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%HRTitleDate 2016.05.03
%HRTitleEvent "Stratified 0-20 & 20+ "
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%HRTitleSite "MIT/DL Bridge Club"
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[Event "MIT/DL BC May 3, 2016 -- When You're Hot -- Problem"]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "18"]
[West ""]
[North ""]
[East ""]
[South ""]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "E:K863.QT32.T52.42 AQ75.K76.AKJ3.KJ J.AJ84.74.AQT976 T942.95.Q986.853"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "2NT"]
[Result ""]
{

This is a normal contract with a normal lead.  East plays the \C4.  Plan the
play.}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[Generator "Big Deal version 1.2"]
[Hidden "EW"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass 2NT =1= AP
[Note "1:20-21 HCP, balanced"]
[Play "W"]
CT

[Event "MIT/DL BC May 3, 2016 -- When You're Hot --  Solution"]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "18"]
[West ""]
[North ""]
[East ""]
[South ""]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "E:K863.QT32.T52.42 AQ75.K76.AKJ3.KJ J.AJ84.74.AQT976 T942.95.Q986.853"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "2NT"]
[Result ""]
{

Before even calling a card from dummy, I made a plan.  More mistakes are made
at trick one than at any other.

First, count top tricks:  with the club lead, I had six.  The contract appears
likely to fail, and it would be easy to go down two (or more, as it happens). 
I decided to play for down 1, and hope to come up with one more trick at the
end.  There was one more factor:  I held the \CK, and West knew I had it.  He
might not cash out the clubs, if my first finesse lost.  I decided to play for
<i>one</i> more spade trick, hoping not to lose the lead.

When I cashed the \DA and K, both followed.  This allowed me to overtake the
\DJ with the Q, preserving a second entry to dummy in the \D9.  If my first
spade finesse lost, I wanted the possibility of trying again.

Leading small to the \SQ produced a huge bonus: West played the \SJ.  A diamond
to dummy let me finesse again in spades.  I cashed out all eight tricks, as
many declarers would not do that well.  I remained with a losing spade, my
three original hearts, and the \CK, with which I exited.  West eventually
conceded a trick to my \HK.

Making 9 tricks on this deal took some skill, but also incredible luck.  That's
how it goes with a 70% game.  See you next time, back in the 40s or 50s!}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "37384884845584955749"]
[Generator "Big Deal version 1.2"]
[OptimumScore "EW 110"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass 2NT =1= AP
[Note "1:20-21 HCP, balanced"]
[Play "W"]
CT
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  3
N  S  7
N  H  3
N  D  8
N  C  4
S NT  8
S  S  8
S  H  4
S  D  8
S  C  4
E NT  5
E  S  5
E  H  8
E  D  4
E  C  9
W NT  5
W  S  5
W  H  7
W  D  4
W  C  9