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Named ACBL player of the year many times,world champion<\/strong> and member of the Hall of Fame<\/strong>, Zia Mahmood gives you a hard time every month during Funbridge Points Tournament!

Discover 3 deals analysed by Zia Mahmood from his March tournament. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Board 1 : You can fool a robot<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\"S\"  A 7 6<\/span>
\"H\"  K Q 10<\/span>
\"D\"  Q J 6<\/span>
\"C\"  A 9 7 2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"S\"  5<\/span>
\"H\"  A 8 6 5 2<\/span>
\"D\"  A 8 2<\/span>
\"C\"  K 10 6 4 <\/span><\/td>\n		\"orientation\"<\/td>\n\"S\" K Q 10 9 3 2<\/span>
\"H\" J 7 3<\/span>
\"D\" 7 5<\/span>
\"C\" 5 3<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"S\" J 8 4<\/span>
\"H\" 9 4<\/span>
\"D\" K 10 9 4 3<\/span>
\"C\"  Q J 8<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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West<\/b><\/td>\nNorth<\/b><\/td>\nEast<\/b><\/td>\nSouth (Zia)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nPASS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PASS<\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\nPASS<\/td>\nPASS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nPASS<\/td>\nPASS<\/td>\nDOUBLE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PASS<\/td>\nPASS<\/td>\nPASS<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Contract: 2♥ doubled by West. Lead: ♦ Q <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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West, who might have opened the bidding, reopened it after my partner\u2019s strong no trump came round. I re-re-opened, so to speak, with a takeout double \u2013 who knew who could make what, but our side had the balance of points so at the vulnerability I couldn\u2019t just pass and take 50 a trick against 2♥. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indeed, if 1NT had been passed out we\u2019d have taken about nine tricks after East\u2019s obvious but unfortunate spade lead. Against 2♥ doubled we had six obvious tricks<\/strong> \u2013 a spade, two hearts, a diamond, and two clubs. We badly needed a seventh. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Partner kicked off with the Queen of diamonds and I overtook with the King. From my point of view things looked desperate \u2013 I needed to play both clubs and trumps through declarer, and diamonds were my only entries. West won the first trick and, instead of putting the pressure on by playing a spade, continued with a second diamond. I could win that and shift to the Queen of clubs, covered by the King and Ace. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Partner played a club to my Jack and I played a trump. West put the Ace on that, ruffed a diamond, and played a heart. If declarer\u2019s last club was the nine, we were going to score indifferently for plus 100<\/strong>, but when partner had that card our combined efforts yielded 300 and a top. I mentally gave North a high five. It may have reciprocated with a high 101.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<< PART 2<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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