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| pass | 2♠ | pass | BID |
The bidding has gone as shown.
Decide what you would say, then click on BID above.
♥ A 8 5 2
♦ Q 10 9 4
♣ A K
| Deal 27 |
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ |
The bidding has gone as shown. Decide what you would say, then click on BID above. |
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♠ A 7 4 ♥ A 8 5 2 ♦ Q 10 9 4 ♣ A K |
| Deal 27 |
♠ 8 2 ♥ Q 9 ♦ J 7 3 ♣ J 9 8 6 3 2 |
The 2♠ bid is used as a transfer to 3♣. If you don't use this in your system, just consider this hand; you might decide to incorporate it. So you bid 3♣ and everybody passes. Click NEXT to continue. |
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♠ A 7 4 ♥ A 8 5 2 ♦ Q 10 9 4 ♣ A K |
| Deal 27 3♣ OL: ♥J |
♠ 8 2 ♥ Q 9 ♦ J 7 3 ♣ J 9 8 6 3 2 |
South plays 3♣. West leads the ♥J. You play dummy's ♥Q hopefully, but East plays the ♥K. Make a Plan, then click NEXT . |
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♠ A 7 4 ♥ A 8 5 2 ♦ Q 10 9 4 ♣ A K |
| Deal 27 3♣ OL: ♥J |
♠ 8 2 ♥ Q 9 ♦ J 7 3 ♣ J 9 8 6 3 2 |
Loser List: ♠ = 1 : ♥ = 1 :
♦ = 2 : ♣ = 1 :: Total = 5
That is one loser too many. The ♣Q MIGHT drop . . . but she won't. There are no finesse positions. So you are going to have to establish a winner somewhere to discard dummy's small ♠. NEXT |
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♠ A 7 4 ♥ A 8 5 2 ♦ Q 10 9 4 ♣ A K |
| Deal 27 3♣ OL: ♥J |
♠ 8 2 ♥ Q 9 ♦ J 7 3 ♣ J 9 8 6 3 2 |
Loser List: ♠ = 1 : ♥ = 1 :
♦ = 2 : ♣ = 1 :: Total = 5
That is one loser too many. The ♣Q MIGHT drop . . . but she won't. There are no finesse positions. So you are going to have to establish a winner somewhere to discard dummy's small ♠. Do you see it? The ♥8. Take the ♥A. Then play your ♣ A K. As predicted, the ♣Q doesn't fall. Then play a small ♥ to dummy's ♥9. Of course West will take the ♥10, but now your ♥8 is high. As soon as you get the lead you play the ♥8 and discard dummy's ♠2. Click NEXT to see the complete deal. |
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♠ A 7 4 ♥ A 8 5 2 ♦ Q 10 9 4 ♣ A K |
| Deal 27 3♣ OL: ♥J |
♠ 8 2 ♥ Q 9 ♦ J 7 3 ♣ J 9 8 6 3 2 |
We know, you didn't really play the ♥Q on the first trick in the hope that West
had underled the ♥K (although he certainly might have done so).
The real reason for covering was so you could establish the ♥8 by force. Suppose you had not played the ♥Q to trick one. East would have withheld the ♥K and you'd have had to take your ♥A. Later East would have taken dummy's ♥Q with his ♥K, then played a small ♥ through your ♥8 to West's ♥ 10 7. Deal 28 |
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♠ K 10 6 ♥ J 10 7 6 ♦ A 6 5 ♣ Q 7 5 |
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♠ Q J 9 5 3 ♥ K 4 3 ♦ K 8 2 ♣ 10 4 |
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♠ A 7 4 ♥ A 8 5 2 ♦ Q 10 9 4 ♣ A K |