Deal 29	♠ ? ♥ ? ♦ ? ♣ ?		WEST   NORTH   EAST   SOUTH pass  BID        You are South and it is your bid. Decide what you would say, then click on BID .
	♠ K 7 3 ♥ A 6 4 ♦ Q J 10 5 ♣ A 8 2

 

Deal 29	♠ ? ♥ ? ♦ ? ♣ ?		WEST   NORTH   EAST   SOUTH pass 1♦ pass 1♥ pass  BID      With 14 points you will naturally open the bidding. You should open a 4-card ♦ suit rather than a 3-card ♣ suit. Partner responds 1♥. What do you bid now?
	♠ K 7 3 ♥ A 6 4 ♦ Q J 10 5 ♣ A 8 2

 

Deal 29	♠ A Q 6 ♥ K 7 5 2 ♦ A 8 7 3 ♣ 7 5		WEST   NORTH   EAST   SOUTH pass 1♦ pass 1♥ pass 1NT pass 3NT pass pass pass Partner might have bid a 4-card suit so you cannot support ♥s with only 3. Instead, you describe your balanced, minimum opener by bidding 1NT. Partner then bids 3NT and you pass. South plays 3NT. West leads the ♣K. Make a Plan, then click NEXT .
	♠ K 7 3 ♥ A 6 4 ♦ Q J 10 5 ♣ A 8 2

 

Deal 29	♠ A Q 6 ♥ K 7 5 2 ♦ A 8 7 3 ♣ 7 5		South plays 3NT. West leads the ♣K. Winners: ♠ 3 : ♥ 2 : ♦ 1 : ♣ 1 : Total = 7 You need to find 2 more winners and they can come from the ♦ suit. You can finesse West for the ♦K. If he has it then you will get 3 extra tricks, but even if East has the ♦K you can still make 2 winners. The problem is that if you win the first or second ♣ and then try the ♦ finesse East may win and still have a ♣ to lead back to his partner. So you should hold up the ♣A until the third round of the suit. Then if East wins the ♦K he may not have another ♣. Click NEXT to see the full deal.
	♠ K 7 3 ♥ A 6 4 ♦ Q J 10 5 ♣ A 8 2

 

Deal 29	♠ A Q 6 ♥ K 7 5 2 ♦ A 8 7 3 ♣ 7 5		Imagine that you had won either the first or second ♣. When East won the ♦K he would still have had a ♣ to return to West's hand. You would have lost 4 ♣ tricks and the ♦K. But what if East DID have another ♣ when he won the ♦K? Click NEXT to see different East/West hands.
♠ 10 5 2 ♥ J 9 8 ♦ 6 4 ♣ K Q J 10 4		♠ J 9 8 4 ♥ Q 10 3 ♦ K 9 2 ♣ 9 6 3
	♠ K 7 3 ♥ A 6 4 ♦ Q J 10 5 ♣ A 8 2

 

Deal 29	♠ A Q 6 ♥ K 7 5 2 ♦ A 8 7 3 ♣ 7 5		Suppose you held up until the third ♣. When East won the ♦K here he had a fourth ♣ to return to West's hand. That means the ♣ suit split 4-4 so you would have lost only 3 ♣ tricks and the ♦K.  Deal 30
♠ 10 5 4 2 ♥ J 9 8 ♦ 6 4 ♣ K Q J 10		♠ J 9 8 ♥ Q 10 3 ♦ K 9 2 ♣ 9 6 4 3
	♠ K 7 3 ♥ A 6 4 ♦ Q J 10 5 ♣ A 8 2