On May 4, 8:22 pm, Charles Brenner <cbren...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
Michelle Brunner's duck was a novel play, unheard of in my
experience.
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Oddly enough, I was reading "The Bridge Adventures of Androcles
MacThick" for the zilionth time last night, and he presents a very
similar hand ("The Fish That Got Away):
KQJ3
3
Q
K876432
T762 A9
Q7 962
J852 KT9743
QT9 J5
854
AKJT854
A6
A
Auction:
1h 2c
3h 3s
4nt 5c
6h all pass
After West leads a small diamond, Andy's suggested defense is for East
to duck the QD when it is led off dummy, giving declarer an entry for
the losing heart finesse.
Here, at least, a lead away from the KD would be quite normal - the
opponents have had a strong auction and clubs could be running, plus
the opponents are in a small slam, not a grand slam, so it could be
im****tant to build a winner in the unbid suit before declarer's fast
loser is lost.
Of course, Andy's nephew Archie failed to find the winning defense,
which he never finds (poor guy!).
Henrysun909
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