{"id":42023,"date":"2022-09-01T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/?p=42023"},"modified":"2022-08-29T16:23:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T14:23:33","slug":"black-mailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en\/black-mailer\/","title":{"rendered":"Black mailer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-by-norbert-lebely-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-by-norbert-lebely-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-by-norbert-lebely-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-by-norbert-lebely-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-by-norbert-lebely-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-by-norbert-lebely.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>At first glance, does your contract look lay-down? In that case, double up your attention and prepare for the worst.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Teams<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dealer South. All Vul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You are South and you hold 23 balanced:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-1-1024x472.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49968\" width=\"512\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-1-1024x472.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-1-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-1-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-1-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-1-2048x943.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How do you open this hand?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a strong 2&#x2663;&#xfe0f; of course. North answers 2&#x2666;&#xfe0f;, a relay. You rebid 2NT and partner jumps to 6NT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-2-1024x515.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49969\" width=\"512\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-2-1024x515.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-2-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-2-768x386.jpg 768w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-2-1536x772.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-2-2048x1029.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>West leads the club eight and the dummy comes down:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-3-382x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49970\" width=\"191\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-3-382x1024.jpg 382w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-3-112x300.jpg 112w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-3-768x2060.jpg 768w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-3-573x1536.jpg 573w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-3-764x2048.jpg 764w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-3.jpg 812w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Contract: 6 No-Trumps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lead: 8 of Clubs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How many top tricks do you have?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four Hearts, three Clubs, two Spades and the Diamond Ace are ten immediate tricks from the top. You need two more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Will you easily make your contract?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A priori<\/em> yes, because in order to make your small slam, all you need is that your nine cards in Diamonds:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-4-1024x465.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49972\" width=\"256\" height=\"116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-4-1024x465.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-4-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-4-768x349.jpg 768w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-4.jpg 1234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>yield two more tricks together with the Ace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Unless?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unless all four missing Diamonds (K1098) are in the same hand (a 4-0 split is not so rare, since it does occur in 10% of cases).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How can you find out?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s easy. Win the opening lead in dummy, call for the Diamond 2 and see what happens:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2192 FIRST POSSIBILITY:<\/strong> East discards the 2 of Hearts. Therefore, the situation is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-5-1024x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49973\" width=\"512\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-5-1024x240.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-5-300x70.jpg 300w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-5-768x180.jpg 768w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-5-1536x360.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-5-2048x480.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What should you do now?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jump up with the Ace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to catch West in a Morton\u2019s Fork at the next trick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How so?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By playing the Diamond 3 towards dummy. If West plays his King on thin air, this gives you the two tricks that you are missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>And if West plays it cool and follows with the 9?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nothing will be lost, you\u2019ll ask for the Jack, knowing that now you only need to establish one more trick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How will you do it?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By tackling Spades, but you must do it the right way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Which way exactly?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You need to get back to hand with the King of Clubs and then finesse against West, the dangerous hand, to who you must not lose the lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-6-1024x934.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49975\" width=\"512\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-6-1024x934.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-6-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-6-768x700.jpg 768w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-6-1536x1401.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-6-2048x1868.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2192 SECOND POSSIBILITY:<\/strong> East follows with the 8 of Diamonds&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What do you do?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You insert the Queen, and then one of two things will happen:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>West plays the 9, 10 or King. Now your contract is home because Diamonds were 2-2 or 3-1.<\/li><li>The Queen wins the trick as West discards&#8230; easy. Now you play a Spade to the 10 and you even take thirteen tricks if West holds the Queen and not more than three Spades.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-7-1024x934.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49976\" width=\"512\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-7-1024x934.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-7-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-7-768x700.jpg 768w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-7-1536x1401.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-mailer-bridge-article-7-2048x1868.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What was the added value of your line of play?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After discovering the \u201cunfortunate\u201d split in Diamonds, you did not panic at all and every time you made sure of making your small slam whereas any other action would have forced you to guess the location of the Queen of Spades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Principle<\/strong><\/p><p>Taking away any chance your opponents may have of thwarting the success of your contract must be a constant concern for you. With this in mind, anticipate and think of a parry, a remedy that is perfectly suited to all possible situations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What do you think of this article?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Please share your view with other bridge players in the <em>Comments<\/em> section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At first glance, does your contract look lay-down? In that case, double up your attention and prepare for the worst. Teams Dealer South. All Vul. You are South and you hold 23 balanced: How do you open this hand? With a strong 2&#x2663;&#xfe0f; of course. North answers 2&#x2666;&#xfe0f;, a relay. You rebid 2NT and partner jumps to 6NT. West leads the club eight and the dummy comes down: Contract: 6 No-Trumps. Lead: 8 of Clubs. How many top tricks do you have? 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