The Times Improve Your Bridge Game
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2. Declarer tried the
K but West won the
A, cashed
Q, then led to East’s
J9. The defence took four spades, three hearts and a diamond. Down two.
What should have happened
Declaring 2
, South wins the likely
3 lead (the unbid suit) with
A and plays to
A, back to
K, and leads a third club (establishing his fourth club). On retaining the lead he forces out
A and emerges with eight tricks: a heart, four trumps and three clubs. Contract made.
Tip 6
Do not open 1NT with an unbalanced hand.
Deal 7
It’s time to move on from opening 1NT to responding to it. The basic principle is for responder to decide on the best contract available, and simply to bid it! Note that responder does not need six points to bid, as he would if partner had opened in a suit. The 1NT opener is not going to bid again unless responder makes a strong bid. Bidding two-of-a-suit is a rescue operation – consistent with no points at all – and will always be passed. Are you listening North? Incorrectly leaving South to stew in 1NT, he saw the following carnage take place:
What happened
West led
4 to East’s
Q, East cashed
K, then led
6. Declarer played
9, but West won
10, cashed
A (East discarding
2) and then led
8 (East discarding
2).
Discarding a low card in a suit is a signal of disinterest so at Trick Six West switched to
7. East won the
Q and, rather than cash his
AK, astutely switched to
9. Declarer tried
J, but West won
Q and led
5. East won
K, cashed
A (West discarding
3) then led
6. West beat declarer’s
K with
A, cashed
10, then
4. Declarer finally won a trick, the very last, with a club, but the contract was six down!
What should have happened
North should remove 1NT to 2
. His partner would read it as a terminal bid, a so-called ‘Weakness Take-out’. Declarer would probably end up scoring two trump tricks and four clubs – that’s five more tricks than in a notrump contract!
Tip 7
The responder to a 1NT opener can usually place the final contract immediately.