posted November 2009

$1 Money GIB Tournament

Construct the unseen hands from the clues

Bd: 6 Dlr: East Vul: EW North S K95 H A653 D 9 C KJ653 South S QJ H K92 D Q652 C A1042 Final Contract: 3NT by South with no opposition bidding. Lead: D3 Trick 1: D3 D9 DK D2 Trick 2: HT H2 H7 HA Trick 3: S5 S7 SQ SA Trick 4: HJ H3 H4 H9 Trick 5: D8 C3 DA D5 Trick 6: HQ HK S3 H5 Trick 7: SJ S4 S9 S8 Trick 8: DQ D7 H6 D4

You are book.   Play the clubs right and you make.

These cards remain now:

North S K H - D - C KJ65 South S - H - D 6 C A1042

QUIZ: How do you make all the tricks?

Solution:

What clues do we have?

1. West led the 3. And East didn't play on 's at trick 2. This pretty much sums up to the fact that the spades are 4-4;
2. After the J, West switched back to diamonds. This implies that the hearts are 2-4;
3. And the diamonds, from the lead, are 4-4
4. ERGO - East is 4-4-4-1!

Play the A then run the 10.

The full hands were:

North S K95 H A653 D 9 C KJ653 West East S A1043 S 8762 H J7 H Q1084 D J873 D AK104 C Q87 C 9 South S QJ H K92 D Q652 C A1042