Hand of the Week #204 ♥
N E S W 1NT P 2♥* P 2♠ P 2NT P 3♠ P P P West opens their balanced 12-14 count with 1NT, North passes and East bids 2♥* which is a red suit transfer to spades. After South's pass, West completes the transfer as they
Red Suit Transfers ♦
In this video lesson we look at one of the most widely played conventions of all time - 'Red Suit Transfers'. After your team opens 1NT or 2NT, you can use a transfer bid to tell your partner to bid your long major suit for you. In this lesson
Hand of the Week #203 (Solution) ♣
N E S W 1NT P 2♦* P 2♥ P 4♥ P P P With a transfer sequence it is often easier to analyse the dummy's losers and try to set that hand up as 'high', mainly because the longer trumps are there! So looking at the
Hand of the Week #203 ♣
N E S W 1NT P 2♦* P 2♥ P 4♥ P P P South opens 1NT (12-14 balanced), West passes and North employs a red suit transfer by bidding 2♦*. Following East's pass, South bids 2♥ as instructed and North then leaps to game in hearts
Hand of the Week #202 (Solution) ♠
N E S W 4♥ P 4NT P 5♥ P 7♥ P P P On initial analysis, it would seem as if we have a club loser in our hand that doesn't appear to be easily avoidable. We could try a finesse in diamonds, playing a low
Hand of the Week #202 ♠
N E S W 4♥ P 4NT P 5♥ P 7♥ P P P East starts off the bidding with a classic 4♥ opener, South passes, and West tries RKCB 4NT because they envisage a potential slam if East's heart suit is good quality (it should be
Hand of the Week #201 (Solution) ♦
N E S W P 1♠ P 2♣ P 2NT P 3NT P P P It would appear that we have two potential avenues for extra tricks in this NT game. We could make an extra trick in diamonds if the missing cards in that suit break
Hand of the Week #201 ♦
N E S W P 1♠ P 2♣ P 2NT P 3NT P P P As dealer, North starts off the auction with a pass. East opens 1♠, South passes, and West replies with 2♣. North passes once more, and East rebids 2NT which represents a balanced
Hand of the Week #200 (Solution) ♥
N E S W 1♠ X 1NT P 2♥ P 2♠ P P P Counting up our possible losers, we have: none in spades, possibly 3 hearts, 0 diamonds and 2 clubs. We are sure to lose the 2 tricks in clubs and in fact North has
Hand of the Week #200 ♥
N E S W 1♠ X 1NT P 2♥ P 2♠ P P P West opens their 5:4 hand with 1♠, North doubles for takeout, East replies 1NT and South, knowing that they don't have to bid now if they don't want to, elects to pass. West