Hints and tips:
...He opted for 9♠. At the other table, West led 4♥, and nine tricks were simple....
...BiddingDealer: NorthLove All Playing a Strong NT, North opened 1C but, instead of rebidding 1NT to show his balanced hand, opted to support his partner’s major suit....
...The company, the country’s biggest arms producer, which makes the K-9 self-propelled howitzer tank, has benefited significantly from Ukraine-related orders, in particular from Poland....
...That came just days after Kakao Entertainment agreed to buy a 9.05 per cent stake in SM through a rights offering and convertible shares....
...East now knows to switch to 9♣, setting up a club trick for his partner, either now or subsequently, when East takes his A♦. Read Paul’s previous Bridge columns at ft.com/bridge-card-game...
...Declarer covered the lead with Q♠, East won K♠, cashed A♠ and led 9♠. South covered, West ruffed; declarer reached for dummy’s 9♥....
...Despite South’s heart cue-bid, West should still start with partner’s suit. Declarer took the lead to be a singleton, playing low from dummy and beating East’s 9♣ with A♣....
...Why take a 8-to-9-per-cent haircut to sell highly liquid and credit-risk-free Treasuries and agencies??...
...At trick 1, East should discourage diamonds: K♦ can be scored later. When a trump is led from dummy, East should follow with 9♠....
...West led 8♦ to East’s K♦ and South dropped Q♦. This false-card convinced some Easts to switch but, since only 9♦ is missing — and from ♦98, West would have led it — the false-card is easily exposed....
...Projects include automation for amending contracts relating to the abandoned Libor interest rate measure, 10-K filings of companies’ annual reports, and structured finance documentation....
...Align, which holds a 0.9 per cent stake and has just $65mn in assets under management, wanted stronger oversight of the company’s affairs, including its royalty payments to a private company owned by SM...
...Now, he cashed Q♦, led 9♦ to 10♦ in dummy and then 8♦, throwing a low heart....
...East decided upon a diamond switch and realised that dummy’s 9♦ would force partner to play his honour card....
...In this standard position, the bid indicates 9/10 pts or more, usually with two cards or fewer in partner’s suit, and a desire to defend....
...Lee’s Align Partners, which holds a 0.9 per cent stake in SM and has just $65mn in assets under management, successfully campaigned for an independent auditor on SME’s board — a decisive victory against...
...at Sussex Partners....
...BiddingDealer: SouthN/S Game The stakes were high and the wine fine, but sadly one player erred disastrously — and his partner couldn’t hide his frustration....
...At the table, the declarer lost tempo, winning the lead with 9♥, cashing A♥ and then playing a third heart. West took her K♥, but what should she lead next?...
...Now, totally confident, he led a diamond towards dummy and, when West played low, he played 9♦. East won 10♦ and cashed K♦. One down....
...Partner will need to have a top honour, but if declarer holds the other top honour and J♣, it is vital that dummy’s 9♣ is taken out of the equation....
...But as one Seoul-based crypto industry insider told the FT, he’s now famous to the world over just for being an “arrogant p***k”....
...Do you and your partner have a solid carding agreement in such a situation?...
...Surveillance and attack technologies such as drones have advanced since the pre-9/11 era....
...West could hold K♣, but it is unlikely. So, how should East plan to defend?...
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