BRIDGE DETECTIVE Colorado Front Range Bridge Good practice
BRIDGE DETECTIVE Colorado Front Range Bridge
Good practice…. . ü Remember the bidding (or lack of) ü Analyze the opening lead ü Count your winners, and losers ü Identify entries ü Try to place the missing cards 2
The Clues Discovery plays Watching exposed cards Inferences Diagnose defender choices Probabilities 3
A North AQxx xx KJxx QTx South KJT 73 T Tx KJ 9 xx N E S W 1 D 2 S P P 1 S 4 S P all pass Lead: Heart duce, East plays Ace Commentary: How many Hearts does East have? What Heart honors are in East Where is the Ace of Diamonds? Where is the Ace of Clubs 4
A Commentary: 4 th Best lead suggests East has 6 Hearts AQxx xx KJxx QTx xx KJx 2 Axxx Axx xx AQxxxx Qxx xx KJT 73 T Tx KJ 9 xx West is not likely to underlead Ace What West did not do? Lead from KQ or QJ East is likely to have AQ in Hearts Other Aces in West 5
B North Qxxxx Kx xxx Qxx W N E S 1 D P 1 Nt 2 H all pass Lead: Diamond Jack South x AJT 9 xx AKx xxx Commentary: Where are: Diamond Q? Spade Ace Spade King Club Ace Club King Heart Queen 6
B Commentary: Why lead Jack if you have the Queen? East has it. Qxxxx Kx xxx Qxx AJTx Qxx JTx AJx Kxx xx Qxxx KTxx x AJT 9 xx AKx xxx What West did NOT do? Missing AK in both black suits but neither lead? If East has K K Q, then Queen of Hearts is 7 likely in the West
“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by and chance ever observes. “ Hound of the Baskervilles 8
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