{"id":132850,"date":"2026-09-16T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/?p=132850"},"modified":"2026-09-15T10:29:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T08:29:17","slug":"nine-tricks-before-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en\/nine-tricks-before-five\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine Tricks Before Five"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Header_Article_EN-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-103637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Header_Article_EN-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Header_Article_EN-1-1024x576-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Header_Article_EN-1-1024x576-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Teams. Sitting South, you play 3NT<\/strong> after the lead of the &#x2660;4 (fourth best) following a standard auction:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-image stk-block-image stk-block stk-27d1d69\" data-block-id=\"27d1d69\"><style>.stk-27d1d69 .stk-img-wrapper{width:100% !important;height:540px !important;}<\/style><figure><span class=\"stk-img-wrapper stk-image--shape-stretch\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"stk-img wp-image-132852\" src=\"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jeremie_Bid_EN_.png\" width=\"1000\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jeremie_Bid_EN_.png 1000w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jeremie_Bid_EN_-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jeremie_Bid_EN_-768x525.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/span><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The dummy comes down:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"933\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hand_Jeremie_EN_-933x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-132853\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hand_Jeremie_EN_-933x1024.png 933w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hand_Jeremie_EN_-273x300.png 273w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hand_Jeremie_EN_-768x843.png 768w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hand_Jeremie_EN_.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>After correctly waiting for 20 seconds, you call for dummy&#8217;s Spade. East inserts the Queen and you win with the King.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are the possible distributions of the Spade suit?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>The &#x2660;4 lead cannot be \u201ctop of nothing\u201d because that would have to be 432, and the three was in dummy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means <strong>West has an honor, the Ace<\/strong>. There is only one card smaller than the four (the two), so he didn&#8217;t have more than five cards in the suit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consequently, West&#8217;s Spade holding was either:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Axx42<\/strong> (5 points), or<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Axx4<\/strong> (5 points).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Without forgetting <strong>A42<\/strong> (5 points), because with an honor third we lead the middle card. The defense can establish <strong>three tricks<\/strong> if West had (1) or (3), but only <strong>two tricks<\/strong> if he had (2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How many top tricks do you have? How many tricks can you get in each suit?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You have <strong>six top tricks<\/strong> after the lead: one Spade, one Heart, one Diamond and three Clubs. There is a possibility to get additional tricks in <strong>all four suits<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Spades:<\/strong> You will get a second trick when the defense continues the suit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hearts:<\/strong> Your spot cards allow you to get at least two tricks, although you may have to lose two tricks in the process. Sometimes you can make three or even four in the rare case where West has <strong>King-Jack doubleton<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Diamonds:<\/strong> A finesse against the King ensures <strong>two tricks<\/strong>, even when it fails, because you have the Jack. You can hope to get three or four tricks after felling the ten, or even five if West miraculously has <strong>King-ten doubleton<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Clubs:<\/strong> You can get a fourth trick if the suit breaks well (3-2 or 4-1 with a stiff Jack) or if it breaks badly but West has the length. After cashing Ace-King, you can play the <strong>marked finesse against the Jack<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s all nice and well to have all those possibilities, but the goal is to <strong>bring home nine tricks before the defense can get five<\/strong>. So&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the first thing you do?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Clubs can wait.<\/strong> The first thing to do is to finesse against the <strong>Diamond King<\/strong>, so you start with a Diamond to the Queen. East wins the King and plays back the Spade seven. You insert the Jack and West ducks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can you now work out the exact distribution of the Spade suit? Do you see a possible danger?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the three possible distributions that we determined before, case (3), <strong>A42, is now impossible<\/strong>: West would have taken the Ace and continued with his last Spade in order to set up the suit for his partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Case (2), <strong>Axx4<\/strong>, does not fit either because of East&#8217;s return of the seven. From an initial Qx72, East would have now played the two, the smallest from three giving current count.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, <strong>West had five Spades (Axx42)<\/strong>. When East returns the seven, you can even deduce the exact placement of all the cards in the suit: <strong>West had A9842 and East Q76<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>West ducked to keep communication open with his partner. Now, if East gets back on lead, he will play another Spade, thus finessing your ten, and <strong>you&#8217;ll lose five tricks in total<\/strong>. In other words, <strong>you cannot afford to lose a trick to East, the dangerous opponent.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">So, how do you continue?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can now count <strong>eight tricks<\/strong>: two Spades, one Heart, two Diamonds and three Clubs. Rather than try the dangerous Heart finesse, you first have to look for your <strong>ninth trick in Clubs<\/strong>. You start by cashing the <strong>Ace and King<\/strong>, in order to keep your tenace with Queen-ten in case East should have Jack-fourth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it turns out that <strong>West is the one who holds four Clubs to the Jack<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What&#8217;s your plan B?