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1.
How many tricks are possible in the two hands with the following pairs
of cards and under what conditions:
| in hand: |
9 6 |
in dummy: |
A Q |
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| in hand: |
A 9 8 |
in dummy: |
K J 5 |
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| in hand: |
8 5 3 |
in dummy: |
A Q 2 |
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2.
Practise playing and winning the contract of 4
played by North with a lead of Queen of Diamonds:
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K 10 5 2 |
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A Q 7 |
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A 9 |
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A J 6 4 |
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9 8 6 |
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A Q |
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K 9 4 3 |
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J 10 6 |
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7 6 5 4 |
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Q J 10 3 2 |
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10 9 |
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8 7 3 |
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J 7 4 3 |
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8 5 2 |
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K 8 |
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K Q 5 2 |
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| Before beginning: |
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a)
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count all the losers in
North's hand; |
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b)
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distinguish between obligatory
and transformable losers; |
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study how you will transform
those losers: that's the key to the problem … |
Write down, in order, the
tricks made circling the card which takes the trick:
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1st trick: |
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2nd trick: |
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3rd trick: |
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4th trick: |
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5th trick: |
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6th trick: |
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7th trick: |
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8th trick: |
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9th trick: |
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10th trick: |
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11th trick: |
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12th trick: |
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13th trick: |
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