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| 1♣ | pass | BID | |
You are South and it is your bid.
Decide what you would say, then click on BID .
♥ 5
♦ A 6
♣ Q J 10 8 7 3
| Deal 24 |
♠ ? ♥ ? ♦ ? ♣ ? |
You are South and it is your bid. Decide what you would say, then click on BID . |
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♠ 10 7 6 2 ♥ 5 ♦ A 6 ♣ Q J 10 8 7 3 |
| Deal 24 |
♠ ? ♥ ? ♦ ? ♣ ? |
Well, you're pretty sure you have a ♣ fit. But before you show partner your fine ♣ support you have an obligation to show a 4-card Major. You respond 1♠, partner jumps to 3♠. What do you bid? |
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♠ 10 7 6 2 ♥ 5 ♦ A 6 ♣ Q J 10 8 7 3 |
| Deal 24 |
♠ A 8 5 3 ♥ A 6 4 2 ♦ K 7 ♣ A K 5 |
Your hand revalues to 11 or 12 points so you should bid game. 5♣ requires 11 tricks and 4♠ only 10 tricks. You bid 4♠. South plays 4♠. West leads the ♥K. Make a Plan, then click NEXT . |
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♠ 10 7 6 2 ♥ 5 ♦ A 6 ♣ Q J 10 8 7 3 |
| Deal 24 |
♠ A 8 5 3 ♥ A 6 4 2 ♦ K 7 ♣ A K 5 |
South plays 4♠. West leads the ♥K.
Losers: ♠ 2 : ♥ 0 : ♦ 0 : ♣ 0 : Total = 2 You expect trumps to split 3-2 so you would lose 2 trumps. You have no other losers so you decide to pull trumps. You win the ♥A and play the ♠A. East plays the ♠K! Do you change your Plan? Click NEXT ? |
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♠ 10 7 6 2 ♥ 5 ♦ A 6 ♣ Q J 10 8 7 3 |
| Deal 24 |
♠ A 8 5 3 ♥ A 6 4 2 ♦ K 7 ♣ A K 5 |
Do you change your PLAN?
Well, East may be false-carding. He may also have the ♠Q for example. But if you decide to play another trump and it turns out he was NOT false-carding you will be dead in the water. West will take his three trump tricks and some ♥s. Many ♥s. So don't take the chance. Abandon trumps and start playing ♣ winners. Let West take the three trumps whenever he wants to. You will not lose control of the hand and will make your 10 tricks. Click NEXT to see the full deal. |
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♠ 10 7 6 2 ♥ 5 ♦ A 6 ♣ Q J 10 8 7 3 |
| Deal 24 |
♠ A 8 5 3 ♥ A 6 4 2 ♦ K 7 ♣ A K 5 |
The risk of leading a second trump was too great.
As you see, West would have pulled your and dummy's trumps and then won 3 ♥ tricks. A slightly different Plan would also have worked. At trick two you could have played a low trump from both hands. East would win the ♠K, then probably play another ♥. You ruff, play a ♠ to the ♠A and discover the split. From there the Plan is the same, play your ♣s and let West ruff when he wants. Deal 25 |
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♠ Q J 9 4 ♥ K Q 10 7 ♦ J 10 8 2 ♣ 9 |
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♠ K ♥ J 9 8 3 ♦ Q 9 5 4 3 ♣ 6 4 2 |
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♠ 10 7 6 2 ♥ 5 ♦ A 6 ♣ Q J 10 8 7 3 |