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| WEST | NORTH | EAST | SOUTH |
| 2NT | pass | BID | |
The bidding has gone as shown.
Decide what you would say, then click on BID above.
♥ 8 4 3
♦ K J 10 8 2
♣ J 10 4
| Deal 4 |
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ |
The bidding has gone as shown. Decide what you would say, then click on BID above. |
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♠ Q 9 ♥ 8 4 3 ♦ K J 10 8 2 ♣ J 10 4 |
| Deal 4 |
♠ K 8 5 ♥ A 2 ♦ A 7 3 ♣ A K Q 7 2 |
Even if you wanted to show your ♦ suit how would you do it? If you bid 3♦ it would be a transfer and if you bid 4♦ you would have bypassed 3NT, your probable best contract. But you didn't want to bid them anyway, you just wanted to bid 3NT, right? Click NEXT to continue. |
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♠ Q 9 ♥ 8 4 3 ♦ K J 10 8 2 ♣ J 10 4 |
| Deal 4 |
♠ K 8 5 ♥ A 2 ♦ A 7 3 ♣ A K Q 7 2 |
The contract would be 3NT played by North. To make South the declarer click ROTATE . |
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♠ Q 9 ♥ 8 4 3 ♦ K J 10 8 2 ♣ J 10 4 |
| Deal 4 3NT OL: ♥5 |
♠ Q 9 ♥ 8 4 3 ♦ K J 10 8 2 ♣ J 10 4 |
West leads ♥5, East plays the ♥Q. The first thing you need to decide is whether to hold up on the ♥. Make a Plan, then click NEXT . |
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♠ K 8 5 ♥ A 2 ♦ A 7 3 ♣ A K Q 7 2 |
| Deal 4 3NT OL: ♥5 |
♠ Q 9 ♥ 8 4 3 ♦ K J 10 8 2 ♣ J 10 4 |
Winner List: ♠ = 0 : ♥ = 1 :
♦ = 2 : ♣ = 5 :: Total = 8
First decide the holdup question. West led the ♥5 and you can see the ♥4, ♥3 and ♥2. Assuming West led fourth down he must have only a 4-card suit since there are no cards he could have lower than the ♥5. With ♥s splitting 4-4 a holdup would do no good, and isn't necessary anyway. So take the ♥A. Then what? NEXT |
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♠ K 8 5 ♥ A 2 ♦ A 7 3 ♣ A K Q 7 2 |
| Deal 4 3NT OL: ♥5 |
♠ Q 9 ♥ 8 4 3 ♦ K J 10 8 2 ♣ J 10 4 |
Winner List: ♠ = 0 : ♥ = 1 :
♦ = 2 : ♣ = 5 :: Total = 8
First decide the holdup question. West led the ♥5 and you can see the ♥4, ♥3 and ♥2. Assuming West led fourth down he must have only a 4-card suit since there are no cards he could have lower than the ♥5. With ♥s splitting 4-4 a holdup would do no good, and isn't necessary anyway. So take the ♥A. Then what? You COULD try the ♦ finesse. Even if it loses it would establish several ♦ winners. However, if the defenders win just 1 ♦ trick they will quickly grab their 3 ♥ tricks and their ♠A and put you down 1. NEXT |
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♠ K 8 5 ♥ A 2 ♦ A 7 3 ♣ A K Q 7 2 |
| Deal 4 3NT OL: ♥5 |
♠ Q 9 ♥ 8 4 3 ♦ K J 10 8 2 ♣ J 10 4 |
Winner List: ♠ = 0 : ♥ = 1 :
♦ = 2 : ♣ = 5 :: Total = 8
First decide the holdup question. West led the ♥5 and you can see the ♥4, ♥3 and ♥2. Assuming West led fourth down he must have only a 4-card suit since there are no cards he could have lower than the ♥5. With ♥s splitting 4-4 a holdup would do no good, and isn't necessary anyway. So take the ♥A. Then what? You COULD try the ♦ finesse. Even if it loses it would establish several ♦ winners. However, if the defenders win just 1 ♦ trick they will quickly grab their 3 ♥ tricks and their ♠A and put you down 1. This is why it is important to make a Plan which includes a Winner count. You need just one additional winner and all you have to do to get it is play a ♠ honor. Click NEXT for the full deal. |
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♠ K 8 5 ♥ A 2 ♦ A 7 3 ♣ A K Q 7 2 |
| Deal 4 3NT OL: ♥5 |
♠ Q 9 ♥ 8 4 3 ♦ K J 10 8 2 ♣ J 10 4 |
When you can see all four hands, including the location of the ♦Q, it kind of makes you wished you had finessed and gotten all those overtricks. Good Bridge players like to take tricks, but they are not greedy. Deal 5 |
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♠ J 7 4 3 ♥ K J 9 5 ♦ Q 9 5 ♣ 8 5 |
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♠ A 10 6 2 ♥ Q 10 7 6 ♦ 6 4 ♣ 9 6 3 |
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♠ K 8 5 ♥ A 2 ♦ A 7 3 ♣ A K Q 7 2 |