Hand of the Week #174 (Solution) ♠
N E S W 1♥ P 1♠ P 1NT P 2♣* P 2♠ P 3♦* P 3♥* P 4♣
N E S W 1♥ P 1♠ P 1NT P 2♣* P 2♠ P 3♦* P 3♥* P 4♣
N E S W 1♥ P 1♠ P 1NT P 2♣* P 2♠ P 3♦* P 3♥* P 4♣
N E S W 1♣ P 1♦ P 1NT P 3NT P P P Counting top tricks in
N E S W 1♣ P 1♦ P 1NT P 3NT P P P North starts off
N E S W 2NT P 3♣* P 3♦* P 3♥* P 3♠ P 4♠ P P
N E S W 2NT P 3♣* P 3♦* P 3♥* P 3♠ P 4♠ P P
N E S W 1NT P P P The best way to think of a NT contract
N E S W 1NT P P P A 'thrilling' auction with only 1 bid in it
N E S W 1♠ 2♥ P 2♠* P 4♥ P P P Counting potential losers in
N E S W 1♠ 2♥ P 2♠* P 4♥ P P P East starts the auction
N E S W 1NT 2♣* P 2♦* P 2♥ P P P Looking at our losers
N E S W 1NT 2♣* P 2♦* P 2♥ P P P North opens 1NT (12-14
N E S W 1♣ 2♦ X 3♦ P P P Looking at potential losers in this
N E S W 1♣ 2♦ X 3♦ P P P West starts the bidding with a
N E S W 1♠ P 2♠ P 4♠ P P P In a trump contract you
N E S W 1♠ P 2♠ P 4♠ P P P South opens 1♠ with their
N E S W 1♥ P 4♥ P P P Losers-wise, it appears we have: 2 spades
N E S W 1♥ P 4♥ P P P A nice simple auction sees East-West land
N E S W 2♥ X P 4♠ P P P Counting our losers in hand causes
N E S W 2♥ X P 4♠ P P P North starts the auction with a
N E S W 2NT P 3♦* P 3♥ P 3NT P 4♥ P P P Usually
N E S W 2NT P 3♦* P 3♥ P 3NT P 4♥ P P P West
N E S W 2NT P 3♦* P 3♥ P P P Looking at our potential losers
N E S W 2NT P 3♦* P 3♥ P P P South opens 2NT which shows
N E S W 1♥ P 2NT* P 3♣* P 3♦* P 3♠* P 4♣ P 4♥ P 4NT
N E S W 1♥ P 2NT* P 3♣* P 3♦* P 3♠* P 4♣ P 4♥ P 4NT
N E S W 1♥ P 1NT P 2♦ P 2♥ P P P Looking at the
N E S W 1♥ P 1NT P 2♦ P 2♥ P P P A fairly straightforward
N E S W 1♥ P 2♣ P 2NT P 3NT P P P Counting our top
N E S W 1♥ P 2♣ P 2NT P 3NT P P P West opens their