Deal 97 |
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ |
The bidding has gone as shown. Decide what you would say, then click on BID above. |
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♠ A J 3 ♥ K Q 9 7 4 ♦ 7 6 4 2 ♣ 10 |
Deal 97 |
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ |
You know you may be in slam territory, but first you need to establish trumps. So you bid 3♦ as a transfer and almost faint when partner jumps to 4♥, showing a super-accept. Now what do you bid? |
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♠ A J 3 ♥ K Q 9 7 4 ♦ 7 6 4 2 ♣ 10 |
Deal 97 |
♠ K Q ♥ A J 10 ♦ A K 5 3 ♣ A 8 7 3 |
You know you may be in slam territory, but first you need to establish trumps. So you bid 3♦ as a transfer and almost faint when partner jumps to 4♥, showing a super-accept. Now what do you bid? Check for Aces with Blackwood, partner replies 5♠. What next? |
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♠ A J 3 ♥ K Q 9 7 4 ♦ 7 6 4 2 ♣ 10 |
Deal 97 |
♠ K Q ♥ A J 10 ♦ A K 5 3 ♣ A 8 7 3 |
You know you may be in slam territory, but first you need to establish trumps. So you bid 3♦ as a transfer and almost faint when partner jumps to 4♥, showing a super-accept. Now what do you bid? Check for Aces with Blackwood, partner replies 5♠. What next? Partner shows three Aces. You can't consider a Grand Slam, so bid 6♥. Click NEXT to continue. |
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♠ A J 3 ♥ K Q 9 7 4 ♦ 7 6 4 2 ♣ 10 |
Deal 97 |
♠ K Q ♥ A J 10 ♦ A K 5 3 ♣ A 8 7 3 |
The contract would be 6♥ played by North. To make South the declarer click ROTATE . |
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♠ A J 3 ♥ K Q 9 7 4 ♦ 7 6 4 2 ♣ 10 |
Deal 97 6♥ OL: ♦8 |
♠ A J 3 ♥ K Q 9 7 4 ♦ 7 6 4 2 ♣ 10 |
South plays 6♥. West leads the ♦8, on which East plays the ♦9. You win the ♦K. Make a Plan, then click NEXT . |
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♠ K Q ♥ A J 10 ♦ A K 5 3 ♣ A 8 7 3 |
Deal 97 6♥ OL: ♦8 |
♠ A J 3 ♥ K Q 9 7 4 ♦ 7 6 4 2 ♣ 10 |
Loser List: ♠ = 0 : ♥ = 0 :
♦ = 2 : ♣ = 0 :: Total = 2
If you look just at the North and South hands you would think this was a pretty easy slam to make. Pull trumps and play three rounds of ♦s, and as long as the ♦s split 3-2 you make twelve tricks. But when you consider the ♦8 opening lead you realize that it won't happen. The missing ♦s are Q J 10 9 and 8. The ONLY combination from which West would lead the ♦8 is when he has a singleton. So the ♦s won't be splitting and you need a different plan. NEXT |
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♠ K Q ♥ A J 10 ♦ A K 5 3 ♣ A 8 7 3 |
Deal 97 6♥ OL: ♦8 |
♠ A J 3 ♥ K Q 9 7 4 ♦ 7 6 4 2 ♣ 10 |
Loser List: ♠ = 0 : ♥ = 0 :
♦ = 2 : ♣ = 0 :: Total = 2
If you look just at the North and South hands you would think this was a pretty easy slam to make. Pull trumps and play three rounds of ♦s, and as long as the ♦s split 3-2 you make twelve tricks. But when you consider the ♦8 opening lead you realize that it won't happen. The missing ♦s are Q J 10 9 and 8. The ONLY combination from which West would lead the ♦8 is when he has a singleton. So the ♦s won't be splitting and you need a different plan. You need to get a ♦ discard somewhere, and dummy's third ♠ will take care of one of YOUR ♦ losers. But then to establish YOUR hand you are going to have to ruff all 3 ♣ losers. NEXT |
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♠ K Q ♥ A J 10 ♦ A K 5 3 ♣ A 8 7 3 |
Deal 97 6♥ OL: ♦8 |
♠ A J 3 ♥ K Q 9 7 4 ♦ 7 6 4 2 ♣ 10 |
Loser List: ♠ = 0 : ♥ = 0 :
♦ = 2 : ♣ = 0 :: Total = 2
If you look just at the North and South hands you would think this was a pretty easy slam to make. Pull trumps and play three rounds of ♦s, and as long as the ♦s split 3-2 you make twelve tricks. But when you consider the ♦8 opening lead you realize that it won't happen. The missing ♦s are Q J 10 9 and 8. The ONLY combination from which West would lead the ♦8 is when he has a singleton. So the ♦s won't be splitting and you need a different plan. You need to get a ♦ discard somewhere, and dummy's third ♠ will take care of one of YOUR ♦ losers. But then to establish YOUR hand you are going to have to ruff all 3 ♣ losers. Play the ♣A and ruff a ♣. Enter your hand with the ♥10 and ruff another ♣ high. Back to your hand with the ♥J and ruff another ♣ high. Dummy is out of trumps but there is still one more in a defender's hand. So come to your hand with the ♠Q and pull the last trump, discarding a ♦ from dummy. With all the trumps pulled cash dummy's 2 ♠s and your ♦A, then give up a ♦ at the last trick. Click NEXT to see the full deal. |
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♠ K Q ♥ A J 10 ♦ A K 5 3 ♣ A 8 7 3 |
Deal 97 6♥ OL: ♦8 |
♠ A J 3 ♥ K Q 9 7 4 ♦ 7 6 4 2 ♣ 10 |
This isn't strictly a dummy-reversal since you actually used your own hand to pull trumps
and dummy's trumps for ruffing.
However it's a "role reversal", you pulled trumps with the short-trump hand and took three ruffs in the long-trump hand. But call it whatever you like, that's the way to make this Deal. Deal 98 |
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♠ 9 8 6 4 2 ♥ 8 5 2 ♦ 8 ♣ K Q 9 6 |
♠ 10 7 5 ♥ 6 3 ♦ Q J 10 9 ♣ J 5 4 2 |
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♠ K Q ♥ A J 10 ♦ A K 5 3 ♣ A 8 7 3 |