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You are the Dealer.
Decide what you would say, then click on BID above.
♥ A 6 5
♦ A Q 8 5
♣ K 10
| Deal 37 |
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ |
You are the Dealer. Decide what you would say, then click on BID above. |
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♠ A Q J 10 ♥ A 6 5 ♦ A Q 8 5 ♣ K 10 |
| Deal 37 |
♠ 7 5 3 ♥ Q 3 ♦ K J 6 2 ♣ 8 5 4 2 |
With 20 HCP and balanced distribution you should open 2NT. Do not let the good 4-card ♠ suit sway you to anything else. Partner bids 3NT and everybody passes. Click NEXT to continue. |
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♠ A Q J 10 ♥ A 6 5 ♦ A Q 8 5 ♣ K 10 |
| Deal 37 3NT OL: ♥J |
♠ 7 5 3 ♥ Q 3 ♦ K J 6 2 ♣ 8 5 4 2 |
South plays 3NT. West leads the ♥J. You try the ♥Q, but East plays the ♥K. Make a Plan, then click NEXT . |
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♠ A Q J 10 ♥ A 6 5 ♦ A Q 8 5 ♣ K 10 |
| Deal 37 3NT OL: ♥J |
♠ 7 5 3 ♥ Q 3 ♦ K J 6 2 ♣ 8 5 4 2 |
Winner List: ♠ = 1 : ♥ = 0 :
♦ = 4 : ♣ = 1 :: Total = 6
You need 3 more winners and at least 2 of them must come from ♠s. Furthermore you don't want East to lead ♣s through your King. Your best hope is that East holds the ♠K so you can finesse. NEXT |
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♠ A Q J 10 ♥ A 6 5 ♦ A Q 8 5 ♣ K 10 |
| Deal 37 3NT OL: ♥J |
♠ 7 5 3 ♥ Q 3 ♦ K J 6 2 ♣ 8 5 4 2 |
Winner List: ♠ = 1 : ♥ = 0 :
♦ = 4 : ♣ = 1 :: Total = 6
You need 3 more winners and at least 2 of them must come from ♠s. Furthermore you don't want East to lead ♣s through your King. Your best hope is that East holds the ♠K so you can finesse. So you win the ♥A and start thinking about dummy entries. Your obvious entries are the ♦K and ♦J. If East holds only two small ♠s with his ♠K, then two entries will be enough. But what if East holds ♠ K x x x ? Can you find a third entry to dummy? NEXT |
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♠ A Q J 10 ♥ A 6 5 ♦ A Q 8 5 ♣ K 10 |
| Deal 37 3NT OL: ♥J |
♠ 7 5 3 ♥ Q 3 ♦ K J 6 2 ♣ 8 5 4 2 |
Winner List: ♠ = 1 : ♥ = 0 :
♦ = 4 : ♣ = 1 :: Total = 6
You need 3 more winners and at least 2 of them must come from ♠s. Furthermore you don't want East to lead ♣s through your King. Your best hope is that East holds the ♠K so you can finesse. So you win the ♥A and start thinking about dummy entries. Your obvious entries are the ♦K and ♦J. If East holds only two small ♠s with his ♠K, then two entries will be enough. But what if East holds ♠ K x x x ? Can you find a third entry to dummy? If the ♦s split 3-2 the answer is YES. Play the ♦A, then lead your ♦8 to dummy's ♦J. Watch carefully to see if both defenders follow to this trick. They do. Play a ♠ to your ♠10, which holds the trick. Play your ♦Q to dummy's ♦K. Finesse the ♠ again. Return to dummy by playing your ♦5 to dummy's ♦6, then finesse the ♠ one last time. NEXT to see all four hands. |
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♠ A Q J 10 ♥ A 6 5 ♦ A Q 8 5 ♣ K 10 |
| Deal 37 3NT OL: ♥J |
♠ 7 5 3 ♥ Q 3 ♦ K J 6 2 ♣ 8 5 4 2 |
If the ♦s had split 4-1 you would not have been able to
enter dummy three times. That would have been very unlucky. If you played your ♦5 too early you would not have been able to enter dummy three times even when there was a 3-2 split. That would have been very unsmart. Deal 38 |
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♠ 9 2 ♥ J 10 9 8 2 ♦ 9 4 ♣ A 9 7 6 |
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♠ K 8 6 4 ♥ K 7 4 ♦ 10 7 3 ♣ Q J 3 |
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♠ A Q J 10 ♥ A 6 5 ♦ A Q 8 5 ♣ K 10 |