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Before putting all your money on the Heart finesse, you can just as well cash the <strong>Ace and Jack of Diamonds<\/strong> first, hoping for the ten to show up. But unfortunately, West follows to only one round and then discards the <strong>Heart three<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can&#8217;t kick out the Diamond ten because <strong>East, the dangerous opponent, would get on lead<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can you now reconstruct the hands of the defense? What is the next thing you will do?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>By now you know the distribution of <strong>Spades, Clubs and Diamonds<\/strong>: West had five, four and two cards, respectively. From that, we can deduce the full deal, with some uncertainty concerning the position of the Heart honors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Give yourself <strong>10 points if you have reconstructed the hands correctly.<\/strong> It is easy to see that <strong>it is useless to try the Heart finesse<\/strong> since, if West has the King, it is by now bare anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"933\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/FullHand_Jeremie_EN_-933x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-132854\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/FullHand_Jeremie_EN_-933x1024.png 933w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/FullHand_Jeremie_EN_-273x300.png 273w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/FullHand_Jeremie_EN_-768x843.png 768w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/FullHand_Jeremie_EN_.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Therefore, you cash the <strong>Ace<\/strong>&#8230; but West follows with the Jack. Caramba, that didn&#8217;t work either! Your successive maneuvers have all failed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Do you have a plan C?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you play a red suit now, <strong>East will first cash his tricks and then play a Spade: that&#8217;s a sure defeat.<\/strong> Instead, <strong>play two rounds of Clubs<\/strong>, executing an <strong>elimination and endplay<\/strong>. West then has only Spades left and has to give you <strong>your ninth trick in Spades<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Phew!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-spacer stk-block-spacer stk--no-padding stk-block stk-152086b\" data-block-id=\"152086b\"><style>.stk-152086b {height:10px !important;}<\/style><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-spacer stk-block-spacer stk--no-padding stk-block stk-031efbf\" data-block-id=\"031efbf\"><style>.stk-031efbf {height:40px !important;}<\/style><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk-block stk-44b5a1b stk-block-background\" data-block-id=\"44b5a1b\"><style>.stk-44b5a1b {background-color:#38d96654 !important;}.stk-44b5a1b:before{background-color:#38d96654 !important;}<\/style><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-44b5a1b-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-23892d7\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"23892d7\"><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-23892d7-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-23892d7-inner-blocks\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Your score<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-spacer stk-block-spacer stk--no-padding stk-block stk-f90be04\" data-block-id=\"f90be04\"><style>.stk-f90be04 {height:20px !important;}<\/style><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk-block stk-0327723\" data-block-id=\"0327723\"><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-0327723-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-9596d43\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"9596d43\"><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-9596d43-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-9596d43-inner-blocks\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">&#x1f631;<br><strong>100 + points<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>When are you free to play a tournament with me?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-eece240\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"eece240\"><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-eece240-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-eece240-inner-blocks\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">&#x2694;&#xfe0f;<br><strong>90 points<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>If your sympathy is like your game level, you must be a courted player.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-3be9559\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"3be9559\"><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-3be9559-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-3be9559-inner-blocks\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">&#x1f60e;<br><strong>80 points<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Very decent.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-4f75a98\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"4f75a98\"><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-4f75a98-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-4f75a98-inner-blocks\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>&#x1f4aa;<\/strong><br><strong>70 points<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Not so bad.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-aaf8e96\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"aaf8e96\"><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-aaf8e96-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-aaf8e96-inner-blocks\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">&#x1f609;<br><strong><strong>Less<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><em>You will certainly do better next time.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-spacer stk-block-spacer stk--no-padding stk-block stk-6cddcb8\" data-block-id=\"6cddcb8\"><style>.stk-6cddcb8 {height:50px !important;}<\/style><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What did you think of this article? What is your score?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Feel free to share it with the Funbridge community in the Comments section below!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you make nine tricks before the defense takes five?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":143390,"featured_media":103637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14923],"tags":[14443],"access":[13331,13334],"class_list":["post-132850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bridge-lessons","tag-bridge-lesson","access-premium-en","access-premium-plus-en"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":5}},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nine Tricks Before Five - 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