Hervé Pacault made good use of his trumps on this
deal from the second round of the Teams:
Board 4. Dealer West. Game
All |
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A K 6 |
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A 6 5 4 |
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A 10 5 3 |
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8 7 |
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2 |
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Q J 10 3 |
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Q J 9 3 |
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K 10 8 7 |
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K 8 2 |
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Q 9 7 |
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Q J 9 5 2 |
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6 4 |
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9 8 7 5 4 |
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2 |
 |
J 6 4 |
 |
A K 10 3 |
West |
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North |
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East |
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South |
Martens |
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Riberol |
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Miszewska |
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Pacault |
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Pass |
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1NT |
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Pass |
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2 |
Dble |
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2 |
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Pass |
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2 |
Pass |
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3 |
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Pass |
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4 |
All Pass |
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Against South's Four Spades, West led Q. Pacault won and at
once set about a dummy reversal. He played a heart to the ace and
ruffed a heart, a trump to dummy and another heart ruff, a second
trump to dummy, and ruffed the last heart. Then he took king of clubs
and ruffed a club in dummy. East had to over-ruff to prevent declarer
having ten tricks immediately. But now West had to lead a diamond. He
actually led a low one. West's king was beaten and another diamond set
up declarer's tenth trick. If East had switched to Q then South would
have let it hold, end-playing East. |