Problem 04 – Simon's Bridge Notes

04 – Working out the distribution

♠	10 5 4 2
♥	A 2
♦	10 8 6
♣	Q J 9 3

♠	K Q 9 6 3
♥	K 10 9 8 5
♦	3
♣	6 2

	N
W		E
W		E
	S

♠	–
♥	Q J 7 4 3
♦	K Q J 9 4 2
♣	8 7

♠	A J 8 7
♥	6
♦	A 7 5
♣	A K 10 5 4

Dealer:

East

W	N	E	S
		1♦	2♣
2♠	3♣	3♦	4♣
End

Contract:

4♣ by South

Lead:

♦3

(Partner's 3♣ shows exactly 4 cards, with unspecified point count.)

We paused to think about neither opponent bidding hearts, and worked out that that West's distriubution must be 5-5-1-2 and East's must be 0-5-6-2.

So, we know West's spades and East's diamonds exactly. We don't know where the heart honours are, but East's bidding was very weak for the distribution, so she may have only 9 points. The hands must be something like those shown.

Plan the play to guarantee ten tricks.

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