Deal 34 |
♠ ? ♥ ? ♦ ? ♣ ? |
You are South and it is your bid. Decide what you would say, then click on BID . |
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♠ A 6 3 ♥ K Q 10 9 6 4 ♦ A K J ♣ 8 |
Deal 34 |
♠ ? ♥ ? ♦ ? ♣ ? |
You have a very good hand. But not good enough to open 2♣, so you open 1♥. Partner jumps to 3♥. What do you bid? |
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♠ A 6 3 ♥ K Q 10 9 6 4 ♦ A K J ♣ 8 |
Deal 34 |
♠ Q J 5 ♥ J 8 7 3 ♦ Q 7 4 ♣ K Q 10 |
This is close. Partner has 11 or 12 points and good ♥ support. Your hand revalues to 21 points. You might have a slam. You decide to try for it and bid 4NT. Partner replies 5♣ showing no Aces. So much for the slam. You bid 5♥. South plays 5♥. West leads the ♠10. You put on dummy's ♠J, East plays the ♠K and you win the ♠A. Make a Plan, then click NEXT . |
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♠ A 6 3 ♥ K Q 10 9 6 4 ♦ A K J ♣ 8 |
Deal 34 |
♠ Q J 5 ♥ J 8 7 3 ♦ Q 7 4 ♣ K Q 10 |
South plays 5♥. West leads the ♠10. You put on dummy's ♠J,
East plays the ♠K and you win the ♠A.
Losers: ♠ 1 : ♥ 1 : ♦ 0 : ♣ 1 : Total = 3 You cannot avoid losing either of the two Aces. So therefore you must do something about the ♠ loser. And the only thing you can do with it is to discard it on one of dummy's ♣s. Be careful. If you lead a trump now a defender will take the Ace and play another ♠, exposing your loser while the ♣A is still out. You must set up the ♣ first. So at trick 2 play your ♣ to dummy's ♣Q. A defender may win this and play a ♠, but you win the ♠Q and play the ♣K, discarding your ♠ loser. Now you switch to trumps. Click NEXT to see the full deal. |
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♠ A 6 3 ♥ K Q 10 9 6 4 ♦ A K J ♣ 8 |
Deal 34 |
♠ Q J 5 ♥ J 8 7 3 ♦ Q 7 4 ♣ K Q 10 |
The way you decide whether to start pulling trumps right away is to use your imagination.
Imagine what the defense will do if you lead a round of trumps. Then imagine what they will do if you play a different suit instead. Deal 35 |
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♠ 10 9 8 7 ♥ A ♦ 10 6 5 ♣ J 9 5 4 2 |
♠ K 4 2 ♥ 5 2 ♦ 9 8 3 2 ♣ A 7 6 3 |
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♠ A 6 3 ♥ K Q 10 9 6 4 ♦ A K J ♣ 8 |