USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文双语Français
Home / Sports

Spotless play in a spotless suit

By Phillip Alder | China Daily | Updated: 2016-10-29 07:05

William Shakespeare, in "Richard II," wrote, "The purest treasure mortal times afford is spotless reputation; that away, men are but gilded loam or painted clay."

Each suit in a deck of cards contains five honors: ace, king, queen, jack and 10. It also has nine spot-cards, the 10 doing double duty. The honors win most of the tricks, but having useful spot-cards, especially those 10s and nines, may be critical to success for one side or the other.

In this deal, North barrels his partner into six spades. How should South plan the play after West leads the heart jack to dummy's ace?

Spotless play in a spotless suit

Today's Top News

Editor's picks

Most Viewed

Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US