Deal 97	♠ ? ♥ ? ♦ ? ♣ ?		WEST   NORTH   EAST   SOUTH  BID    You are South and it is your bid. Decide what you would say, then click on BID .
	♠ 8 6 3 ♥ A K Q J 9 7 5 ♦ A K ♣ 7

 

Deal 97	♠ K 10 4 ♥ 10 6 ♦ 7 5 3 ♣ 10 8 6 4 3		WEST   NORTH   EAST   SOUTH 4♥ pass pass pass One school of thought says to open 2♣ with a hand that is within one trick of game, even though the point count is below 22. Another school of thought says to go ahead and bid the game, hoping to keep the opponents away from any competition. Today you take the second and bid 4♥. South plays 4♥. West leads the ♦Q. Make a Plan, then click NEXT .
	♠ 8 6 3 ♥ A K Q J 9 7 5 ♦ A K ♣ 7

 

Deal 97	♠ K 10 4 ♥ 10 6 ♦ 7 5 3 ♣ 10 8 6 4 3		South plays 4♥. West leads the ♦Q. Losers: ♠ 3 : ♥ 0 : ♦ 0 : ♣ 1 : Total = 4 You are going to lose the ♣ for sure, so you need to find a way to hold the ♠ losers to 2. The obvious possibility is for West to hold the ♠A and you lead through him to make the ♠K a winner. That's a 50% possibility. But you can improve on that a little bit. If West holds both the ♠ Q J you could make a deep finesse of dummy's ♠10 and East would have to play his ♠A to win the trick. And if it didn't work and East won with a lesser ♠ you would still have time to play toward the ♠K. Win the ♦, pull trumps, lead the ♠3 to dummy's ♠10. Click NEXT for the full deal.
	♠ 8 6 3 ♥ A K Q J 9 7 5 ♦ A K ♣ 7

 

Deal 97	♠ K 10 4 ♥ 10 6 ♦ 7 5 3 ♣ 10 8 6 4 3		You can see that the deep finesse would indeed force East's ♠A. However, West played his ♠Q to the trick, forcing you to go up with dummy's ♠K, which was taken by East's ♠A. You must modify the Plan a little bit. Now your only hope is that West still holds the ♠J. So you win the next trick in your hand and lead a ♠ toward dummy's ♠10. This time West is caught. He plays the ♠J hoping you had a doubleton, but you still have a ♠ to get to the now high ♠10.  Deal 98
♠ Q J 7 ♥ 8 3 ♦ Q J 10 2 ♣ Q 9 5 2		♠ A 9 5 2 ♥ 4 2 ♦ 9 8 6 4 ♣ A K J
	♠ 8 6 3 ♥ A K Q J 9 7 5 ♦ A K ♣ 7