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Go for it: Part of the game is having the nerve to make a play at the table

Well, the big day is here and tonight sees the start of the Bermuda Regional 2020 with the traditional Charity Game kicking things off — A big welcome to all our visitors, most of whom come from the East Coast of Canada and the US together with a smattering from the UK and Europe.Tournament chairwoman Sheena Rayner and her team are expecting more visitors than last year and will be working extra hard to ensure that all goes smoothly.I’ll bring you ongoing news next week and then a full roundup the week after.Now, finally, the answer to the quiz from two weeks ago!You open a strong two Clubs with the North hand, partner bids two Hearts to show a bust and you jump to four Spades. The defence starts by cashing three Hearts and then switches to a Diamond — over to you. (Fig 1)With no entries to dummy you don’t have many choices, so you should get there! Trumps break kindly.At the table many will win the Diamond and run five Spades hoping for someone to throw a club, and then eventually play the Clubs — and go one down.Now see if you can find the play looking at all four hands. (Fig 2)Do you see it now? The success of the hand revolves around the Club suit — if they are 3-3 all is well, but what if they are 4-2 or 5-1? You have to be brave on this — if Clubs do not break 3-3 the defender with the long Clubs may be the one with the three trumps so win the Diamond, draw only two rounds of trumps and now play the Ace-King-Queen of Clubs. When West can’t ruff the third one, you ruff your fourth Club in dummy and claim ten tricks. If the third Club gets ruffed you were going to go down anyway if you had drawn trumps, so it really is a case of pay me now, or pay me later.So you now see the play — the next challenge is to have the guts to make the play at the table.Results for week of January 13Monday afternoonNorth/South1. William Pollett/Molly Taussig2. Rosemary Smith/Alan Douglas3. George Correia/Lorna AndersonEast/West1. Edward Betteto/Joseph Wakefield2. John Burville/Sancia Garrison3. Magda Farag/Sheena RaynerTuesday evening junior gameNorth/South1. Katyna Rabain/Louise Payne2. Wenda Krupp/Jane Gregory3. Julia Cook/Margaret KirkEast/West1. Nikki Boyce/Carol Eastham2. Mike Dawson/Joann Dawson3. Amanda Ingham/Heidi DysonWednesday morningNorth/South1. Alan Douglas/Lorna Anderson2. Gertrude Barker/Jane Smith3. Diana Diel/Stephanie KymeEast/West1. Patricia Siddle/Julia Beach2. Linda Pollett/William Pollett3. Tracy Nash/Desmond NashThursday eveningNorth/South1. Charles Hall/Judith Bussell2. Alan Douglas/Rachael Gosling3. Susan Adhemar/Peter AdhemarEast/West1. David Sykes/Bill Souster2. Linda Pollett/Willilam Pollett3. Sarah Lorimer-Turner/Noula ContibasFriday afternoonNorth/South1. Alan Douglas/Rosemary Smith2. Judith Bussell/Stephanie Kyme3. Charles Hall/John HoskinsEast/West1. Bill Souster/Joseph Wakefield2. William Pollett/Peter Donnellan3. Patricia Siddle/Julia Beach

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