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Turkish Twosome Take Two Tops
by Mark Horton
The Editor of the Turkish Bridge World Magazine, Erdal Sidar, is running the bookstall on the fourth floor, but he found time to deliver a couple of deals from the third qualifying session of the Mixed Pairs to the Bulletin.
| Board 25. Dealer North. E/W Vul. |
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♠ K J 10 9 2
♥ J
♦ A K 3
♣ K 10 6 2 |
♠ A 6 5 3
♥ A 6 5
♦ 4 2
♣ J 9 5 4 |
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♠ Q
♥ K Q 10 4 3 2
♦ Q 10 8 7
♣ A 7 |
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♠ 8 7 4
♥ 9 8 7
♦ J 9 6 5
♣ Q 8 3 |
| West |
North |
East |
South |
| Kapo |
Yamut |
Xhuli |
Hayfavi |
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1♠ |
2♥ |
2♠ |
| 3♥ |
3♠ |
All Pass |
I’m not sure I would have raised with the South hand, but it gave North a chance to shine.
East led the king of hearts and continued the suit. Declarer ruffed with the nine of spades and followed that with the king of spades. West took the ace and played back a spade – a heart is more challenging but declarer can still prevail. Declarer won in hand, played a club to the queen and a club to the ten. He could ruff his losing club in dummy and arrived at nine tricks.
| Board 26. Dealer East. All Vul. |
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♠ 8 5 2
♥ Q 2
♦ Q 9 7 2
♣ 6 5 4 2 |
♠ K 9 7 3
♥ K J 8 3
♦ A K 10 5
♣ 3 |
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♠ A 10 6 4
♥ 10 9 5 4
♦ J 8 4
♣ A Q |
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♠ Q J
♥ A 7 6
♦ 6 3
♣ K J 10 9 8 7 |
| West |
North |
East |
South |
| Kapo |
Yamut |
Xhuli |
Hayfavi |
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Pass |
Pass |
| 1♦ |
Pass |
1♠ |
Pass |
| 2♠ |
Pass |
3♠ |
Pass |
| 4♠ |
All Pass |
South led the six of diamonds and declarer played low from dummy, North winning with the queen and returning the nine of diamonds. Declarer won in hand, cashed the king of spades and played a spade to the ten. South won with the queen and having noted North’s return at trick two switched to a low heart.
Declarer let that run and North put up the queen, returned a heart and ruffed the next heart for the magic +200.
The Turkish pair went on to qualify in 22nd place.
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