|
Versace |
al-Ahmady
|
L.Lauria
|
T.Sadek
|
|
|
1 |
Paso |
1 |
|
Paso |
1 |
Paso |
1NT |
|
Paso |
2 |
Paso |
3 |
|
Paso |
3NT |
Fin |
|
Contrato:
3NT
Lead: 5
Versace started
with
5,
to the
J,
Q
and
4.
Lauria continued with
K...
How would your
plan for 9 tricks?
Solución:
The 4
hands:
In the other
room Dagher led a low heart. When Nunes ducked the
Q
and
K,
he was doomed. El-Kourdy cleared the suit with a third round,
and when Dagher came in with the
K,
he has two hearts to cash for one down.
Sadek did
better.
When Lauria
continued with the
K,
Sadek considered his play for some time before correctly winning
the
A.
He then
played the
A
and a club to Versace´s
K
and when Versace switched to the
7,
it was clear that Lauria had the
9
or
10
- Versace obviously did not hold both.
Accordingly,
Sadek won the spade continuarion with
A,
cashed the
Q,
played a club to the
10
and led
3
from the hand. What could the italians do?
If Versace
went up with the
10,
Sadek's
8
would be the ninth trick. So he had to duck. Now when Lauria won
with
9,
he has the option of leading into a tenace in diamonds or spades.
Either way,
Sadek had nine tricks for plus 600 and a 12-IMP gain. Tarek
couldn't hear it, but the VuGraph audience burst into applause
on the play of
3