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| 1♣ | pass | BID | |
You are South and it is your bid.
Decide what you would say, then click on BID .
♥ A Q 10 8 3 2
♦ 8 4
♣ J 9 4
| Deal 66 |
♠ ? ♥ ? ♦ ? ♣ ? |
You are South and it is your bid. Decide what you would say, then click on BID . |
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♠ A 8 ♥ A Q 10 8 3 2 ♦ 8 4 ♣ J 9 4 |
| Deal 66 |
♠ ? ♥ ? ♦ ? ♣ ? |
Don't even think of jumping to 2♥. That would show 17+ points. Instead you just bid 1♥, knowing partner is forced to bid again. Partner does bid again, saying 2♥. What do you bid now? |
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♠ A 8 ♥ A Q 10 8 3 2 ♦ 8 4 ♣ J 9 4 |
| Deal 66 |
♠ 10 7 3 ♥ K J 5 4 ♦ K 7 ♣ A Q 10 6 |
Partner's rebid promises a minimum opening bid (13-15) and four ♥s. That makes your total about 28 points and ten ♥s. So you bid game. South plays 4♥. West leads the ♠2, East playing the ♠Q. Make a Plan, then click NEXT . |
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♠ A 8 ♥ A Q 10 8 3 2 ♦ 8 4 ♣ J 9 4 |
| Deal 66 |
♠ 10 7 3 ♥ K J 5 4 ♦ K 7 ♣ A Q 10 6 |
South plays 4♥. West leads the ♠2, East playing the ♠Q.
Losers: ♠ 1 : ♥ 0 : ♦ 2 : ♣ 1 : Total = 4 If the ♣ finesse works you have no ♣ loser, and as a bonus you will be able to discard one of your other losers. Even if the finesse fails you still have an extra winner for the discard. Is there a danger here? Yes. Suppose you win the first trick, pull trumps, then finesse the ♣. East might win and play a ♠ back to West's hand. And West might then lead a ♦ through dummy's ♦K. West is the Danger Hand. You want to keep him off the lead. His only possible entry is the ♠ suit, so all you have to do is hold up on the first trick. Win the second ♠, pull trumps as before, and finesse the ♣. East wins but cannot get to his partner's hand for the killing ♦ lead. You will discard one of your ♦ losers on dummy's fourth ♣. Click NEXT to see the full deal. |
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♠ A 8 ♥ A Q 10 8 3 2 ♦ 8 4 ♣ J 9 4 |
| Deal 66 |
♠ 10 7 3 ♥ K J 5 4 ♦ K 7 ♣ A Q 10 6 |
You usually think of a hold-up play in a Notrump contract, trying to exhaust
one defender of his partner's suit.
For this deal the hold-up serves a different purpose. It keeps one defender from ever gaining the lead. You had to lose one ♠ in any case, so you just choose to lose it to the defender who cannot hurt you. Notice that the Danger Hand WAS on lead at one point - the opening lead. If West had been clairvoyant enough to lead a ♦ the contract could have been beaten. Opening leads are important to the defense. Deal 67 |
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♠ K J 9 2 ♥ 7 ♦ 10 6 5 3 2 ♣ 8 5 3 |
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♠ Q 6 5 4 ♥ 9 6 ♦ A Q J 9 ♣ K 7 2 |
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♠ A 8 ♥ A Q 10 8 3 2 ♦ 8 4 ♣ J 9 4 |