Deal 20	♠ A Q J 9 ♥ 6 5 ♦ A K Q ♣ A Q J 5		WEST   NORTH   EAST   SOUTH 2♣ pass 2NT pass 3♣ pass 3♠ pass 4NT pass 5♦ pass 6♠ pass pass pass South is to play 6♠ after North's Stayman bid. West leads the ♥Q. Make a Plan, then click NEXT .
	♠ K 7 5 3 ♥ A 8 ♦ J 10 6 ♣ 10 9 4 3

 

Deal 20      6♠ OL: ♥Q	♠ A Q J 9 ♥ 6 5 ♦ A K Q ♣ A Q J 5		South is to play 6♠ after North's Stayman bid. West leads the ♥Q. Losers:   ♠ = 0   ♥ = 1   ♦ = 0   ♣ = 1   Total = 2 This looks like a very simple plan. Since the hands have mirrored distribution there will be no discards anywhere. That means the ♣K MUST be in West's hand or you will go down. But is that all there is to it? Click NEXT .
	♠ K 7 5 3 ♥ A 8 ♦ J 10 6 ♣ 10 9 4 3

 

Deal 20      6♠ OL: ♥Q	♠ A Q J 9 ♥ 6 5 ♦ A K Q ♣ A Q J 5		South is to play 6♠ after North's Stayman bid. West leads the ♥Q. Losers:   ♠ = 0   ♥ = 1   ♦ = 0   ♣ = 1   Total = 2 This looks like a very simple plan. Since the hands have mirrored distribution there will be no discards anywhere. That means the ♣K MUST be in West's hand or you will go down. But is that all there is to it? If West has ♣ K x or ♣ K x x then yes, that's all there is to it. But if he has ♣ K x x x then you won't have enough entries to your hand unless you take the first ♣ finesse BEFORE you start on trumps. So win the ♥A and immediately play a ♣ to dummy's ♣J, which holds the trick. Then pull trumps, (it takes 4 rounds), ending in your hand. Click NEXT .
	♠ K 7 5 3 ♥ A 8 ♦ J 10 6 ♣ 10 9 4 3

 

Deal 20      6♠ OL: ♥Q	♠ ♥ 6 5 ♦ A K Q ♣ A Q 5		South is to play 6♠ after North's Stayman bid. West leads the ♥Q. Losers:   ♠ = 0   ♥ = 1   ♦ = 0   ♣ = 1   Total = 2 This looks like a very simple plan. Since the hands have mirrored distribution there will be no discards anywhere. That means the ♣K MUST be in West's hand or you will go down. But is that all there is to it? If West has ♣ K x or ♣ K x x then yes, that's all there is to it. But if he has ♣ K x x x then you won't have enough entries to your hand unless you take the first ♣ finesse BEFORE you start on trumps. So win the ♥A and immediately play a ♣ to dummy's ♣J, which holds the trick. Then pull trumps, (it takes 4 rounds), ending in your hand. Next play your ♣10, putting on the ♣5 from dummy when West plays low again. This lets you stay in your hand to play another ♣ to the ♣Q, picking up all four ♣ tricks and the slam. Click NEXT for the complete Deal.
	♠ ♥ 8 ♦ J 10 6 ♣ 10 9 4

 

Deal 20      6♠ OL: ♥Q	♠ A Q J 9 ♥ 6 5 ♦ A K Q ♣ A Q J 5		This Deal took a lot of care and attention. As you can see you had to take one ♣ finesse before you drew trumps because you were in your hand right then and you could only get back one more time. But also you had to play to one of dummy's honors first so you could retain that ♣5 for letting you stay in your hand to make the third finesse. Bridge is great.  Back to Lesson
♠ 6 ♥ Q J 10 3 ♦ 9 7 4 2 ♣ K 8 7 2		♠ 10 8 4 2 ♥ K 9 7 4 2 ♦ 8 5 3 ♣ 6
	♠ K 7 5 3 ♥ A 8 ♦ J 10 6 ♣ 10 9 4 3