Finesse or try to get rid of a loser? - with Bridget Rampton
Apr 02, 2024 6:30 am
Hi, ,
I hope you had a lovely Easter! We enjoyed the interesting experience of blowing out eggs to then decorate the empty shells. I nearly fainted from the effort but we all had a laugh at the disgusting way the egg yolk squirted out.
In this week's hand, presented by LBO's very own Bridget Rampton, we are in 4♥ and dummy comes down:
♥Q32 ♠AK8 ♦T982 ♣KQ7
and
♥AJT97 ♠Q32 ♦543 ♣A4
Missing the ♥K, what's our best route to make our contract? How do we weigh our options to best avoid going down?
Thank you, Bridget, for sharing this instructive hand with us! Please leave a question or comment about this hand here: https://youtu.be/pNNIOcWtOnY
Yours partner in learning,
Bajir from LBO
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