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Decide what you would say, then click on BID above.
♥ A 8 7 2
♦ A 9 6 4
♣ A K Q
| Deal 49 |
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ |
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♠ 8 4 ♥ A 8 7 2 ♦ A 9 6 4 ♣ A K Q |
| Deal 49 |
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ |
Partner's 2♥ bid is a transfer; you respond 2♠. Partner now bids 3♠. What do you bid? |
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♠ 8 4 ♥ A 8 7 2 ♦ A 9 6 4 ♣ A K Q |
| Deal 49 |
♠ A K 7 6 3 2 ♥ 6 5 3 ♦ 7 ♣ 10 8 6 |
Partner's 2♥ bid is a transfer; you respond 2♠. Partner now bids 3♠. What do you bid? You wouldn't have chosen ♠s for a trump suit. But you aren't doing the choosing, partner is. He has set the trump suit as ♠s and asks that you bid game if you have a maximum 1NT opening. So you bid 4♠, as instructed. Click NEXT to continue. |
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♠ 8 4 ♥ A 8 7 2 ♦ A 9 6 4 ♣ A K Q |
| Deal 49 4♠ OL: ♥K |
♠ A K 7 6 3 2 ♥ 6 5 3 ♦ 7 ♣ 10 8 6 |
South plays 4♠. West leads ♥K, East plays ♥J. You have no reason to hold up so you win the ♥A. Make a Plan, then click NEXT . |
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♠ 8 4 ♥ A 8 7 2 ♦ A 9 6 4 ♣ A K Q |
| Deal 49 4♠ OL: ♥K |
♠ A K 7 6 3 2 ♥ 6 5 3 ♦ 7 ♣ 10 8 6 |
Loser List: ♠ = ? : ♥ = 2 :
♦ = 0 : ♣ = 0 :: Total = ?
Things look simple. You can afford one ♠ loser so as long as they split 3-2 you will succeed. So you play ♠A, ♠K; West follows to the first and discards a ♦ on the second. NEXT |
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♠ 8 4 ♥ A 8 7 2 ♦ A 9 6 4 ♣ A K Q |
| Deal 49 4♠ OL: ♥K |
♠ A K 7 6 3 2 ♥ 6 5 3 ♦ 7 ♣ 10 8 6 |
Loser List: ♠ = ? : ♥ = 2 :
♦ = 0 : ♣ = 0 :: Total = ?
Things look simple. You can afford one ♠ loser so as long as they split 3-2 you will succeed. So you play ♠A, ♠K; West follows to the first and discards a ♦ on the second. OK, East has two trump tricks, but don't give up. Maybe, just maybe, there is a way out. Check your winners: You have won 3 tricks - ♥A and ♠ A K. You have 4 more top winners - ♦A and ♣ A K Q. If you can somehow add 3 more small trumps that will be the 10 you need. NEXT |
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♠ 8 4 ♥ A 8 7 2 ♦ A 9 6 4 ♣ A K Q |
| Deal 49 4♠ OL: ♥K |
♠ A K 7 6 3 2 ♥ 6 5 3 ♦ 7 ♣ 10 8 6 |
Loser List: ♠ = ? : ♥ = 2 :
♦ = 0 : ♣ = 0 :: Total = ?
Things look simple. You can afford one ♠ loser so as long as they split 3-2 you will succeed. So you play ♠A, ♠K; West follows to the first and discards a ♦ on the second. OK, East has two trump tricks, but don't give up. Maybe, just maybe, there is a way out. Check your winners: You have won 3 tricks - ♥A and ♠ A K. You have 4 more top winners - ♦A and ♣ A K Q. If you can somehow add 3 more small trumps that will be the 10 you need. Play dummy's ♦7 to your ♦A, then ruff a ♦. Play a ♣ to your hand and ruff another ♦. Play another ♣ to your hand and ruff your last ♦. While you are ruffing these three ♦s East is helplessly following suit. Now play to your good ♣ while East again has to follow suit. You have taken the first 10 tricks. Poor East is going to end up ruffing his partner's ♦ winner with one of his master trumps. Click NEXT to see all four hands. |
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♠ 8 4 ♥ A 8 7 2 ♦ A 9 6 4 ♣ A K Q |
| Deal 49 4♠ OL: ♥K |
♠ A K 7 6 3 2 ♥ 6 5 3 ♦ 7 ♣ 10 8 6 |
Trumps don't always split as evenly as you would like them to.
When they split badly, sometimes you can recover by ruffing with small trumps while the trump-heavy defender has to follow suit. This is called "trump elopement". Deal 50 |
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♠ 10 ♥ K Q 10 9 ♦ Q J 5 3 ♣ 9 5 4 2 |
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♠ Q J 9 5 ♥ J 4 ♦ K 10 8 2 ♣ J 7 3 |
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♠ 8 4 ♥ A 8 7 2 ♦ A 9 6 4 ♣ A K Q |