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| pass | 3♣ | pass | BID |
The bidding has gone as shown.
Decide what you would say, then click on BID above.
♥ A K Q 5
♦ A 8
♣ A 8 6
| Deal 13 |
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ |
The bidding has gone as shown. Decide what you would say, then click on BID above. |
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♠ K 10 9 3 ♥ A K Q 5 ♦ A 8 ♣ A 8 6 |
| Deal 13 |
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ |
Partner's 3♣ bid is Stayman; with 4 cards in both Majors you respond 3♥. Partner now bids 3NT. What do you bid? |
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♠ K 10 9 3 ♥ A K Q 5 ♦ A 8 ♣ A 8 6 |
| Deal 13 |
♠ A J 7 4 ♥ J 9 6 ♦ 6 2 ♣ 7 5 3 2 |
Partner's 3♣ bid is Stayman; with 4 cards in both Majors you respond 3♥. Partner now bids 3NT. What do you bid? Partner would not use Stayman unless he held a 4-card Major suit himself. Since he didn't like your ♥s it follows that he must have 4 ♠s. So you correct the 3NT contract to 4♠. Click NEXT to continue. |
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♠ K 10 9 3 ♥ A K Q 5 ♦ A 8 ♣ A 8 6 |
| Deal 13 4♠ OL: ♦Q |
♠ A J 7 4 ♥ J 9 6 ♦ 6 2 ♣ 7 5 3 2 |
South plays 4♠. West leads the ♦Q.
If you had left it in 3NT you'd have 8 top tricks and a ♠ finesse for 9. But you're in 4♠. Make a Plan, then click NEXT . |
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♠ K 10 9 3 ♥ A K Q 5 ♦ A 8 ♣ A 8 6 |
| Deal 13 4♠ OL: ♦Q |
♠ A J 7 4 ♥ J 9 6 ♦ 6 2 ♣ 7 5 3 2 |
Loser List: ♠ = 1 : ♥ = 0 :
♦ = 1 : ♣ = 2 :: Total = 4
If you can guess the ♠Q your problems are over. But just in case you dislike those 50% guesses, try to find a better Plan. NEXT |
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♠ K 10 9 3 ♥ A K Q 5 ♦ A 8 ♣ A 8 6 |
| Deal 13 4♠ OL: ♦Q |
♠ A J 7 4 ♥ J 9 6 ♦ 6 2 ♣ 7 5 3 2 |
Loser List: ♠ = 1 : ♥ = 0 :
♦ = 1 : ♣ = 2 :: Total = 4
If you can guess the ♠Q your problems are over. But just in case you dislike those 50% guesses, try to find a better Plan. Another possibility is that a defender holds either a singleton or doubleton ♠Q so you can pick up the suit by leading ♠ A K. This is smaller than a 50% chance. NEXT |
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♠ K 10 9 3 ♥ A K Q 5 ♦ A 8 ♣ A 8 6 |
| Deal 13 4♠ OL: ♦Q |
♠ A J 7 4 ♥ J 9 6 ♦ 6 2 ♣ 7 5 3 2 |
Loser List: ♠ = 1 : ♥ = 0 :
♦ = 1 : ♣ = 2 :: Total = 4
If you can guess the ♠Q your problems are over. But just in case you dislike those 50% guesses, try to find a better Plan. Another possibility is that a defender holds either a singleton or doubleton ♠Q so you can pick up the suit by leading ♠ A K. This is smaller than a 50% chance. But there is more to the odds than that. Suppose you try the second possibility and play off both the ♠A and ♠K but the ♠Q does NOT drop. You are still not dead! You just leave the ♠Q out there and start on ♥s. As long as the defender who holds the ♠Q has at least 3 ♥s he will be unable to ruff until after you have discarded dummy's ♦ loser. The extra chance makes this Plan your best hope. Click NEXT to see which plan works. |
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♠ K 10 9 3 ♥ A K Q 5 ♦ A 8 ♣ A 8 6 |
| Deal 13 4♠ OL: ♦Q |
♠ A J 7 4 ♥ J 9 6 ♦ 6 2 ♣ 7 5 3 2 |
You could have made the contract easily by playing East for the ♠Q.
You could have gone down easily by playing West for the ♠Q. Or you could have made it whoever held the ♠Q by using the "improved" plan. Deal 14 |
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♠ 8 5 ♥ 10 4 2 ♦ Q J 10 5 ♣ Q 10 9 4 |
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♠ Q 6 2 ♥ 8 7 3 ♦ K 9 7 4 3 ♣ K J |
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♠ K 10 9 3 ♥ A K Q 5 ♦ A 8 ♣ A 8 6 |