Deal 73	♠ ? ♥ ? ♦ ? ♣ ?		WEST   NORTH   EAST   SOUTH  BID      You are South and it is your bid. Decide what you would say, then click on BID .
	♠ Q 7 3 ♥ A Q 6 4 3 ♦ 8 5 2 ♣ A J

 

Deal 73	♠ ? ♥ ? ♦ ? ♣ ?		WEST   NORTH   EAST   SOUTH 1♥ pass 3♥ pass  BID    You open 1♥, partner responds 3♥. What is your next bid?
	♠ Q 7 3 ♥ A Q 6 4 3 ♦ 8 5 2 ♣ A J

 

Deal 73	♠ 8 6 2 ♥ K 9 8 7 ♦ A Q J 10 ♣ 8 3		WEST   NORTH   EAST   SOUTH 1♥ pass 3♥ pass 4♥ pass pass pass Partner's 3♥ response shows 11-12 points with good trumps. With your 14 points you decide to bid the game. South plays 4♥. West leads the ♣4, East plays the ♣K. Make a Plan, then click NEXT .
	♠ Q 7 3 ♥ A Q 6 4 3 ♦ 8 5 2 ♣ A J

 

Deal 73	♠ 8 6 2 ♥ K 9 8 7 ♦ A Q J 10 ♣ 8 3		South plays 4♥. West leads the ♣4, East plays the ♣K. Losers: ♠ 3 : ♥ 0 : ♦ 2 : ♣ 1 : Total = 6 There is no hope of extra winners except the ♦ suit. You are wide open in ♠s, so you have to hope that West holds the ♦K. But that won't be enough by itself, in case he has ♦ K x x x you also have to have three entries to your hand. Two of them will be the ♥A and ♥Q and the third entry must be the ♣A. So you win the first trick with the ♣A and immediately take your first ♦ finesse. It wins, so you return to your hand with a ♥ to the ♥Q and take another ♦ finesse. Back to your hand with the ♥A (pulling the last trumps) and take a third ♦ finesse. Finally on the ♦A you can discard either your ♣ loser or a ♠. You will have to give up three tricks at the end. Click NEXT to see the full deal.
	♠ Q 7 3 ♥ A Q 6 4 3 ♦ 8 5 2 ♣ A J

 

Deal 73	♠ 8 6 2 ♥ K 9 8 7 ♦ A Q J 10 ♣ 8 3		This plan would work 50% of the time, whenever West was dealt the ♦K. Any other plan that was based on West holding the ♦K would work ALMOST 50% of the time but would fail when West had three protectors for the ♦K.  Deal 74
♠ K J 9 ♥ 10 2 ♦ K 7 4 3 ♣ Q 10 6 4		♠ A 10 5 4 ♥ J 5 ♦ 9 6 ♣ K 9 7 5 2
	♠ Q 7 3 ♥ A Q 6 4 3 ♦ 8 5 2 ♣ A J