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\"Bridge<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Dealer West, All Vul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(1) Checkback.
(2) Three-card support, maximum.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

West starts with the Ace-King-Queen of Clubs, East following with the three, four and Jack, and then switches to the Diamond three\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How many winners do you count?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You have spotted nine with five Spades, three Hearts and the Ace of Diamonds<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you have a chance to make your contract by calling for the five of Diamonds from dummy?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

No, because West who has passed as dealer has already shown 9 HCP. This means the King of Diamonds is situated at your right. You jump up with the Ace of Diamonds and now you have to ask yourself the following question:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where can I find my tenth trick?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

It must come from Hearts, of course. A friendly break (3-3 or 4-2) occurs 84% if the time (48%+36%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How are you going to get to dummy to cash it?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to the King of Spades, which you have to keep for that purpose at all cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So how will you play if Spades break 3-2?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It’s simple: you’ll start with the Queen of Hearts and then play a Heart to the Ace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When everybody follows, do you cash the King?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

No, you must not take that risk. Ruff a small Heart instead. Then, you get to dummy with the King of Spades, drawing the last outstanding trump in the process, and discard your two Dia\u0002monds on King-six of Hearts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is there something that could spoil this beautiful plan?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Yes, a 4-1 trump split, which would allow the defender with the fourth trump to ruff the fourth or fifth round of Hearts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this case, is there a winning solution?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Yes, but you need to first check the trump split by cashing the Queen and Jack of Spades:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • If trumps are 3-2, the above line of play is perfect.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • If they are 4-1 (or 5-0!) \u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    What must you do now?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    First, finish drawing trumps by cashing the Ace, felling dummy’s King and playing another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    And what do you do next?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    When trumps are drawn, you cash the Queen, Ace and King of Hearts and hope and pray that the suit was 3-3.<\/p>\n\n\n

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    The principle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    In bridge, many actions are very closely related to each other. When you encounter this kind of problem, the most important thing is to execute your actions in the right order. So just in the same way as there are “conditional” ways of tackling suit combinations, like when you first have to see if a finesse in suit A works before you decide how you must play suit B, the same applies to breaks: The right way to handle Hearts depends on the trump break, so you need to verify that first.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

    What do you think of this article?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Share your view with the community in the comments section below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Dealer West, All Vul. West starts with the Ace-King-Queen of Clubs, East following with the three, four and Jack, and then switches to the Diamond three\u2026 How many winners do you count? You have spotted nine with five Spades, three Hearts and the Ace of Diamonds Do you have a chance to make your contract by calling for the five of Diamonds from dummy? No, because West who has passed as dealer has already shown 9 HCP. This means the King of Diamonds is situated at your right. You jump up with the Ace of Diamonds and now you have\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":27547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10635],"tags":[11653],"access":[13331,13334],"class_list":["post-58486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-let-s-talk-about-bridge","tag-deal-analysis-en","access-premium-en","access-premium-plus-en"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":5}},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n3-2 or 4-1? - Blog Funbridge<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en\/3-2-or-4-1\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"3-2 or 4-1? - Blog Funbridge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dealer West, All Vul. 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