Hand of the Week #196 ♥
N E S W 2♣* P 2♦* P 2♥ P 4♥ P P P West has 'only'
N E S W 2♣* P 2♦* P 2♥ P 4♥ P P P West has 'only'
N E S W 1♥ P 2♦ P 3♥ P 4♥ P P P Analysing South's hand
N E S W 1♥ P 2♦ P 3♥ P 4♥ P P P With East-West silent
N E S W 1♦ 1♥ P 2♦* X 2NT P 4♥ P P P Analysing the
N E S W 1♦ 1♥ P 2♦* X 2NT P 4♥ P P P East opens
N E S W 1NT P 3NT P P P Obviously dummy's long diamond suit is what
N E S W 1NT P 3NT P P P A very quick auction sees North-South finish
N E S W 1♣ 2♣* 2♦ 4♠ P P P With such a distributional hand on
N E S W 1♣ 2♣* 2♦ 4♠ P P P West opens 1♣ and North bids
N E S W 1NT 2♦ P 3♦ P P P Looking at possible losers we have:
N E S W 1NT 2♦ P 3♦ P P P South opens 1NT (12-14 balanced), West
N E S W 1♦ X 1♥ P 1NT P P P Just before we take a
N E S W 1♦ X 1♥ P 1NT P P P East starts off the bidding
N E S W P 1NT P 2♦* P 2♥ P P P Given the length of
N E S W P 1NT P 2♦* P 2♥ P P P As dealer North passes,
N E S W 1♥ 1♠ 2♦ 2♠ P P X P 3♥ P P P Looking
N E S W 1♥ 1♠ 2♦ 2♠ P P X P 3♥ P P P West
N E S W 1♦ P 1♥ P 1♠ P 2♠ P P P Looking at your
N E S W 1♦ P 1♥ P 1♠ P 2♠ P P P South opens 1♦
N E S W 1♦ P 1♥ P 1NT P 3♥ P 4♦ P 4NT P 5♣ P 6♥
N E S W 1♦ P 1♥ P 1NT P 3♥ P 4♦ P 4NT P 5♣ P 6♥
N E S W 1NT P 2♣* P 2♠ P 4♠ P P P Looking at our
N E S W 1NT P 2♣* P 2♠ P 4♠ P P P North opens their
N E S W 1♣ 1♦ 1♠ 4♦ P P P There isn't much ruffing to be
N E S W 1♣ 1♦ 1♠ 4♦ P P P West opens 1♣, North overcalls 1♦
N E S W 1NT P 2♣* P 2♠ P 4NT P 5♥ P 6♠ P P P
N E S W 1NT P 2♣* P 2♠ P 4NT P 5♥ P 6♠ P P P
N E S W 1♥ 1♠ 3♥ P 4♥ P P P Looking at our losers in
N E S W 1♥ 1♠ 3♥ P 4♥ P P P East opens 1♥ to start
N E S W 1♠ P 1NT P 2♠ P P P Looking at our potential losers