Deal 92	♠   ♥   ♦   ♣		WEST   NORTH   EAST   SOUTH 1NT pass  BID      The bidding has gone as shown. Decide what you would say, then click on BID above.
	♠ 7 3 ♥ 6 5 ♦ J 2 ♣ A J 9 8 7 4 3

 

Deal 92	♠ A K 5 ♥ A 9 8 4 ♦ A 8 6 3 ♣ Q 5		WEST   NORTH   EAST   SOUTH 1NT pass 2NT pass 3NT pass pass pass You do have 9 points, of a sort anyway. Hoping your ♣ suit will be of use, you invite with 2NT. Partner says 3NT. Click NEXT to continue.
	♠ 7 3 ♥ 6 5 ♦ J 2 ♣ A J 9 8 7 4 3

 

Deal 92	♠ A K 5 ♥ A 9 8 4 ♦ A 8 6 3 ♣ Q 5		WEST   NORTH   EAST   SOUTH 1NT pass 2NT pass 3NT pass pass pass The contract would be 3NT played by North. To make South the declarer click ROTATE .
	♠ 7 3 ♥ 6 5 ♦ J 2 ♣ A J 9 8 7 4 3

 

Deal 92   3NT OL: ♠Q	♠ 7 3 ♥ 6 5 ♦ J 2 ♣ A J 9 8 7 4 3		WEST   NORTH   EAST   SOUTH 1NT pass 2NT pass 3NT pass pass pass South plays 3NT. West leads the ♠Q, East following with the ♠2. Do you hold up or not? Make a Plan, then click NEXT .
	♠ A K 5 ♥ A 9 8 4 ♦ A 8 6 3 ♣ Q 5

 

Deal 92   3NT OL: ♠Q	♠ 7 3 ♥ 6 5 ♦ J 2 ♣ A J 9 8 7 4 3		Winner List: ♠ = 2 : ♥ = 1 : ♦ = 1 : ♣ = 1 :: Total = 5 No, don't hold up. At least you have ♠s stopped twice, your other suits are stopped only once. Realizing that your only hope is for a bunch of ♣ tricks you win the ♠K and play the ♣Q. West covers with the ♣K. What do you do?  NEXT
	♠ A K 5 ♥ A 9 8 4 ♦ A 8 6 3 ♣ Q 5

 

Deal 92   3NT OL: ♠Q	♠ 7 3 ♥ 6 5 ♦ J 2 ♣ A J 9 8 7 4 3		Winner List: ♠ = 2 : ♥ = 1 : ♦ = 1 : ♣ = 1 :: Total = 5 No, don't hold up. At least you have ♠s stopped twice, your other suits are stopped only once. Realizing that your only hope is for a bunch of ♣ tricks you win the ♠K and play the ♣Q. West covers with the ♣K. What do you do? If you win with dummy's ♣A, and if the ♣s split 2-2, you can win 7 ♣ tricks and 4 other high cards. Wow! But if it turns out that the ♣K was singleton you will win just TWO ♣ tricks because dummy has no other entries.  NEXT
	♠ A K 5 ♥ A 9 8 4 ♦ A 8 6 3 ♣ Q 5

 

Deal 92   3NT OL: ♠Q	♠ 7 3 ♥ 6 5 ♦ J 2 ♣ A J 9 8 7 4 3		Winner List: ♠ = 2 : ♥ = 1 : ♦ = 1 : ♣ = 1 :: Total = 5 No, don't hold up. At least you have ♠s stopped twice, your other suits are stopped only once. Realizing that your only hope is for a bunch of ♣ tricks you win the ♠K and play the ♣Q. West covers with the ♣K. What do you do? If you win with dummy's ♣A, and if the ♣s split 2-2, you can win 7 ♣ tricks and 4 other high cards. Wow! But if it turns out that the ♣K was singleton you will win just TWO ♣ tricks because dummy has no other entries. So if you feel like gambling, go up with the ♣A. But if you like the idea of a guaranteed contract let West hold the ♣K, and you make sure of the six other ♣s. Click NEXT  for the full deal.
	♠ A K 5 ♥ A 9 8 4 ♦ A 8 6 3 ♣ Q 5

 

Deal 92   3NT OL: ♠Q	♠ 7 3 ♥ 6 5 ♦ J 2 ♣ A J 9 8 7 4 3		This Deal is not a "made up" one, it was actually played at our Monday Duplicate game in May 2012. The play went exactly as shown above. When her LHO played the ♣K our declarer ducked in dummy and made the contract. Deal 93
♠ Q J 10 8 ♥ J 7 3 2 ♦ K 9 7 4 ♣ K		♠ 9 6 4 2 ♥ K Q 10 ♦ Q 10 5 ♣ 10 6 2
	♠ A K 5 ♥ A 9 8 4 ♦ A 8 6 3 ♣ Q 5