Hand of the Week #171 ♣
N E S W 1NT P P P A 'thrilling' auction with only 1 bid in it decides the contract on this hand. South opens 1NT showing their 12-14 balanced hand and everyone else passes! This North-South pair are playing Red Suit Transfers which means that North
Hand of the Week #170 (Solution) ♠
N E S W 1♠ 2♥ P 2♠* P 4♥ P P P Counting potential losers in our hand, we have: 2 spades, no hearts, possibly 2 diamonds and no clubs. The spade losers are inevitable and in fact have been led so we are about to
Hand of the Week #170 ♠
N E S W 1♠ 2♥ P 2♠* P 4♥ P P P East starts the auction with a 1♠ opener, South overcalls 2♥, West passes and North bids 2♠* which is an Unassuming Cue Bid showing 10+ HCP and a fit for their partner's suit. South
Hand of the Week #169 (Solution) ♦
N E S W 1NT 2♣* P 2♦* P 2♥ P P P Looking at our losers in hand it would appear we have: 2 spades, 1 potential heart, 1 diamond and 1 definite and 1 potential club. The spade and diamond losers are inevitable and in
Hand of the Week #169 ♦
N E S W 1NT 2♣* P 2♦* P 2♥ P P P North opens 1NT (12-14 balanced) and East intervenes with Asptro which is a conventional bid used to overcall an opponent's 1NT opener. In this case East's 2♣* bid shows hearts and another suit with
Hand of the Week #168 (Solution) ♥
N E S W 1♣ 2♦ X 3♦ P P P Looking at potential losers in this partscore we have: 1 potential spade loser, 2 potential heart losers, 2 potential trump losers and 1 definite club loser. We won't loser more than 1 club here given that
Hand of the Week #168 ♥
N E S W 1♣ 2♦ X 3♦ P P P West starts the bidding with a 1♣ opener, North interjects with a weak jump overcall to 2♦, East doubles for takeout showing around 10 HCP and the major suits and South raises their partner's overcall to
Hand of the Week #167 (Solution) ♣
N E S W 1♠ P 2♠ P 4♠ P P P In a trump contract you want to look at your losers and how to reduce them, so looking at losers here we have: 2 hearts, 1 club and 1 potential trump loser. There appears to
Hand of the Week #167 ♣
N E S W 1♠ P 2♠ P 4♠ P P P South opens 1♠ with their strong balanced hand intending to rebid NTs unless North supports spades. West passes and North does indeed support the spades, but only a raise to the 2 level as they
Hand of the Week #166 (Solution) ♠
N E S W 1♥ P 4♥ P P P Losers-wise, it appears we have: 2 spades (South's lead of the ♠Q means that North almost certainly has the ♠A). no hearts, 1 potential diamond and 1 likely club. If we assume there are 3 losers in