mn| Al (xx1943) teaching :              An instructive hand from the marathon 2010|
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qx|o33|pn|xx1943,bankasor,mcpomlady,lwdx181|st||md|4S468QH29D69QC46QA,S5KH67TQD2458C38K,S37TAH348KAD3KC5J,|rh||ah|marathon 2010|ah|Board 702|sv|o|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1H|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|4S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|
pc|C3|
nt|Now make your plan!!|
pg||at|
This hand is another example, where you must not touch the trumps. You need them to be made separately or defenders lead the trumps and hold your trump losers to 1.|
pg||at|
This is how the hand was played at my table:|

pg||pc|cJ|pc|C7|pc|c4|
pg||pc|hA|pc|H5|pc|h2|pc|H7|
pg||pc|hK|pc|HJ|pc|h9|pc|H6|
pg||pc|h3|pc|C2|pc|s4|pc|HT|sb|sgood news that East has the heart shortage.|
pg||pc|d6|pc|D4|pc|dK|pc|DA|sb|s|
pg||pc|CT|pc|cA|pc|C8|pc|c5|
pg||pc|dQ|pc|D2|pc|d3|pc|D7|
pg||pc|d9|pc|D5|pc|s7|pc|DT|
pg||pc|h4|pc|C9|pc|s6|pc|HQ|sb|sNow I need 2 tricks out of the last 4.|
pg||nt|A 10 x opposite Q x must make 2 tricks for sure, if opponents are on lead. 
So I'll have no guess, if I try an endplay. 
East discarded 2 @cs and West holds the K for sure, so it is futile to try to ruff the last @c.
If I touch the trumps myself, I must guess right.|
pg||pc|cQ|pc|CK|pc|h8|pc|DJ|sb|s|
pg||pc|D8|pc|s3|pc|S9|pc|sQ|
pg||pc|s8|pc|S5|pc|sA|pc|S2|
pg||pc|sT|pc|SJ|pc|c6|pc|SK|
nt|More than the half of declarers went down, because they pulled trumps at once.

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