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“It seems to me that spelling ‘rules’ are often broken,” I remarked to my friend the English professor. “What about ‘i before e except after c’?”
“That rule has been disproved by science,” the prof growled.
| Dlr: South | ♠ K 4 2 | |||||||||
| Vul: N-S | ♥ Q 5 | |||||||||
| ♦ K 5 4 | ||||||||||
| ♣ K 10 9 7 3 | ||||||||||
| ♠ J 10 9 7 3 | ♠ 8 5 | |||||||||
| ♥ 10 9 7 3 | ♥ J 8 4 | |||||||||
| ♦ 10 7 | ♦ A Q 9 3 2 | |||||||||
| ♣ A 5 | ♣ Q 6 2 | |||||||||
| ♠ A Q 6 | ||||||||||
| ♥ A K 6 2 | ||||||||||
| ♦ J 8 6 | ||||||||||
| ♣ J 8 4 | ||||||||||
Opening lead — ♠J PointsA conscientious East would reason that the deck didn’t have enough points for West to hold A-J-10-x-x in spades plus an entry. Moreover, if South had the ♣A, he would have cashed it before finessing. Daily QuestionYou hold: |
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