Deal 76	♠ ? ♥ ? ♦ ? ♣ ?		WEST   NORTH   EAST   SOUTH  BID      You are South and it is your bid. Decide what you would say, then click on BID .
	♠ A K Q 10 9 7 ♥ A 5 ♦ 7 3 ♣ A Q 6

 

Deal 76	♠ ? ♥ ? ♦ ? ♣ ?		WEST   NORTH   EAST   SOUTH 1♠ pass 2♠ dbl  BID    You have a good hand, a very good hand. But not good enough to open 2♣. Instead you open 1♠, partner raises to 2♠ and East doubles. What do you bid now?
	♠ A K Q 10 9 7 ♥ A 5 ♦ 7 3 ♣ A Q 6

 

Deal 76	♠ 8 6 3 ♥ Q 7 4 ♦ A 8 6 2 ♣ 9 5 4		WEST   NORTH   EAST   SOUTH 1♠ pass 2♠ dbl 4♠ pass pass pass Some would think it clever to now redouble - to put the pressure on East maybe. But why bother? East would just bid 3♥ or 3♦ and then you would bid 4♠. So save all the in-between and just bid it now. South plays 4♠. West leads the ♦J. Make a Plan, then click NEXT .
	♠ A K Q 10 9 7 ♥ A 5 ♦ 7 3 ♣ A Q 6

 

Deal 76	♠ 8 6 3 ♥ Q 7 4 ♦ A 8 6 2 ♣ 9 5 4		South plays 4♠. West leads the ♦J. Losers: ♠ 0 : ♥ 1 : ♦ 1 : ♣ 2 : Total = 4 One loser to get rid of. Perhaps you could lead toward the ♥Q? Nope, that wouldn't work because East surely has the ♥K for his Takeout Double. Play East for the ♣K and finesse him out of it? That probably would work since he likely has that card for his Takeout Double. So you take the ♦A, pull trumps and then . . . . and then you apologize to your partner. You had to be in dummy to finesse the ♣ and you were only going to be there once. You must finesse the ♣ immediately, then pull trumps. Click NEXT to see the full deal.
	♠ A K Q 10 9 7 ♥ A 5 ♦ 7 3 ♣ A Q 6

 

Deal 76	♠ 8 6 3 ♥ Q 7 4 ♦ A 8 6 2 ♣ 9 5 4		You are only going to be in dummy that one time so you must make sure to do whatever you need to do right then. If you decided to play for trumps to split 2-2 so you could use the ♠8 as an entry back to dummy for the ♣ finesse then you need to start thinking more clearly!  Deal 77
♠ J 5 2 ♥ 10 9 3 ♦ J 10 9 4 ♣ J 8 2		♠ 4 ♥ K J 8 6 2 ♦ K Q 5 ♣ K 10 7 3
	♠ A K Q 10 9 7 ♥ A 5 ♦ 7 3 ♣ A Q 6