Deal 19 |
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ |
The bidding has gone as shown. Decide what you would say, then click on BID above. |
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♠ 9 8 3 ♥ 7 3 ♦ A K 4 2 ♣ A K Q J |
Deal 19 |
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ |
In response to partner's Stayman bid you bid 2♦ to indicate no 4-card Major. Partner now bids 2♥. What do you say? |
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♠ 9 8 3 ♥ 7 3 ♦ A K 4 2 ♣ A K Q J |
Deal 19 |
♠ J 7 5 2 ♥ A K 9 8 5 ♦ 7 3 ♣ 8 3 |
In response to partner's Stayman bid you bid 2♦ to indicate no 4-card Major. Partner now bids 2♥. What do you say? Partner's bid shows 5♥s, and by inference, 4 ♠s. You hand does not provide an 8-card fit in either Major, so with 17 points you say 3NT. Click NEXT to continue. |
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♠ 9 8 3 ♥ 7 3 ♦ A K 4 2 ♣ A K Q J |
Deal 19 3NT OL: ♦Q |
♠ J 7 5 2 ♥ A K 9 8 5 ♦ 7 3 ♣ 8 3 |
South plays 3NT. West leads the ♦Q.
Make a Plan, then click NEXT . |
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♠ 9 8 3 ♥ 7 3 ♦ A K 4 2 ♣ A K Q J |
Deal 19 3NT OL: ♦Q |
♠ J 7 5 2 ♥ A K 9 8 5 ♦ 7 3 ♣ 8 3 |
Winner List: ♠ = 0 : ♥ = 2 :
♦ = 2 : ♣ = 4 :: Total = 8
You need one more winner and without question it must come from the ♥ suit. Your problem is finding dummy entries, all dummy has is the ♥ A K. NEXT |
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♠ 9 8 3 ♥ 7 3 ♦ A K 4 2 ♣ A K Q J |
Deal 19 3NT OL: ♦Q |
♠ J 7 5 2 ♥ A K 9 8 5 ♦ 7 3 ♣ 8 3 |
Winner List: ♠ = 0 : ♥ = 2 :
♦ = 2 : ♣ = 4 :: Total = 8
You need one more winner and without question it must come from the ♥ suit. Your problem is finding dummy entries, all dummy has is the ♥ A K. You must find the ♥s split 3-3. You must also duck a ♥ to keep a valuable entry. Win the ♦ and play the ♥7, ducking in dummy. NEXT |
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♠ 9 8 3 ♥ 7 3 ♦ A K 4 2 ♣ A K Q J |
Deal 19 3NT OL: ♦Q |
♠ J 7 5 2 ♥ A K 9 8 ♦ 7 ♣ 8 3 |
Winner List: ♠ = 0 : ♥ = 2 :
♦ = 2 : ♣ = 4 :: Total = 8
You need one more winner and without question it must come from the ♥ suit. Your problem is finding dummy entries, all dummy has is the ♥ A K. You must find the ♥s split 3-3. You must also duck a ♥ to keep a valuable entry. Win the ♦ and play the ♥7, ducking in dummy. East will win the ♥ and return a ♦ which you win in your hand. You now play your last ♥ to dummy, and if the suit was originally 3-3 you will win 4 ♥ tricks. Click NEXT to see whether you made the game or not. |
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♠ 9 8 3 ♥ 3 ♦ A 4 2 ♣ A K Q J |
Deal 19 3NT OL: ♦Q |
♠ J 7 5 2 ♥ A K 9 8 5 ♦ 7 3 ♣ 8 3 |
The "brute force" method for establishing dummy's ♥ suit would be to
play ♥ A K, then another. If they split 3-3
your last two ♥s would be winners.
Of course you'd look pretty stupid to have those 2 ♥ winners in dummy and no way to reach them. So you use the duck instead. Deal 20 |
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♠ A Q 10 ♥ J 6 2 ♦ Q J 10 8 ♣ 9 6 4 |
♠ K 6 4 ♥ Q 10 4 ♦ 9 6 5 ♣ 10 7 5 2 |
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♠ 9 8 3 ♥ 7 3 ♦ A K 4 2 ♣ A K Q J |