Hand of the Week #208 (Solution) ♥
N E S W 1♥ P 1♠ P 3♠ P 4♣ P 4♦ P 4♥ P 4♠ P 4NT P 5♥ P 6♠ P P P Looking at our losers in hand here would actually be the wrong way to approach this. To reduce our losers down
Hand of the Week #208 ♥
N E S W 1♥ P 1♠ P 3♠ P 4♣ P 4♦ P 4♥ P 4♠ P 4NT P 5♥ P 6♠ P P P With North-South silent throughout the auction, West starts off by opening 1♥. East replies with a simple (but correct!) 1♠ and
Hand of the Week #207 (Solution) ♣
N E S W 1♠ 2♥ P 3♥ P P P Looking at this hand it would seem like we have 2 losers in each black suit and 1 potential loser in the trump suit. The losers in both spades and clubs look to be inevitable (we
Hand of the Week #207 ♣
N E S W 1♠ 2♥ P 3♥ P P P A fairly straight-forward auction sees East-West steal the contract with their 9 card heart fit. South starts the auction with a 1♠ opener, West overcalls 2♥, North passes and East raises 2♥ to 3♥ based on
Hand of the Week #206 (Solution) ♠
N E S W 1♠ P 2♠ P 3♦* P 3♠ P P P Looking at our losers in hand, we have: 1 or 2 spades (depending on the break), no hearts, 2 diamonds and 1 club. The diamond losers are inevitable as South has started the
Hand of the Week #206 ♠
N E S W 1♠ P 2♠ P 3♦* P 3♠ P P P East opens 1♠ to start off the bidding, South passes, West raises their partner to 2♠ representing their spade fit with 6-9 HCP and North passes too. East tries for game with a
Hand of the Week #205 (Solution) ♦
N E S W 2NT P 3♣* P 3♥ P 4♥ P P P Looking at this hand, it looks as if our best bet is to draw the trumps and then play our long diamond suit. We are missing both the ♥A and ♥Q, so the
Hand of the Week #205 ♦
N E S W 2NT P 3♣* P 3♥ P 4♥ P P P With East-West silent throughout the auction, North opens 2NT and South responds with 3♣* which this partnership are playing as regular Stayman (as opposed to 5 card puppet Stayman which some players opt
Loser on Loser ♥
This video lesson looks at the card play technique known as a 'loser on loser' play. The basic premise here is to refuse to ruff and instead to throw a loser, choosing to lose a trick but getting rid of a loser instead, thus throwing a loser on a
Hand of the Week #204 (Solution) ♥
N E S W 1NT P 2♥* P 2♠ P 2NT P 3♠ P P P Looking at losers in this hand, we have: 2 possible spades, no hearts, 3 diamonds and 1 club. We are very glad to have avoided a diamond lead on this hand