Hand of the Week #203 ♣
N E S W 1NT P 2♦* P 2♥ P 4♥ P P P South opens 1NT
Hand of the Week #202 (Solution) ♠
N E S W 4♥ P 4NT P 5♥ P 7♥ P P P On initial analysis,
Hand of the Week #202 ♠
N E S W 4♥ P 4NT P 5♥ P 7♥ P P P East starts off
Hand of the Week #201 (Solution) ♦
N E S W P 1♠ P 2♣ P 2NT P 3NT P P P It would
Hand of the Week #201 ♦
N E S W P 1♠ P 2♣ P 2NT P 3NT P P P As dealer,
Hand of the Week #200 (Solution) ♥
N E S W 1♠ X 1NT P 2♥ P 2♠ P P P Counting up our
Hand of the Week #200 ♥
N E S W 1♠ X 1NT P 2♥ P 2♠ P P P West opens their
Asking for a Stopper for NTs ♥
In this lesson we look at the situations where a bid could be construed as 'asking for a stopper'.
Hand of the Week #199 (Solution) ♣
N E S W 1♠ 1NT P P P Counting our top tricks (as per the 'TEE'
Hand of the Week #199 ♣
N E S W 1♠ 1NT P P P South opens 1♠, and West overcalls 1NT which
Hand of the Week #198 (Solution) ♠
N E S W 1NT X P P P On first glance, this 1NT contract looks like
Hand of the Week #198 ♠
N E S W 1NT X P P P East opens 1NT (12-14 balanced) and South doubles.
Dealing with Bad Breaks ♦
As declarer, normally, at the start of a hand, you will form a rough plan as to how you
Hand of the Week #197 (Solution) ♦
N E S W 1NT 2♦* P 2♠ P P P With equal length trumps in both
Hand of the Week #197 ♦
N E S W 1NT 2♦* P 2♠ P P P North starts us off in this
Playing in a Misfit ♦
Occasionally you will find yourself in a trump contract but without 8+ cards in the trump suit. This is
Hand of the Week #196 (Solution) ♥
N E S W 2♣* P 2♦* P 2♥ P 4♥ P P P We have taken
Hand of the Week #196 ♥
N E S W 2♣* P 2♦* P 2♥ P 4♥ P P P West has 'only'
Hand of the Week #195 (Solution) ♣
N E S W 1♥ P 2♦ P 3♥ P 4♥ P P P Analysing South's hand
Hand of the Week #195 ♣
N E S W 1♥ P 2♦ P 3♥ P 4♥ P P P With East-West silent
Hand of the Week #194 (Solution) ♠
N E S W 1♦ 1♥ P 2♦* X 2NT P 4♥ P P P Analysing the
Hand of the Week #194 ♠
N E S W 1♦ 1♥ P 2♦* X 2NT P 4♥ P P P East opens
Hand of the Week #193 (Solution) ♦
N E S W 1NT P 3NT P P P Obviously dummy's long diamond suit is what
Hand of the Week #193 ♦
N E S W 1NT P 3NT P P P A very quick auction sees North-South finish
Hand of the Week #192 (Solution) ♥
N E S W 1♣ 2♣* 2♦ 4♠ P P P With such a distributional hand on
Hand of the Week #192 ♥
N E S W 1♣ 2♣* 2♦ 4♠ P P P West opens 1♣ and North bids
Hand of the Week #191 (Solution) ♣
N E S W 1NT 2♦ P 3♦ P P P Looking at possible losers we have:
Hand of the Week #191 ♣
N E S W 1NT 2♦ P 3♦ P P P South opens 1NT (12-14 balanced), West
Hand of the Week #190 (Solution) ♠
N E S W 1♦ X 1♥ P 1NT P P P Just before we take a
Hand of the Week #190 ♠
N E S W 1♦ X 1♥ P 1NT P P P East starts off the bidding