead by West: TC
  
This hand can only be made if East has the diamond King.  Run all the
clubs and hearts pitching one diamond and 3 spades from the south hand.
Then take the diamond finesse.  The north hand has Q85 of spades and
south has spade J and AQ of diamonds.  It is obvious that west did not
start with both spade honors or he might have led them, so spade honors
are split or east is holding spade AK and diamond K bare.  If honors are
split, then east is holding either spade honor bare with diamond Kx or
spade honor-x and diamond K bare.  If east has blanked the diamond K
south must guess to drop it.  Otherwise, south can exit with the spade J
and if east wins it, he must return a diamond away from the king, giving
south the AQ of diamonds for tricks 11 & 12.  If west wins the spade
J to keep east from being end-played, then he must overtake east's spade
honor (dropping A and K on the same lead) and lead a diamond into
the AQ or a spade into dummy's Q8 (notice south originally held the 9)
allowing south to finesse west for the spade ten and giving him 2 spade
tricks for 11 & 12.
This coupe is called a winkle.

Carol Simon, Zehntel, Walnut Creek, CA.