7 2 K J 10 9 8 6 5 10 3 Q 5 | ||
A 10 9 6 4 Q 7 A 9 7 A 9 6 | K Q J 4 3 Q 8 6 5 2 K 4 3 | |
8 5 3 A 2 K J 4 J 10 8 7 2 |
West | North | East | South |
Sontag | Jorgensen | Berkovich | Einarsson |
2° | Pass | 2 | |
2 | Pass | 3 | Pass |
3 | Pass | Pass | Pass |
West | North | East | South |
Baldursson | Pratap | Jonsson | Gordon |
2 | Pass | Pass | |
2 | Pass | 3 | Pass |
4 | Pass | Pass | Pass |
Loosers: 2 hearts, 1 club & y 1 or 2 diamonds?. ¿How would you play the hand?.
¿What about trying an intrafinesse? A coup described by the Grand World Master Gabriel Chagas.
Gordon won the lead with his A and returned his 2. Declarer played the Q, North won with his K and returned a trump. The declarer won the third trick with dummy´s J, played the Q and overtake it with his A, to play the 7, North played the 3, dummy the 2 and South won the trick with his J.
Baldursson had a plan ON: win the trump or club return in dummy and play the Q, capturing both honors: K and10…
South knowing what was going on…played a diamond, but Baldursson sticked to his plan, played little from hand, and smiled when he saw North’s 10 over the table, won the trick with dummy´s Q, run the last trump and claimed 10 tricks.
Intra-finesse by Gabriel Chagas: Click Here