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Jimmy Sez # 24
Sometime in order to sell your product you have to paint a very pretty picture. It is obvious that you have three sure losers in 5 spades on the following hand unless your opponents buy into the picture you paint for them. I was playing South with my brother. Who could blame him, on the bidding, for taking this phantom save. He was sure that 5 hearts would make and that we couldn’t be wrong in bidding 5 spades.
S- A J 10 9 7 2
H- 4
D- 10 8 6
S- ------ C- A 10 7 S- 5 4
H- J 8 7 3 2 H- A K 10 6 5
D- A 5 4 D- Q 3 2
C- J 8 5 4 2 S- K Q 8 6 3 C- K 9 6
H- Q 9
D- K J 9 7
C- Q 3
Bidding
E S W N
1H 1S 4H 4S
pass pass 5H! 5S?
pass pass pass
Lead: 8H
I dropped the heart queen on the king. I needed to keep the other heart as a threat and I hoped East would shift not wanting to give a ruff sluff. He bit and shifted to a diamond. West took the ace and continued the suit hoping partner had the king. I took the lead and ran all 6 spades as East discarded all of her hearts and a club. I discarded the club queen in case it needed to be unblocked.
This was the position as I led the last diamond:
S-
H-
D-
S- C- A 10 7 S-
H- H- A
D- D-
C- J 8 5 S- C- K 9
D- 7
C- 3
When the last diamond was played East let go of the heart ace allowing my 9 to make and giving me the contract. This psuedo worked because of the picture painted at trick one. Had East continued with the heart ace at trick 2 the contract must go down.
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