<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Chaos at the Sky]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://chaosatthesky.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[chaotic_iak]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://chaosatthesky.wordpress.com/author/chaoticiak/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[1NT-5]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Because I can&#8217;t stand not to post a funny bridge game.</p>
<p>N ♠73 ♥T765 ♦AJT932 ♣8<br />
E ♠KT8542 ♥AK8 ♦Q6 ♣K9<br />
S ♠J96 ♥Q9 ♦K8 ♣AQJ652<br />
W ♠AQ ♥J432 ♦Q754 ♣T743</p>
<p>Bidding: E1♠ Snb W1NT Nnb Enb Snb</p>
<p>West is dealer with 1 NT.</p>
<p>Guess what happens&#8230; Hint: Notice the long suits both I (South) and my partner (North) hold.</p>
<p>Trick 1: ♦J from North takes<br />
Trick 2: ♦A from North takes<br />
Trick 3: ♦T from North takes, South discards club (bad play after seeing the hands; we could get 1NT-6 here)<br />
Tricks 4-6: Cashing diamonds, West discards one club</p>
<p>Trick 7: ♣8 from North, South takes with ♣J<br />
Trick 8: ♣A from South takes<br />
Trick 9: ♣Q from South takes<br />
Tricks 10-11: Cashing clubs</p>
<p>Tricks 12-13: Gave up against East&#8217;s ♠K and ♥A</p>
<p>Yay. Besides the obvious miscommunication of going NT instead of spades (2♠ would be met here), luck because East&#8217;s ♣K is finessed, and misplay because West discarded one club before the run of clubs starts. If West didn&#8217;t discard a club, we could only cash three clubs tricks.</p>
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