 Q 5 |
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| J 9 8 3 2 |
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South opened 1NT and North raised to 3NT. West leads the 3.
Problem 1: Declarer plays the queen from dummy. East covers with the king and South wins with the ace. Who has the ten?
Problem 2: Declarer plays the 5 from dummy, ten from East and South wins with the ace. Who has the king?
Solution 1: If the situation is like this:
| Q 5 |
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| J 9 8 3 2 |
K 7 4 |
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| A 10 6 |
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or similar, declarer would have played low from dummy to make guarantee two tricks. The ten is very likely to
be with East. Only if South began with 10 doubleton
Solution 2: If the situation were like this:
| Q 5 |
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| J 9 8 3 2 |
K 10 4 |
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| A 7 6 |
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Declarer would have played the queen from dummy.
South has the king and the position is something like this:
| Q 5 |
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| J 9 8 3 2 |
10 7 4 |
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| A K 6 |