WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7 , 2019. THE WASHINGTON POST EZ RE C7
BREWSTER ROCKIT: SPACE GUY! TIM RICKARD
CURTIS RAY BILLINGSLEY
SHERMAN’S LAGOON JIM TOOMEY
RED AND ROVER BRIAN BASSET
FRANK AND ERNEST TOM THAVES
RHYMES WITH ORANGE HILARY PRICE
LIO MARK TATULLI
HAGAR THE HORRIBLE CHRIS BROWNE
BLONDIE DEAN YOUNG & JOHN MARSHALL
MIKE DU JOUR MIKE LESTER
AGNES TONY COCHRAN
WUMO MIKAEL WULFF & ANDERS MORGENTHALER
MARK TRAIL JAMES ALLEN
MOTHER GOOSE & GRIMM MIKE PETERS
BALDO HECTOR CANTU & CARLOS CASTELLANOS
SALLY FORTH FRANCESCO MARCIULIANO & JIM KEEFE
CLASSIC PEANUTS CHARLES SCHULZ
CLASSIC DOONESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU PICKLES BRIAN CRANE
SUDOKU
NO RTH
♠ Q 5 3 2
♥ J 8 7 6 4
♦ 8 4
! A K
WEST
♠ J 9 8
♥ 10 5 2
♦ K 9 6
! J 9 7 4
EAST
♠ K 10 7 6
♥ 9
♦ Q 10 7 5 2
! 10 6 3
SOUTH (D)
♠ A 4
♥ A K Q 3
♦ A J 3
! Q 8 5 2
The bidding:
I
continue a series on careful
timing by declarer.
Cy the Cynic observes the
procrastinator’s rule: “You
can do it today, but today will
be today again tomorrow.”
When Cy was declarer at six
hearts, he won West’s trump
lead with the ace and saw 11
tricks: five trumps in dummy,
three clubs, a diamond,
a spade and at least one
spade ruff in his hand.
If West had the king of
spades, Cy could get a 12th
trick with dummy’s queen.
Otherwise, he might need a
second spade ruff.
So Cy procrastinated; he
did not draw trumps. At Tr ick
Two he led a spade and let
West’s eight win. Cy won
the trump return cheaply
in dummy, took the ace of
spades and A-K of clubs, and
ruffed a spade. He cashed
the ace of diamonds and
pitched dummy’s last dia-
mond on the queen of clubs.
Cy then ruffed a diamond,
ruffed the queen of spades
and won the last two tricks
with trumps in dummy. If he
mistimes by drawing trumps
and relying on a second
spade trick or an unlikely
squeeze, down he goes.
DAILY QUESTION
You hold:
♠ Q 5 3 2 ♥ J 8 7 6 4
♦ 8 4! A K
Your partner opens one
diamond, you respond one
heart and he bids one spade.
The opponents pass. What
do you say?
ANSWER: You have located
a trump fit. How high should
you raise? A raise to two
spades would be a chance-
giving action and would
show seven to nine points.
If your jack of hearts were
the ace, you would want to
play at game and would bid
four spades. Raise to three
spades, invitational.
N-S VULNERABLE
SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST
2 NT Pass 3! Pass
3 ♥ Pass 5 ♥ Pass
6 ♥ All Pass
Opening lead — ♥ 2
BRIDGE
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