Deal 63 |
♠ ? ♥ ? ♦ ? ♣ ? |
You are South and it is your bid. Decide what you would say, then click on BID . |
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♠ 5 ♥ A 3 ♦ K Q 9 6 5 3 2 ♣ A Q 4 |
Deal 63 |
♠ ? ♥ ? ♦ ? ♣ ? |
You open 1♦ and partner responds 1♥. What is your next bid? |
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♠ 5 ♥ A 3 ♦ K Q 9 6 5 3 2 ♣ A Q 4 |
Deal 63 |
♠ ? ♥ ? ♦ ? ♣ ? |
With 18 points you are too strong to rebid 2♦ but just right to jump to 3♦. Now partner raises to 4♦. What is your next bid? |
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♠ 5 ♥ A 3 ♦ K Q 9 6 5 3 2 ♣ A Q 4 |
Deal 63 |
♠ Q 8 4 2 ♥ Q 9 5 2 ♦ A 7 4 ♣ 8 6 |
Your jump showed 16 - 18 points and partner invited you based on that range. He wants you to bid game if you are at the top. With 18 points you bid 5♦. South plays 5♦. West leads the ♣J and East plays the ♣K. Make a Plan, then click NEXT . |
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♠ 5 ♥ A 3 ♦ K Q 9 6 5 3 2 ♣ A Q 4 |
Deal 63 |
♠ Q 8 4 2 ♥ Q 9 5 2 ♦ A 7 4 ♣ 8 6 |
South plays 5♦. West leads the ♣J and East plays the ♣K.
Losers: ♠ 1 : ♥ 1 : ♦ 0 : ♣ 1 : Total = 3 The ♣ lead was pleasant, it gave you a free finesse. But it didn't really give you a winner since you would have ended up taking the finesse yourself even without the lead. Still, it clears the position somewhat. You can't get rid of the ♠ loser, nor can you get rid of the ♥ loser. By process of elimination then, you must get rid of the ♣ loser. You could ruff it in dummy, but the play to the first trick makes you a little worried about an over-ruff by East. You could ruff with the ♦A, but then if someone started with ♦ J 10 8 you'd lose a natural ♦ trick. First test the ♦s by playing the ♦K. West shows out and there goes your hope of ruffing the ♣ with the ♦A. You have one more possibility to try. Play the ♥A, then a small ♥ toward the ♥Q. If West holds the ♥K dummy's ♥Q will be promoted to a winner that you can dump your ♣ loser on. Click NEXT to see the full deal. |
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♠ 5 ♥ A 3 ♦ K Q 9 6 5 3 2 ♣ A Q 4 |
Deal 63 |
♠ Q 8 4 2 ♥ Q 9 5 2 ♦ A 7 4 ♣ 8 6 |
As you can see, if you ruffed the third ♣ with a low ♦ East would over-ruff.
If you ruffed the third ♣ with the ♦A East would win a trump trick. So you couldn't ruff the third ♣ at all, you had to discard it on something. And the only "something" that dummy had was the ♥Q. Deal 64 |
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♠ K 10 7 3 ♥ K 8 4 ♦ -- ♣ J 10 9 7 3 2 |
♠ A J 9 6 ♥ J 10 7 6 ♦ J 10 8 ♣ K 5 |
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♠ 5 ♥ A 3 ♦ K Q 9 6 5 3 2 ♣ A Q 4 |