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[jianantonic]

I had this dream last night where I was playing against a local expert, and she pulled off an amazing defensive play against me.  It was like this rare coup and it had a name, but I'd never heard of it.  I was so impressed that I wrote up the hand for a bridge article.  When I woke up, I wondered if my sleeping brain had discovered some amazing expert play that I didn't know I was capable of, so I went back over the hand in my head.  The maneuver was called "Hail to the queen until her head falls off."  In the dream, this was a really clever name.  Awake?  Not so much.  But even less clever was the defensive line.  When you have QJT... in a suit, and declarer has AK..., the brilliant play is to lead the Q and then the J, setting up your T and possibly extra length.  STOP THE PRESSES!

(For non bridge players, this is one of the most basic cardplay techniques that exists.  Hardly a breakthrough.)