Eddie Kantar NABC spring 2019 - 3

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Eddie

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By Eddie Kantar

many that illustrate the

Dummy

difference between IMP

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and matchpoint play of

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the hand strategy. At

J 9 8 3 2

IMPs, you don't worry

7 3 2

that much about overtricks

Declarere (You)

because your primary concern is making your

K 8

contract with minimum risk.

5 4 2

At matchpoints, you often risk the contr

A 6 4

for the sake of an overtrick (or two) providi

A Q J 10 4

odds favor the risk. In this case, the odds fa

You decide to treat your hand as worth

risk. It is far more likely that East has two o

15 points (look at those clubs) and open

clubs headed by the king than four clubs he

You decide to treat your hand as w1oNrTth. P1a5rtpnoeirnrtasis(elosoykouattoth3oNseTcalnudbsy)oaunwdinodpen 1NT. Partner raises you to 3NT and

you wind up playing the hand fromupthpelawyirnogntghesihdaen.dHforopmefuthlleywpraorntngesridwe.on't count your pointsH. omecoming Hopefully partner won't count your points.

West leads the J. You try the queen, bWuetsnt olelaudcskt.hEe asJt. wYoinustrayndthreeqtuurenesn,thbeut8ntoo dummAy'nsitaacFer.oYeohuliclheahdasa rceltuubrnteod to Memph

the queen and it wins. Plan the plalyucfkro. Emashtewrei.ns and returns the 8 to dummy's ace. You lead a club to the queen and it wins.

where she was introduced to bridge 30 year "I worked for the Dept. of Defense," she say

Plan the play from here.

"and during lunch, we played party bridge.

You need five clubs tricks to make theYcoounntreaecdtfaivnedciltulbosotkrisclkisketoEmasatkehathsethe needeldovkeindgi.t!O" ne possibility is to cash

three spades discarding a diamondcoanntdrarcetpaenadt itthleocolkusblifkieneEsasset.hIafsEtahsetnheaesdKed?x or K?x?Oxn,eyoofuhsecrocroe-fwivoerkcelrusb, Ctrhiacrklse,s Cox, sa

or 10 tricks in all.

king. One possibility is to cash three spades

potential in her, and invited her to play with

discarding a diamond and repeat the club

at the M.A. Lightman duplicate club.

But what if East has four clubs heafidneedssbe.yIfthEeakstinhga?s KIn?xthoart Kca?sxe?yxo, uyowuisllconreeed two addi"tCiohnuaclkdwumasmmyyemnetrniteosr,t"oAtankitea says. "H

two more club finesses. The safe wfivaye ctolutbaktreicfkisv,eocrl1u0bttrriicckkssinisatlol. overtake the K,totaokkemaeseucnodnerdhcilsuwbifnigneasnsde,toaonkdcare of me

assuming left-hand opponent shows oButu,tcwrohsast tiof tEhaesthQasafnodutrackleubasthheiraddecdlub finesse. YHoeur jwoibntdraunpspworitthednhinere ttoriLckoss Angeles (and a grateful partner): five clubsb,ytwthoeskpiandg?esInanthdattwcaosreeydoaucwesi.llTnheiesdhtawnod is one o1f9m95a.n"yThthaat twiallsutshtrealtaestthoef dbirfidfegre- till 2017,

additional dummy entries to take two more club when Anita retired, moved to Tucson AZ an Suenndcaey,bMetwarecehn2I4M, P20a1n9d match-poinfitnpelsasyeso. fTthheeshafaenwd asytratotetgayk.eAfitvIeMclPusb, tyriocuksPdioasng'et w3doecrridyetdhatot mreutucrhn atobothuet goavmeret.riSchkes walked i

because your primary concern is mtoakoivnegrtaykoeutrhceonKtr,atcatkwe iathsemcoindimculumb friinseks.se, Adobe Bridge Club, took a few lessons and

and assuming left-hand opponent shows out,

paired up with partners.

OR NEW PLAYERS At matchpoints, you often risk theccroosnstrtoactthfeorQthaensdatkaekeofaathnirodvcelrutrbicfikne(ossret.wo) providi"nIgwtahsesocadrdesd.faIvwoarsthheorrriisbkle.! I thought In this case, the odds favor the riskYp.aorIuttnwiesri)fn:adrfiuvmpeowcrleiuthbliskn,eitnlwyeottrhsipacakt dsEe(asasnatdnhdaastgwtrwaotoerefuodlr three cwluobusIlndh2ne0eav1de8er,dAcbanyticthtahowenok."ninbgotthhatnhe Ace of Clu

four clubs headed by the king. At matchpoints, cash three spades and repeat the club finesse one last time .

s hand is one of at illustrate the ce between IMP chpoint play of d strategy. At ou don't worry ch about overtricks your primary is making your

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matchpoints, you often risk the contract

K 8

ake of an overtrick (or two) providing the

5 4 2

vor the risk. In this case, the odds favor the

A 6 4

s far more likely that East has two or three

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aded by the king than four clubs headed

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