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I
have learned that before giving this lesson I
should collect
the fees in advance. If I don't,
there is always the danger
that some North
players may pick up and leave.
West
leads the queen of diamonds and
continues with the king
and ace of diamonds.
What is your plan?
Little
do they realize that their hand contains
a gem, the  6.
It is a gem providing South is
awake.
Assuming
the opponents play three rounds of
diamonds, you would
be surprised at how many
players trump the third diamond
with the five
of spades. Maybe you wouldn't be surprised.
Anyway, it's an
awful play.
If
South ruffs with a middle spade and then
drives out the
A, he can use the 6 as the
entry to take the winning
heart finesse. If he
doesn't save the 5, and the opponents
don't
lead hearts, the hand will be defeated one trick.
This
is actually an upsetting hand. North is
upset because he
has such a lousy hand,
South is upset because he didn't
trump the
third diamond higher, and the teacher is
upset
because he has just told them about
trumping higher than
necessary when they
have a powerful trump suit so they
can
preserve a small trump as a possible way
to get to
dummy.
Over
the years, I have observed that students
don't always remember
what I teach them, but
they do remember the jokes!
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