| Hand of the week - 25. on 2025/02/17 |
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Declarer is North, the Contract is 2 Spades, and Vulerability is All.
You are defending from West.
Three rounds of Diamonds have been played by East (North won the third), and two rounds of Spades by North.
The score is Declarer 3, and Defenders 2.
Declarer is about to play a third round of Spades, which your partner in East will win.
You can make three tricks and bring down the contract; so what do you play?
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You wish to play in Hearts.
Play the 9♣ , which is asking for the higher of the other two suits. As you can see Dummy's k♥, win with the Q♥, then the A♥ , and finally A♣ to break the contract.
This is a "McKenny Discard". It asks partner for the higher of the two other suits, i.e. Spades were played and you showed a Club. The other two suits were Diamonds and Hearts.
Low value cards: 2, 3, 4, 5 ask for the lower suit (in this case Diamonds), and 7, 8, 9, 10 ask for thhigher (in this case Hearts). Note the 6 is indeterminate. |
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