Deal 20	♠   ♥   ♦   ♣		WEST   NORTH   EAST   SOUTH 2NT pass  BID        The bidding has gone as shown. Decide what you would say, then click on BID above.
	♠ J 9 8 7 5 2 ♥ 6 5 2 ♦ K ♣ 9 7 4

 

Deal 20	♠   ♥   ♦   ♣		WEST   NORTH   EAST   SOUTH 2NT pass 3♥ pass 3♠ pass  BID      With your 6-card Major suit you naturally use a transfer; bid 3♥. Partner responds 3♠. What do you bid now?
	♠ J 9 8 7 5 2 ♥ 6 5 2 ♦ K ♣ 9 7 4

 

Deal 20	♠ K 10 ♥ A K 7 ♦ Q J 9 5 ♣ A K 8 2		WEST   NORTH   EAST   SOUTH 2NT pass 3♥ pass 3♠ pass 4♠ pass pass pass   With your 6-card Major suit you naturally use a transfer; bid 3♥. Partner responds 3♠. What do you bid now? Partner has at least 20 points so you bid 4♠. Click NEXT to continue.
	♠ J 9 8 7 5 2 ♥ 6 5 2 ♦ K ♣ 9 7 4

 

Deal 20	♠ K 10 ♥ A K 7 ♦ Q J 9 5 ♣ A K 8 2		WEST   NORTH   EAST   SOUTH 2NT pass 3♥ pass 3♠ pass 4♠ pass pass pass   The contract would be 4♠ played by North. To make South the declarer click ROTATE .
	♠ J 9 8 7 5 2 ♥ 6 5 2 ♦ K ♣ 9 7 4

 

Deal 20   4♠ OL: ♥Q	♠ J 9 8 7 5 2 ♥ 6 5 2 ♦ K ♣ 9 7 4		WEST   NORTH   EAST   SOUTH 2NT pass 3♥ pass 3♠ pass 4♠ pass pass pass South plays 4♠. West leads the ♥Q and East plays ♥4. You win the first trick with your ♥A. By doing this you leave West in the dark about who holds the ♥K. If you had instead won with the ♥K West would have known you held both honors since East would have played the ♥A if he held it. Make a Plan, then click NEXT .
	♠ K 10 ♥ A K 7 ♦ Q J 9 5 ♣ A K 8 2

 

Deal 20   4♠ OL: ♥Q	♠ J 9 8 7 5 2 ♥ 6 5 2 ♦ K ♣ 9 7 4		Loser List: ♠ = 2 : ♥ = 1 : ♦ = 1 : ♣ = 1 :: Total = 5 You have 2 losers to get rid of and the good news is that you can establish 2 ♦ winners pretty easily. So do you start pulling trumps now?  NEXT
	♠ K 10 ♥ A K 7 ♦ Q J 9 5 ♣ A K 8 2

 

Deal 20   4♠ OL: ♥Q	♠ J 9 8 7 5 2 ♥ 6 5 2 ♦ K ♣ 9 7 4		Loser List: ♠ = 2 : ♥ = 1 : ♦ = 1 : ♣ = 1 :: Total = 5 You have 2 losers to get rid of and the good news is that you can establish 2 ♦ winners pretty easily. So do you start pulling trumps now? No, stay away from trumps for now. You might have to lose the lead twice in trumps, and the first time they get the lead they will play another ♥ and expose the loser in that suit. Then, the next time they get the lead they will take their ♥ winner. You need to get rid of that ♥ loser BEFORE you start on trumps.  NEXT
	♠ K 10 ♥ A K 7 ♦ Q J 9 5 ♣ A K 8 2

 

Deal 20   4♠ OL: ♥Q	♠ J 9 8 7 5 2 ♥ 6 5 2 ♦ K ♣ 9 7 4		Loser List: ♠ = 2 : ♥ = 1 : ♦ = 1 : ♣ = 1 :: Total = 5 You have 2 losers to get rid of and the good news is that you can establish 2 ♦ winners pretty easily. So do you start pulling trumps now? No, stay away from trumps for now. You might have to lose the lead twice in trumps, and the first time they get the lead they will play another ♥ and expose the loser in that suit. Then, the next time they get the lead they will take their ♥ winner. You need to get rid of that ♥ loser BEFORE you start on trumps. Play a small ♦ to the ♦K. East will take this and play another ♥ to your ♥K. Play your ♦Q and discard dummy's ♥ loser. Now you might just as well ruff that ♥ in dummy, (with the ♠7 to be safe), and play trumps from that side. It turns out that West has both high trumps but you don't care because dummy's ♣ loser can be dumped on your ♦J. Click NEXT to see the full deal.
	♠ K 10 ♥ A K 7 ♦ Q J 9 5 ♣ A K 8 2

 

Deal 20   4♠ OL: ♥Q	♠ J 9 8 7 5 2 ♥ 6 5 2 ♦ K ♣ 9 7 4		The ♦A was a "fast" loser which you couldn't avoid. But the ♥ loser was a "slow" loser. Slow losers can sometimes be discarded, but you may have to do so before you lose the lead too many times. Did you notice that if the opening lead had been a ♣ instead of a ♥ you would have used the same technique?  Deal 21
♠ A Q 4 ♥ Q J 10 3 ♦ 10 7 2 ♣ 10 6 5		♠ 6 3 ♥ 9 8 4 ♦ A 8 6 4 3 ♣ Q J 3
	♠ K 10 ♥ A K 7 ♦ Q J 9 5 ♣ A K 8 2