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Part 1
You pick up: 9 x
J 8 6
Q x x x
A Q x x x
You pass, Lefty (your left-hand opponent) passes, and your partner opens 1. Righty (the opponent on your right) passes, and you bid a «semi-forcing» 1NT. Your partner passes, and it looks like you will finally get to play a hand…. but then Lefty then balances in with 2
. You have no reason to compete, and apparently your partner does not either, so the final contract is 2
. You of course lead the 9
, and dummy comes down with:
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That’s somewhat of a disappointment — you were hoping spades would be 3-3, or that you could over-ruff declarer. Fortunately, dummy can only over-ruff you once. Partner plays a small spade and declarer wins the K.
Actually, this is a somewhat surprising development — it appears that…
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