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♦ ?
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| WEST | NORTH | EAST | SOUTH |
| pass | BID | ||
You are South and it is your bid.
Decide what you would say, then click on BID .
♥ A 9 3
♦ K 5 2
♣ K J 10 9 6 2
| Deal 33 |
♠ ? ♥ ? ♦ ? ♣ ? |
You are South and it is your bid. Decide what you would say, then click on BID . |
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♠ 9 ♥ A 9 3 ♦ K 5 2 ♣ K J 10 9 6 2 |
| Deal 33 |
♠ ? ♥ ? ♦ ? ♣ ? |
Is there any doubt? Although you only have 11 HCP your 6-card suit adds 2 more. And with 13 points you should always open. So you open 1♣. Partner responds 3♣. What do you bid? |
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♠ 9 ♥ A 9 3 ♦ K 5 2 ♣ K J 10 9 6 2 |
| Deal 33 |
♠ K 7 4 ♥ K 5 ♦ A 6 4 ♣ Q 8 7 4 3 |
With the ♣ fit your hand is now revalued to 15 points. But it's still a close thing. You may be able to make 5♣ or you may not. Passing would not be horrible - but when in doubt it is usually better to be bold. You cross your fingers and bid 5♣. South plays 5♣. West leads the ♦Q. Make a Plan, then click NEXT . |
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♠ 9 ♥ A 9 3 ♦ K 5 2 ♣ K J 10 9 6 2 |
| Deal 33 |
♠ K 7 4 ♥ K 5 ♦ A 6 4 ♣ Q 8 7 4 3 |
South plays 5♣. West leads the ♦Q.
Losers: ♠ 1 : ♥ 0 : ♦ 1 : ♣ 1 : Total = 3 The two black Aces aren't going away so if you are to make this contract you must do something about your ♦ loser. And the only likely place to put it is on dummy's ♠K. If West has the ♠A, you can lead up to the ♠K and make a winner out of it. Suppose you win the ♦Q in dummy and play a ♣. Somebody will win the ♣A and play another ♦. You win this and lead toward the ♠K. No good. West jumps up with his ♠A and sets you with a ♦ winner. The problem was that when you played a trump you let the timing go to the defense. They could knock out your last ♦ stopper while they still had the ♠A. Try it this way. Win the ♦ in your hand and immediately play the ♠9. If West doesn't take his ♠A he'll never get it, so assume he goes up. Now he leads ♦J but you win, get to dummy with the ♥K and play the ♠K, discarding the ♦ loser. Click NEXT to see the full deal. |
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♠ 9 ♥ A 9 3 ♦ K 5 2 ♣ K J 10 9 6 2 |
| Deal 33 |
♠ K 7 4 ♥ K 5 ♦ A 6 4 ♣ Q 8 7 4 3 |
Pulling trumps is very important, but sometimes there is something you must do BEFORE you play trumps.
In this hand that something is to establish the ♠K so you can discard your ♦ loser. Deal 34 |
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♠ A Q 10 5 ♥ J 7 6 2 ♦ Q J 10 7 ♣ 5 |
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♠ J 8 6 3 2 ♥ Q 10 8 4 ♦ 9 8 3 ♣ A |
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♠ 9 ♥ A 9 3 ♦ K 5 2 ♣ K J 10 9 6 2 |