Deal 3	♠ 6 5 3 ♥ 8 6 4 2 ♦ K 6 ♣ K J 5 2		WEST   NORTH   EAST   SOUTH pass pass 2NT pass 3♣* pass 3♦ pass 3NT pass pass pass *Stayman South is to play 3NT. West leads the ♥Q. Make a Plan, then click NEXT .
	♠ K 8 2 ♥ A K ♦ A 8 5 3 ♣ A Q 8 7

 

Deal 3      3NT OL: ♥Q	♠ 6 5 3 ♥ 8 6 4 2 ♦ K 6 ♣ K J 5 2		South is to play 3NT. West leads the ♥Q. Winners:   ♠ = 0   ♥ = 2   ♦ = 2   ♣ = 4   Total = 8 Needing one more winner you should see right away that it cannot come from ♥s, ♦s, or ♣s. That means you must hope that East has the ♠A. Win the first ♥, then play your 4 ♣ winners ending in dummy. Click NEXT .
	♠ K 8 2 ♥ A K ♦ A 8 5 3 ♣ A Q 8 7

 

Deal 3      3NT OL: ♥Q	♠ 6 5 3 ♥ 8 6 4 ♦ K 6 ♣		South is to play 3NT. West leads the ♥Q. Winners:   ♠ = 0   ♥ = 2   ♦ = 2   ♣ = 4   Total = 8 Needing one more winner you should see right away that it cannot come from ♥s, ♦s, or ♣s. That means you must hope that East has the ♠A. Win the first ♥, then play your 4 ♣ winners ending in dummy. The moment of truth. You lead a small ♠ from dummy. East plays low and you play the ♠K. Unfortunately West takes your ♠K with the ♠A. He then plays another ♥ and you at least make 8 tricks but have no hope for a ninth one so you go down 1. Click NEXT to see the bad news.
	♠ K 8 2 ♥ A ♦ A 8 5 3 ♣

 

Deal 3      3NT OL: ♥Q	♠ 6 5 3 ♥ 8 6 4 2 ♦ K 6 ♣ K J 5 2		You probably thought since these Deals were all about finesses that they would work all of the time. Welcome to the real world.  Deal 4
♠ A 10 7 ♥ Q J 10 9 ♦ J 7 4 ♣ 10 6 3		♠ Q J 9 4 ♥ 7 5 3 ♦ Q 10 9 2 ♣ 9 4
	♠ K 8 2 ♥ A K ♦ A 8 5 3 ♣ A Q 8 7