Deal 1	♠ A Q J 6 ♥ K 5 ♦ 7 6 ♣ Q 10 9 7 3		WEST   NORTH   EAST   SOUTH 1♣ pass 1♠ pass 2♠ pass 4♠ pass pass pass South is to play 4♠. West leads the ♦K. East overtakes with the ♦A and returns the ♣4. Make a Plan, then click NEXT .
	♠ K 10 8 7 4 ♥ A 3 ♦ 5 2 ♣ A J 5 2

 

Deal 1 4♠ OL: ♦K	♠ A Q J 6 ♥ K 5 ♦ 7 6 ♣ Q 10 9 7 3		South is to play 4♠. West leads the ♦K. East overtakes with the ♦A and returns the ♣4, Losers:   ♠ = 0   ♥ = 0   ♦ = 2   ♣ = 1   Total = 3 This looks like a walk in the park. If East has the ♣K you can let that ♣4 ride around to dummy and end up making 12 tricks! What could go wrong?  NEXT
	♠ K 10 8 7 4 ♥ A 3 ♦ 5 2 ♣ A J 5 2

 

Deal 1 4♠ OL: ♦K	♠ A Q J 6 ♥ K 5 ♦ 7 6 ♣ Q 10 9 7 3		South is to play 4♠. West leads the ♦K. East overtakes with the ♦A and returns the ♣4, Losers:   ♠ = 0   ♥ = 0   ♦ = 2   ♣ = 1   Total = 3 This looks like a walk in the park. If East has the ♣K you can let that ♣4 ride around to dummy and end up making 12 tricks! What could go wrong? What could go wrong is that West could win the ♣K and return a ♣ which East ruffs. East could then play a ♦ back to West's ♦Q, who could play another ♣ which East could again ruff. You could go down 2. That's what could go wrong.  NEXT
	♠ K 10 8 7 4 ♥ A 3 ♦ 5 2 ♣ A J 5 2

 

Deal 1 4♠ OL: ♦K	♠ A Q J 6 ♥ K 5 ♦ 7 6 ♣ Q 10 9 7 3		South is to play 4♠. West leads the ♦K. East overtakes with the ♦A and returns the ♣4, Losers:   ♠ = 0   ♥ = 0   ♦ = 2   ♣ = 1   Total = 3 This looks like a walk in the park. If East has the ♣K you can let that ♣4 ride around to dummy and end up making 12 tricks! What could go wrong? What could go wrong is that West could win the ♣K and return a ♣ which East ruffs. East could then play a ♦ back to West's ♦Q, who could play another ♣ which East could again ruff. You could go down 2. That's what could go wrong. Now, what should go right. Just because the lesson had many examples where you delayed pulling trumps, it is still true that MOST OF THE TIME you should pull trumps immediately. And this is one of those times. So grab your ♣A at trick 2, pull trumps no matter how many pulls it takes, then establish the ♣s. The contract is cold.  NEXT to see the full deal.
	♠ K 10 8 7 4 ♥ A 3 ♦ 5 2 ♣ A J 5 2

 

Deal 1 4♠ OL: ♦K	♠ A Q J 6 ♥ K 5 ♦ 7 6 ♣ Q 10 9 7 3		For most suit contracts the immediate pulling of trumps should be the first priority. Clear thinking is important, too. Can you imagine any Bridge player in the East seat overtaking his partner's opening lead just so he could then underlead his ♣K into dummy's ♣Q?  Deal 2
♠ 5 3 ♥ Q 10 8 4 ♦ K Q J 10 ♣ K 8 6		♠ 9 2 ♥ J 9 7 6 2 ♦ A 9 8 4 3 ♣ 4
	♠ K 10 8 7 4 ♥ A 3 ♦ 5 2 ♣ A J 5 2