Hand of the Week #181 ♦
N E S W 1♠ P 1NT P 2♠ P P P North opens 1♠ to start the bidding, East passes and South responds with 1NT showing 6-9 HCP without a spade fit. West also passes and North rebids 2♠ which represents 6+ spades but fewer than
Hand of the Week #180 (Solution) ♥
N E S W 1NT P P P The opening lead is somewhat helpful as it gives us a definite spade trick, and also it suggests that the spades are breaking 4-3 as the ♠2 is likely to be 4th down of North's best suit, and they
Hand of the Week #180 ♥
N E S W 1NT P P P A very straight-forward auction leaves West in a tricky 1NT contract. Neither North nor South appear to be able to overcall over West's opening of 1NT and East certainly isn't interested in bidding anything so West opens 1NT and
Hand of the Week #179 (Solution) ♣
N E S W 1♦ P 1♥ P 1♠ P 3NT P P P Counting our top tricks (looking to 'TEE off') we have: no spades, 2 hearts, 1 diamond and 3 clubs. Normally you would count 2 top tricks for the clubs here but the lead
Hand of the Week #179 ♣
N E S W 1♦ P 1♥ P 1♠ P 3NT P P P South opens 1♦ as start of their 'two bid plan' and North replies with 1♥. South's rebid of 1♠ confirms that their hand is unbalanced with a 5:4 shape and with this information
Hand of the Week #178 (Solution) ♠
N E S W 1♦ P 1♠ P 2♣ P 2♦ P P P Looking at the dummy, it would appear that the only suit we can ruff there is clubs but we don't need to ruff the clubs as we have all the top cards there
Hand of the Week #178 ♠
N E S W 1♦ P 1♠ P 2♣ P 2♦ P P P East opens their 5-5 hand with 1♦ (always open the higher of two 5 card suits), West replies with 1♠ and East rebids 2♣ representing a 5:4 shape. West's hand is too weak
Hand of the Week #177 (Solution) ♦
N E S W 1♦ 1♥ 1♠ 4♥ P P P Looking at losers in hand we have: 2 inevitable spades and 1 potential spade, 1 certain heart and 1 potential heart, 2 possible diamonds and fortunately no clubs. The rather kind diamond lead from South (who
Hand of the Week #177 ♦
N E S W 1♦ 1♥ 1♠ 4♥ P P P North opens 1♦, East overcalls 1♥, South responds 1♠ and West leaps to 4♥ basing their bid on the level of the fit. This bid proves too high for anyone else to enter into the auction
Hand of the Week #176 (Solution) ♥
N E S W 1♥ P 1♠ P 2♦ P 3♣* P 3♦ P 4♦ P 5♦ P 6♦ P P P There are always two ways to play any hand and they are to set up your own hand as high, which is to look at