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LC104 Discarding Deal 4

LC104 Discarding Deal 4

As East, you hold:

J9764
42
AQJ9
85.

Question 1

Against the auction shown (1N-3N), partner leads the J. What do you play (standard carding)?

Choose One:

2

4

Answer: 1 -

2. This is an attitude situation (not count). You have no reason to say you like hearts, so play low.

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Your result so far: 100 %

Question 2

Declarer wins the A and then plays the K as shown. What do you play?

Choose One:

5

8

Answer: 2 -

This is a count situation. Play hi-lo (standard signals) to show an even number.

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Your result so far: 100 %

Question 3

Declarer plays another club to the queen (all following). Then the J as shown. What do you discard?

Choose One:

9

Q

J

4

4

Other

Answer: 5 -

4. It looks like partner is about to win the A. You would love a diamond play (you can see that it would produce 4 tricks). However, if you signal with a diamond, you'd be signaling with a trick (the setting trick). You must keep all 4 diamonds. Partner already knows you don't like hearts. Throw a low spade and hope he gets the message. The full deal is:

Partner should get the message and win the A and play a diamond for down 1.

Thank you for taking our lesson on Discarding.

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Your result so far: 100 %

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