Deal 64 |
♠ ? ♥ ? ♦ ? ♣ ? |
You are South and it is your bid. Decide what you would say, then click on BID . |
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♠ A K Q J 8 ♥ K 4 ♦ K 3 ♣ A K Q 4 |
Deal 64 |
♠ ? ♥ ? ♦ ? ♣ ? |
This is definitely a 2♣ opening bid. Partner responds 2♦, 7 points or less. What do you bid next? |
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♠ A K Q J 8 ♥ K 4 ♦ K 3 ♣ A K Q 4 |
Deal 64 |
♠ ? ♥ ? ♦ ? ♣ ? |
The formalities are over. Partner knows you have 22 or more points and you know he has 7 or fewer. Time to find a suit. You bid 2♠ which partner raises to 3♠. What do you bid next? |
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♠ A K Q J 8 ♥ K 4 ♦ K 3 ♣ A K Q 4 |
Deal 64 |
♠ 7 6 4 ♥ Q 8 7 3 ♦ A 9 7 2 ♣ 8 6 |
Partner's 3♠ bid is forward-going. With a complete bust he would have said 3♣ as a "second negative". So you use Blackwood. Partner shows one Ace and you bid the slam. South plays 6♠. West leads the ♣J. Make a Plan, then click NEXT . |
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♠ A K Q J 8 ♥ K 4 ♦ K 3 ♣ A K Q 4 |
Deal 64 |
♠ 7 6 4 ♥ Q 8 7 3 ♦ A 9 7 2 ♣ 8 6 |
South plays 6♠. West leads the ♣J.
Losers: ♠ 0 : ♥ 1 : ♦ 0 : ♣ 1 : Total = 2 Between the ♥ loser and the ♣ loser which one can you eliminate? Easy question, fast losers like the ♥A are tough to eliminate. Usually you work on those slow losers. The logical way to remove that ♣ loser is to ruff it in dummy. But do it carefully. It would be silly to play ♣A, ♣K, ♣Q and then try to ruff the ♣4. That is just begging for an over-ruff. It would be better to just take two rounds of ♣s, then ruff the ♣4. But even that isn't the best. First take two rounds of trumps with the ♠A and ♠K. Then play two top ♣s. Only then do you ruff the ♣4. Click NEXT for proof that this elaborate Plan was the best. |
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♠ A K Q J 8 ♥ K 4 ♦ K 3 ♣ A K Q 4 |
Deal 64 |
♠ 7 6 4 ♥ Q 8 7 3 ♦ A 9 7 2 ♣ 8 6 |
You only needed one trump in dummy to ruff your one ♣ loser, so that made it
right to pull two rounds of trumps first.
It made no difference in tricks whether you ruffed the third or fourth ♣ so that made it right to ruff the third one. Deal 65 |
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♠ 9 5 2 ♥ 10 6 ♦ Q 8 6 ♣ J 10 9 7 2 |
♠ 10 3 ♥ A J 9 5 2 ♦ J 10 5 4 ♣ 5 3 |
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♠ A K Q J 8 ♥ K 4 ♦ K 3 ♣ A K Q 4 |