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^-{ SKY CLUB & Larry Cohen }
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|cs|5|fp|2|3d|3|at|^-{ Deal of the week
Series V - Deal I }
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|fp|4|ht|y|at|^- The analyses are kindly made and shared for you by Larry Cohen.
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|fp||at|Welcome to the first deal of four in the fourth series.  |pg||

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|fp||at|This is the first week in a series of four deals, all relating to Raising to the proper LAW of Total Tricks level. 

To read more about this, please see:
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bg|6|st||qx|Board1|3d||ah|SKY&&Larry|ah|S V - D I|
pn|Partner,West,You,East,South,West,North,East|md|3SAT97HA7D742CAQ65,S2HKQ842D98CJ9874,SQ8654H3DKQ653C32|sv|O|sk|n|nt||ht|c|at|You deal with nobody vulnerable |pg||mb|p|at|and pass (players using a fancy convention like Polish 2-bids, could open this hand).|pg||mb|1h|nt||ht|c|at|Your LHO opens 1@H |pg||mb|x|at| and partner doubles.|pg||nt||ht|c|at|Immediately, I am thinking of a spade game. |pg||at|I have a beautiful hand opposite a takeout double. |pg||mb|4h|nt||ht|c|at|RHO jumps to 4@H. |pg||
at|And you? |pg||
nt||cq|1|lb|*mYour call is?^Pass~Double~4@s^3|
nt||ht|c|at|I already gave you a hint. |pg||
mb|4s|at|You should bid 4@S. |pg||
nt||ht|c|at|Even if you weren't going to insist on game, now you have a 2-way shot. |pg||
at|It might make or it might be a good sacrifice. |pg||
at|A good rule of thumb that I use is: "When in doubt, bid 4@S over 4@H." |pg||
at|You will be right if ^*Ieither^*N contract makes. |pg||
mb|ppp|nt||ht|c|at|Everyone passes |pg||


pc|hj|at|and the @HJ is led. |pg||hc|ha|nt||ht|c|at|After winning the @HA,  |pg||
lc|ha|pc|hahh|pg||
at|what should you play at trick 2? |pg||
nt||cq|1|lb|*CWhat do you play now? ^^d2^d2h7sast|nt||ht|c|at|Another good rule of thumb is: "When in doubt, set up your long suit."  |pg||at|Whoever made up these rules must have been in doubt a lot. |pg||hc|d2|nt||ht|c|at|Play a diamond |pg||
lc|d2|pc|d2ddq|at|to your queen |pg||
pc|da|at|and LHO's ace.  |pg||
hs|sdnd|at|You want to develop diamonds |pg||ls|ndsd|at|and you shouldn't worry about a diamond ruff-if they are 4-1 you have serious troubles anyway. |pg||nt||ht|c|pc|hthh|at|Back comes another heart, |pg||
pc|s|at|which you ruff. |pg||nt||ht|c|at|Now what?|pg||
nt||cq|1|lb|*CWhat do you play now? ^^sq^dksqs5c2|pc|sq|nt||ht|c|at|This was a tough one. |pg||at|Yes, you want to continue to work on diamonds, |pg||at|but it must be best to play the next diamond from dummy (in case RHO started with a singleton, you don't want to lay down the king and get it ruffed). |pg||nt||ht|c|at|Furthermore, you are quite sure the @SK is on your left. |pg||
at|East opened the bidding and doesn't seem to have the King or Queen of hearts (from his lead of the @HJ). |pg||
at|He must have the @SK. |pg||
nt||ht|c|at|West, who jumped to 4@H could easily have shortness in spades. |pg||
at|This is your way to avoid losing 2 trumps tricks. |pg||pc|sksas|at|The queen is covered by the king and ace. |pg||nt||ht|c|sk|y|at|Now you can see the full deal. |pg||hc|sjdj|nt||ht|c|at|You will lose another diamond and a spade, |pg||
lc|sjdj|at|but will make 10 tricks. |pg||
at|You had to be careful to set up the diamonds and eventually draw trumps in the correct way. |pg||
at|I suspect when this deal is played in the Sky Club Tournament, many will fail in 4@S. |pg||up|16|nt||ht|c|at|Note West's LAWful raise to 4@H - a bid which I expect will be made at most tables. |pg||nt||ht|c|at|Next week we continue with deals where you (it was West on this deal) should raise to the proper LAW level.|pg||pf|y|nt||ht|c|at|You can now experiment with how the play of this deal could go by selecting the cards that you want to play for all 4 players. Click on the cards that you want to play. 

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