Deal 34 |
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ |
The bidding has gone as shown. Decide what you would say, then click on BID above. |
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♠ A 9 ♥ Q 10 6 3 ♦ 8 5 2 ♣ Q J 9 4 |
Deal 34 |
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ |
With 9 points you have just enough to respond. And with a 4-card Major suit you should use Stayman so you bid 2♣. Partner duly replies 2♠. What do you say now? |
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♠ A 9 ♥ Q 10 6 3 ♦ 8 5 2 ♣ Q J 9 4 |
Deal 34 |
♠ K 8 6 2 ♥ 7 5 ♦ A K 7 ♣ A K 6 3 |
With 9 points you have just enough to respond. And with a 4-card Major suit you should use Stayman so you bid 2♣. Partner duly replies 2♠. What do you say now? You don't have a 4-4 ♥ fit, so you invite the notrump game by bidding 2NT. Partner raises to 3NT. Click NEXT to continue. |
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♠ A 9 ♥ Q 10 6 3 ♦ 8 5 2 ♣ Q J 9 4 |
Deal 34 |
♠ K 8 6 2 ♥ 7 5 ♦ A K 7 ♣ A K 6 3 |
The contract would be 3NT played by North. To make South the declarer click ROTATE . |
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♠ A 9 ♥ Q 10 6 3 ♦ 8 5 2 ♣ Q J 9 4 |
Deal 34 3NT OL: ♦Q |
♠ A 9 ♥ Q 10 6 3 ♦ 8 5 2 ♣ Q J 9 4 |
South plays 3NT and West leads the ♦Q. Should you win or hold up? A pretty good argument against holding up could be that they might switch to ♠s. However, say you do in fact hold up and that West does in fact continue ♦s with East following suit. Make a Plan, then click NEXT . |
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♠ K 8 6 2 ♥ 7 5 ♦ A K 7 ♣ A K 6 3 |
Deal 34 3NT OL: ♦Q |
♠ A 9 ♥ Q 10 6 3 ♦ 8 5 2 ♣ Q J 9 4 |
Winner List: ♠ = 2 : ♥ = 0 :
♦ = 2 : ♣ = 4 :: Total = 8
Don't worry any more about the ♦s since there is nothing more you can do. Instead, worry about where that one more winner is going to come from. The answer will have to be: from the ♥ suit. NEXT |
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♠ K 8 6 2 ♥ 7 5 ♦ A K 7 ♣ A K 6 3 |
Deal 34 3NT OL: ♦Q |
♠ A 9 ♥ Q 10 6 3 ♦ 8 5 2 ♣ Q J 9 4 |
Winner List: ♠ = 2 : ♥ = 0 :
♦ = 2 : ♣ = 4 :: Total = 8
Don't worry any more about the ♦s since there is nothing more you can do. Instead, worry about where that one more winner is going to come from. The answer will have to be: from the ♥ suit. You might be tempted to take your 4 ♣ tricks right away, but avoid the temptation. The ♣ suit is your convenient transportation back and forth between hands. You will have to lose at least 2 ♥ tricks in order to set up 1 winner, and by the time you do that the defenders will have established at least 1 more ♦ trick. What that means is that you cannot afford 3 ♥ losers. So how will you play the ♥s? NEXT |
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♠ K 8 6 2 ♥ 7 5 ♦ A K 7 ♣ A K 6 3 |
Deal 34 3NT OL: ♦Q |
♠ A 9 ♥ Q 10 6 3 ♦ 8 5 2 ♣ Q J 9 4 |
Winner List: ♠ = 2 : ♥ = 0 :
♦ = 2 : ♣ = 4 :: Total = 8
Don't worry any more about the ♦s since there is nothing more you can do. Instead, worry about where that one more winner is going to come from. The answer will have to be: from the ♥ suit. You might be tempted to take your 4 ♣ tricks right away, but avoid the temptation. The ♣ suit is your convenient transportation back and forth between hands. You will have to lose at least 2 ♥ tricks in order to set up 1 winner, and by the time you do that the defenders will have established at least 1 more ♦ trick. What that means is that you cannot afford 3 ♥ losers. So how will you play the ♥s? You should play West for the ♥J plus one of the big ones. This is a better chance than playing him for both the ♥ A K. So play a ♥ toward dummy and insert the ♥10 when West plays low. East wins with the ♥A and clears the ♦s. Play another ♥ toward dummy's ♥Q. West can take his ♥K and cash his ♦ winner but dummy's ♥Q will be your ninth trick. Click NEXT to see the full deal. |
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♠ K 8 6 2 ♥ 7 5 ♦ A K 7 ♣ A K 6 3 |
Deal 34 3NT OL: ♦Q |
♠ A 9 ♥ Q 10 6 3 ♦ 8 5 2 ♣ Q J 9 4 |
There were two ♥ distributions which would allow you to make this contract.
West could hold both the ♥A and ♥K, in which case leading toward dummy's ♥Q would be the winning play. West could hold EITHER ♥ A J x OR ♥ K J x in which case finessing dummy's ♥J would be the winning play. This is the more likely distribution of the two. Deal 35 |
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♠ J 7 3 ♥ K J 9 ♦ Q J 10 4 ♣ 8 5 2 |
♠ Q 10 5 4 ♥ A 8 4 2 ♦ 9 6 3 ♣ 10 7 |
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♠ K 8 6 2 ♥ 7 5 ♦ A K 7 ♣ A K 6 3 |