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| 1NT | pass | BID | |
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Decide what you would say, then click on BID above.
♥ K Q J 9 8 7 5
♦ A
♣ A 8 4 2
| Deal 54 |
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ |
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♠ 7 ♥ K Q J 9 8 7 5 ♦ A ♣ A 8 4 2 |
| Deal 54 |
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ |
There would be nothing wrong with a transfer bid here, but probably no advantage either. What you really want to know is how many Aces partner has. So you ask him with a Gerber 4♣ bid. Partner says 4♠ (2 Aces), what do you bid? |
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♠ 7 ♥ K Q J 9 8 7 5 ♦ A ♣ A 8 4 2 |
| Deal 54 |
♠ A K 5 4 ♥ A 3 2 ♦ Q J 10 ♣ J 7 6 |
There would be nothing wrong with a transfer bid here, but probably no advantage either. What you really want to know is how many Aces partner has. So you ask him with a Gerber 4♣ bid. Partner says 4♠ (2 Aces), what do you bid? Looking at three possible ♣ losers you bid 6♥. Click NEXT to continue. |
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♠ 7 ♥ K Q J 9 8 7 5 ♦ A ♣ A 8 4 2 |
| Deal 54 6♥ OL: ♠Q |
♠ A K 5 4 ♥ A 3 2 ♦ Q J 10 ♣ J 7 6 |
South plays 6♥. West leads the ♠Q. The first trick is easy; you win with dummy's ♠A. Make a Plan, then click NEXT . |
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♠ 7 ♥ K Q J 9 8 7 5 ♦ A ♣ A 8 4 2 |
| Deal 54 6♥ OL: ♠Q |
♠ A K 5 4 ♥ A 3 2 ♦ Q J 10 ♣ J 7 6 |
Loser List: ♠ = 0 : ♥ = 0 :
♦ = 0 : ♣ = 3 :: Total = 3
It can't do any good to ruff your fourth ♣ in dummy because you would have to lose two before that could happen. Of course one of your ♣s can be discarded on dummy's ♠K but what about the other two? NEXT |
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♠ 7 ♥ K Q J 9 8 7 5 ♦ A ♣ A 8 4 2 |
| Deal 54 6♥ OL: ♠Q |
♠ A K 5 4 ♥ A 3 2 ♦ Q J 10 ♣ J 7 6 |
Loser List: ♠ = 0 : ♥ = 0 :
♦ = 0 : ♣ = 3 :: Total = 3
It can't do any good to ruff your fourth ♣ in dummy because you would have to lose two before that could happen. Of course one of your ♣s can be discarded on dummy's ♠K but what about the other two? Suppose you win the ♠ and unblock the ♦A. Play ♥K, then to dummy's ♥A. Take one ♣ discard on the ♠K, then play the ♦Q and discard a second ♣. It won't work. You would establish the ♦ for your last discard but you have no entry to it. NEXT |
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♠ 7 ♥ K Q J 9 8 7 5 ♦ A ♣ A 8 4 2 |
| Deal 54 6♥ OL: ♠Q |
♠ A K 5 4 ♥ A 3 2 ♦ Q J 10 ♣ J 7 6 |
Loser List: ♠ = 0 : ♥ = 0 :
♦ = 0 : ♣ = 3 :: Total = 3
It can't do any good to ruff your fourth ♣ in dummy because you would have to lose two before that could happen. Of course one of your ♣s can be discarded on dummy's ♠K but what about the other two? Suppose you win the ♠ and unblock the ♦A. Play ♥K, then to dummy's ♥A. Take one ♣ discard on the ♠K, then play the ♦Q and discard a second ♣. It won't work. You would establish the ♦ for your last discard but you have no entry to it. This will work. At trick 2 discard the ♦A on dummy's ♠K. Play the ♦Q and discard a ♣ when East doesn't cover. West will take the ♦K and attack ♣s but you are in control now. You win your ♣A, pull trumps, ending in dummy, and discard the remaining 2 ♣ losers on dummy's ♦ J 10. Click NEXT for the full layout. |
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♠ 7 ♥ K Q J 9 8 7 5 ♦ A ♣ A 8 4 2 |
| Deal 54 6♥ OL: ♠Q |
♠ A K 5 4 ♥ A 3 2 ♦ Q J 10 ♣ J 7 6 |
This is called a Jettison play. You sacrifice your ♦A to unblock the suit for
dummy's ♦ Q J 10.
If East held the ♦K the play would be slightly different; you would have to ruff when he covered. But the result would be the same. Did you notice that you started with 3 ♣ losers and no ♦ loser, but you ended up losing 1 ♦ and no ♣s? Deal 55 |
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♠ Q J 10 6 ♥ 6 ♦ K 8 5 4 2 ♣ Q 9 3 |
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♠ 9 8 3 2 ♥ 10 4 ♦ 9 7 6 3 ♣ K 10 5 |
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♠ 7 ♥ K Q J 9 8 7 5 ♦ A ♣ A 8 4 2 |