"Mitch Edelman" <edelman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>
> a dealmaster pro list from a club game in 2007 provided this deal:
>
> North: AK10876, A1086, Q, 106
>
> West: Q93, 95, 863, K7542 East: 42, QJ43, AJ1097, QJ
>
> South: J5, K72, K542, A983
>
> The analysis provided on the hand record indicates that NS can
> take 11 tricks at spades. I think not.
>
> With North as declarer and the CQ opening lead, it seems that best
defense
> limits NS to 10 tricks. Did Dealmaster hiccup, or have my powers
> of analysis fled me completely?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mitch Edelman
>
Win the club in dummy, hook the spade, draw trumps. Then the club ten.
East
wins, and the best that he can do is ace and a diamond, allowing a heart
pitch and a dummy entry to set up the clubs.
Tiggrr
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