European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Right on the spot fast West deals. Vulnerable. North West a 0 6 5 4 7 6 5 4 j 6 5 a 7 North a a 8 3 9 2 a 0 j 10 9 6 4 2 fast a k j 10 o i 3 10 2 k q 5 3 sol the 97 a k 10 8 k 9 8 7 4 3 a 8 the hiding North fast South West pass i dbl pass 2 pass 3 3 5 dbl 5 pass pass i a pass pass pass Ope Ning Lead four of the importance of spot cards was vividly demonstrated on this Deal from a recent pair event held at the american contract Bridge leagues Spring championships in fort Worth Texas. Can you find the key card we Are not enchanted with West a pass Over the takeout double. An immediate two Spade raise could have complicated life for North South. East a double of five clubs was greedy since that was one contract he wanted to defend but South would have run anyway. West led a Low Spade ducked by Declarer who won the continuation. Since there was a certain club loser Declarer had to bring in the heart suit without loss to land the contract. Trying to Ruff out the Queen Jack of hearts would not succeed since any ruffs with Dummy a honors would almost surely set up at least one Trump trick for the defenders. The Only Hope was to find East with both missing heart honors so at trick three Declarer ran the nine of hearts. When that held it was a simple matter to draw two rounds of Trumps and when East obliged by holding no More than three hearts the contract was in the bag. What card enabled the contract to Roll Home certainly the nine of hearts in Dummy was important but the crucial heart was Declarer a eight spot. Switch the eight and seven of hearts and East can defeat the contract by covering the nine of hearts. At the end Declarer a seven will be topped by West a eight for the setting trick. Q. A As South vulnerable you hold 963 7 k1064 0q6 4qj64 the bidding has proceeded West North East South 1 v dbl 1 ? what action do you take  have too much in High cards to stay out of the auction. While bidding two clubs wont Lead to a disaster your soft values and Lack of distributional assets Point toward a no Trump contract. Bid one no Trump. Done to worry about no Spade stopper partner promised Spades with his takeout double. Q. A neither vulnerable As South you hold k. 109872 q975 q96 the bidding has proceeded North East South West 1 pass i it pass 3 pass ? what action do you take  intermediates Are rather attractive but your Singleton King of Spades is not As advantageous As it might seem a to draw Trumps partner must waste an entry to get Back to his hand. All in All we Preter a slightly conservative pass. 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A As South vulnerable you hold kqj1065 9aj 0 a5 a54 the bidding has proceeded South West North East 1 pass 1 it pass ? what do you bid now a.we sympathize if you chose to rebid four Spades three Spades is a drastic under bid but we would opt for three no Trump. You have a hand that will take eight tricks on its own with every suit stopped. Since it also is balanced nine tricks could be easier than 10. A a As South vulnerable you hold akq7652 9a652 06 5 the bidding has proceeded North East South West pass pass ? what is your opening bid a.since partner is a passed hand you can give up All thought of slam. You have a magnificent hand offensively but on defense you might take Only one trick. In third position the restriction on preempting with More than one Ace does not apply and our Choice would be an opening bid of four Spades. 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