| SOLUTIONS | ||||||||||
| a) | The queen | Third hand high when not holding equal high cards | ||||||||
| b) | The king | Lower of two touching equals | ||||||||
| c) | The ten | Lowest of three touching equals | ||||||||
| d) | The jack | Lower of two touching equals | ||||||||
| d) | The jack | Third hand high when not holding equal high cards | ||||||||
| Who has the King? | Declarer. If partner held both the Ace and the King, he | |||||||||
| would have played the King - lower of touching honors. | ||||||||||
| Could the Jack be lower of | No. YOU have the touching honor (Queen), therefore | |||||||||
| touching honors? | the jack is partner's highest card! | |||||||||
| Could partner have the Ten? | No. If partner had the Ten, he would have played the | |||||||||
| ten when holding the jack and ten. (lowest of touching | ||||||||||
| equals). | ||||||||||
| What do you play to trick one and what do you return? | ||||||||||
| a) | ♠ QJ52 | Play the jack | lower of touching equals - return the 2 (original 4th best) | |||||||
| b) | ♠ A97 | The ace - return the nine. (With 2 remaining, play the higher) | ||||||||
| c) | ♠ KT652 | Play the king and return the five (original 4th best). | ||||||||
| d) | ♠ AJ5 | Win the Ace, return the jack (as in b) | ||||||||
| e) | ♠ KQJ | Play the jack and return the king (as in b & d) | ||||||||
| f) | ♠ KQJT | Play the Ten - with this solid sequence, return the king. When you | ||||||||
| have already played your lowest of a solid sequence, then return your highest. | ||||||||||