Hand of the Week #230 (Solution) ♠
N E S W P P P 2♣* P 2♦* P 3♦ P 3♥ P 3♠ P 4♦ P 4NT P 5♦ P 5♥ P 6♦ P P P It makes sense on this hand to look to establish the dummy as the master hand, because there
Hand of the Week #230 ♠
N E S W P P P 2♣* P 2♦* P 3♦ P 3♥ P 3♠ P 4♦ P 4NT P 5♦ P 5♥ P 6♦ P P P The auction starts with everyone passing round to North who has a monster hand. This North-South only auction
Hand of the Week #229 (Solution) ♦
N E S W 1♣ P 1♠ P 1NT P P P Looking at following the 'TEE' principle, we have: no top spade tricks, 3 top hearts, 1 top diamond and 1 top club, so already we have 5 tricks in the bag. Our extra tricks can
Hand of the Week #229 ♦
N E S W 1♣ P 1♠ P 1NT P P P North has a strong balanced hand, and this North-South pair are playing a weak NT (12-14) so North opens 1♣ with the intention of rebidding 1NT to show 15-17 balanced. South replies with a simple
Hand of the Week #228 (Solution) ♥
N E S W P P 1♠ 2♦ 2♠ P 3♣* P 4♠ P P P Analysing potential losers in this hand, we have: 2 trumps, 2 hearts, 1 diamond and 1 club. We might lose 2 trumps if they break 4-0, 1 trump if they break
Hand of the Week #228 ♥
N E S W P P 1♠ 2♦ 2♠ P 3♣* P 4♠ P P P West and North both pass to start off this auction, East opens 1♠ and South overcalls 2♦. West has 6-9 HCP and a fit for their partner, so they raise 1♠
Hand of the Week #227 (Solution) ♣
N E S W 1♥ P 4♥ P 4NT P 5♦ P 6♥ P P P If we analyse our losers on this hand, we will quickly see that the only cards that might trouble us are the aforementioned ♠A and ♥K. Quite clearly, the missing Ace
Hand of the Week #227 ♣
N E S W 1♥ P 4♥ P 4NT P 5♦ P 6♥ P P P With East-West passing throughout the auction, South opens the bidding with 1♥. This North-South pair unfortunately are not playing Jacoby 2NT, so North takes the simple approach of raising their partner
Weak Stayman ♦
In this video lesson we learn about using Stayman to show a weak hand with 5:4 in the majors. Rather than the traditional 11+ HCP required, you can bid this version Stayman with any number of points!
Hand of the Week #226 (Solution) ♠
N E S W 1♠ P 1NT P 2♠ P P P Looking at this hand, it seems to 'play itself' as we can simply win the heart lead on the table and lead the ♠9, looking to draw trumps and finesse North for the missing ♠K