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| WEST | NORTH | EAST | SOUTH |
| 1♥ | pass | BID | |
You are South and it is your bid.
Decide what you would say, then click on BID .
♥ A 8 6 2
♦ Q 4
♣ Q 7 5 4
| Deal 74 |
♠ ? ♥ ? ♦ ? ♣ ? |
You are South and it is your bid. Decide what you would say, then click on BID . |
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♠ K 7 3 ♥ A 8 6 2 ♦ Q 4 ♣ Q 7 5 4 |
| Deal 74 |
♠ A 4 2 ♥ Q J 10 5 3 ♦ K J 7 ♣ A 3 |
You have 11 (perhaps 12) points and four trumps. Just right for a limit raise. So you bid 3♥ and partner goes to game. North would play 4♥. Click ROTATE |
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♠ K 7 3 ♥ A 8 6 2 ♦ Q 4 ♣ Q 7 5 4 |
| Deal 74 |
♠ K 7 3 ♥ A 8 6 2 ♦ Q 4 ♣ Q 7 5 4 |
South plays 4♥. West leads the ♠Q. Make a Plan, then click NEXT . |
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♠ A 4 2 ♥ Q J 10 5 3 ♦ K J 7 ♣ A 3 |
| Deal 74 |
♠ K 7 3 ♥ A 8 6 2 ♦ Q 4 ♣ Q 7 5 4 |
South plays 4♥. West leads the ♠Q.
Losers: ♠ 1 : ♥ 1 : ♦ 1 : ♣ 1 : Total = 4 You know you can't get rid of the ♦ loser, and it's hard to imagine a way that would let you get rid of the ♣ loser. The ♥ loser depends on the finesse. So you should try to find somewhere to put the ♠ loser. First you win the ♠A. You know that you will eventually take the ♥ finesse, so should you take it now? Visualize the likely defense actions if you do. Say East wins the ♥K. He will surely play another ♠, knocking out dummy's ♠K. Whenever you try to set up ♦s the defense will take their ♠ trick and you will eventually go down. What happened is that you gave the defense a tempo and let them control the timing of the play. You should not have rushed into the ♥ finesse. Instead suppose that you win the first trick with dummy's ♠K and immediately play the ♦Q. The defense can take their ♦A when they want to and push another ♠, but now the timing is on your side. You can discard a ♠ from dummy on your good ♦ in time. Click NEXT to see the full deal. |
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♠ A 4 2 ♥ Q J 10 5 3 ♦ K J 7 ♣ A 3 |
| Deal 74 |
♠ K 7 3 ♥ A 8 6 2 ♦ Q 4 ♣ Q 7 5 4 |
Take the ♥ finesse before you set up a ♦ trick and you will
be just fine if the finesse wins. But if it loses you will lose a tempo and the defense will
get to your ♠ loser before you can set up a ♦.
Set up the ♦ winner before you take the ♥ finesse and you will always be able to dump the ♠ loser no matter who has the ♥K. Deal 75 |
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♠ Q J 10 8 ♥ 9 4 ♦ A 6 3 2 ♣ 10 9 6 |
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♠ 9 6 5 ♥ K 7 ♦ 10 9 8 5 ♣ K J 8 2 |
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♠ A 4 2 ♥ Q J 10 5 3 ♦ K J 7 ♣ A 3 |