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| Jim Somma | ||||||
| Saturday, August 29, 2009 | ||||||
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Adam At Work
One of the great pleasures for me in bridge has been watching Adam Kaplan develop into a formidable player: his bidding bold, his defense stout, and his declarer play outstanding. Take this hand from the Daytona Regional two years ago when Adam was 11 years old.
In first seat, I held: ♠-xx, ♥-x, ♦-AKJxx, ♣-AKQJ10 and opened a Precision Club. Adam bid 2 NT (12-14) with the following: ♠-AKx, ♥-A10xx, ♦-Qx, ♣-xxxx. I envisioned both minors as possibly 10 tricks so I opted for 4♣ (Gerber). Adam responded 4♠ (two aces) and I continued Gerber, Adam showing one king. I take great delight in watching Adam declare in tight situations so I bid 7 NT! His eyes lit up with the dummy hit the table but danger lurked. After taking the spade lead, Adam cashed the ♦Q only to see LHO show out. Diamonds weren’t going to run, so Adam now executed a two-suit against his right-hand opponent in the red suits. Adam cashed five clubs, discarding his low spade, came to his hand with the ♠K, then led a low diamond to dummy. As he began to run his diamonds, RHO was forced to dump the KQJ of hearts in order to protect the ♦10. So Adam simply led a heart to his ace and won the last two tricks. WOW!!!
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