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Counting the Side Suits E/W Gerard-andersl
The opener is Precision, showing 16+, and there are other points in the auction of interest, like the free bid of three diamonds and Gee's refusal to raise with five to the AKQ. But today we will discuss the play. An ordinary expert would defeat this part score. But there are ordinary experts, and there is Gerard. He gets the defense off to a good start by leading the club ace; unless they lead clubs early declarer can hold his club losers down to 2 and make. West encourages with the 5, wins the 2nd round and leads a low club for Gee to ruff. Now it's time to analyze the hand. Three tricks in, two certain defensive tricks coming, playing IMPs...Gee underleads the AKQ of diamonds! Tiger wins the DJ in hand, managing not to laugh, plays ace and another trump immediately, and claims. "Too bad my cute play didn't work," says Gee to his partner, who is too diplomatic to reply. Update: Gerard complains that "when I passed a 3D bid after a negative response to a Precision 1C opener, you even find a way to make it look as if it is wrong." And he has a point. The 3D bid is bad; the pass is arguable. Well, obviously, holding the AKQ of D's, he KNEW
his pd's D's were BAD!
What I fail to understand is this: If West holds DJ and
gets in with the cute low D lead, what next? Surely G is not thinking of ruffing
a fourth club with dummy sitting there behind him with no more C? Does G want to
ruff with his natural trump trick?
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