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| 1NT | pass | BID | |
You are South and it is your bid.
Decide what you would say, then click on BID .
♥ K 8 4
♦ A K J
♣ K J 10 6
| Deal 59 |
♠ ? ♥ ? ♦ ? ♣ ? |
You are South and it is your bid. Decide what you would say, then click on BID . |
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♠ K 7 3 ♥ K 8 4 ♦ A K J ♣ K J 10 6 |
| Deal 59 |
♠ A Q 8 ♥ A 7 6 2 ♦ 8 5 4 ♣ A Q 9 |
Partner has a balanced hand with 15-17 points. You have a balanced hand with 18 points. Together that makes two balanced hands with 33-35 points. So you bid 6NT. North would play 6NT. Click ROTATE |
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♠ K 7 3 ♥ K 8 4 ♦ A K J ♣ K J 10 6 |
| Deal 59 |
♠ K 7 3 ♥ K 8 4 ♦ A K J ♣ K J 10 6 |
South plays 6NT. West leads the ♠J. Make a Plan, then click NEXT . |
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♠ A Q 8 ♥ A 7 6 2 ♦ 8 5 4 ♣ A Q 9 |
| Deal 59 |
♠ K 7 3 ♥ K 8 4 ♦ A K J ♣ K J 10 6 |
South plays 6NT. West leads the ♠J.
Winners: ♠ 3 : ♥ 2 : ♦ 2 : ♣ 4 : Total = 11 It's nice to make Plans for slams because there are so few losers to worry about. This one is definitely straightforward. You need to get one more winner. You can hope for a 3-3 ♥ split which would mean your fourth ♥ would become a winner, or you can hope that West has the ♦Q in which case a simple finesse will give you the winner. But instead of making it an either/or situation you can combine your chances. Win the first trick in either hand and duck a ♥. Win the return and play your 4 ♣ winners (discarding a ♦ from your hand) followed by your other 2 ♠ winners. Then play ♦A, ♥K and ♥A. You will be in your hand with two cards - the ♥7 and the ♦8. If the ♥7 is good, cash it and win the last trick with dummy's ♦K. If the ♥7 is not a winner then finesse the ♦J. Click NEXT to see the full deal. |
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♠ A Q 8 ♥ A 7 6 2 ♦ 8 5 4 ♣ A Q 9 |
| Deal 59 |
♠ K 7 3 ♥ K 8 4 ♦ A K J ♣ K J 10 6 |
Always be on the lookout for situations where there are two possible routes to success.
Here the ♦ finesse was one possibility, but by ducking a ♥ you could test the ♥ suit and still keep the ♦ finesse in reserve. Deal 60 |
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♠ J 10 9 4 ♥ J 9 3 ♦ 10 9 3 ♣ 8 5 2 |
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♠ 6 5 2 ♥ Q 10 5 ♦ Q 7 6 2 ♣ 7 4 3 |
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♠ A Q 8 ♥ A 7 6 2 ♦ 8 5 4 ♣ A Q 9 |