You Be the Judge
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Each week we will present two Spades deals that yielded unhappy results for
one side. Did someone make a bad bid or a knucklehead play, or were the
unfortunate results just due to bad luck? Was there a clearcut error, or
did someone simply make a wrong guess? Let us know what you think.
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Previous Cases
| #1 April 21, 2002 |
#6 May 26, 2002 |
#11 June 30, 2002 |
| #2 April 28, 2002 |
#7 June 2, 2002 |
#12 July 7, 2002 |
| #3 May 5, 2002 |
#8 June 9, 2002 |
#13 July 14, 2002 |
| #4 May 12, 2002 |
#9 June 16, 2002 |
#14 July 21, 2002 |
| #5 May 19, 2002 |
#10 June 23, 2002 |
#15 July 28, 2002 |
You Be the Judge #15
Posted July 28, 2002
| Score |
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N/S: 404
E/W: 356
Dlr: East |
 54
 93
 AK943
 Q1054 |
6
KQJ10
J1072
KJ76 |
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AK10872
A74
65
83 |
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QJ93
8652
Q8
A92
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South West North East
3
2
2
6
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Exhibit #15a. Technique
The Play:
1. South leads A. 6, 4, 3. South wins.
2. South leads 2. K, 5, 8. West wins.
3. West leads K. 9, 7, 2. West wins.
4. West leads Q. 3, 4, 5. West wins.
5. West leads J. K, 5, 8. North wins.
6. North leads A. 6, Q, 2. North wins.
7. North leads 9. 10, J, 7. South wins.
8. South leads 5. 10, 4, A. North wins.
9. North leads 4. 8, 9, 10. South wins.
10-13. East wins the last four with high spades.
East and West were set. It is always easy to attribute a failed bid to
overbidding, but here E/W were desperately trying to recover lost ground.
Do you agree with their bids? Could they have done better in the play,
either by luckier guessing or by better card handling?
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Exhibit #15b. Strategy
The Play:
1. North leads 6. A, 4, 9. East wins.
2. East leads 6. A, K, J. South wins.
3. South leads A. 9, Q, 7. South wins.
4. South leads 10. Q, 7, 3. West wins.
5. West leads 3. 2, 6, 8. South wins.
6. South leads 9. 5, 2, 9. East wins.
7. East leads 3. 10, K, 5. West wins.
8. West leads Q. 7, 2, 10. West wins.
9. West leads 5. K, J, J. North wins and the nil is sunk.
North's nil is beaten, and we give credit to East/West for a fine
defense. Was the unhappy N/S result due to bad bidding, bad play, wrong
guess, or merely bad luck?
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| Score |
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N/S: 386
E/W: 335
Dlr: West |
652
J72
Q54
K762 |
J43
KQ5
K98
Q953 |
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AK987
63
J7632
A |
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Q10
A10984
A10
J1084
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North East South West
nil
5
2
3
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(Last of a series)
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