Hand of the Week #152 ♥
N E S W 1♣ P 1♦ P 3♦ P P P West starts off the bidding with 1♣, North passes and East replies with 1♦ (better than replying 1♠ because if West has 4 spades they are going to be rebidding them anyway!). South passes and
Red Suit Transfer Breaks ♠
When your partner bids a red suit transfer after your opening 1NT or 2NT then you usually just 'do as you're told' by completing the transfer. In this lesson we learn when it is appropriate to break the transfer, showing your partner something about your hand.
Hand of the Week #151 (Solution) ♣
N E S W 2♣* P 2♦* P 2♠ P 4♠ P P P Looking at our potential losers here we have: 1 in spades, 1 in hearts and 1 in diamonds. The heart loser and diamond loser look like they are inevitable as the diamond has
Hand of the Week #151 ♣
N E S W 2♣* P 2♦* P 2♠ P 4♠ P P P South elects to open their 22 HCP hand with 2♣*, which is the strongest opening bid possible. Ususally you would want 23+ HCP to open this bid, but you can often open 2♣*
Tutorial #35 ♦
Bidding and card play analysis of all four hands
Hand of the Week #150 (Solution) ♠
N E S W 1NT P 2♦* P 2♠* P 4NT P 5♣ P 5NT P 6♦ P 6♥ P P P As mentioned previously, it would appear that the only suit we may have losers in is the diamonds. The 'best odds' in the diamonds (if we
Hand of the Week #150 ♠
N E S W 1NT P 2♦* P 2♠* P 4NT P 5♣ P 5NT P 6♦ P 6♥ P P P East opens 1NT as this East-West pair are playing SAYC (Standard American Yellow Card) which is a system that includes 5 card majors, 2 over
Quantitative 4NT ♦
The 'Quantitative 4NT' is a slam investigative bid used to look primarily for NT slams. The idea behind this bid is to find out how many (the 'quantity') points your partner has to decide whether you have sufficient points to go for 6NT, which is usually 33 HCP or
Hand of the Week #149 (Solution) ♦
N E S W 1♥ P 2♦ P 3♥ P 4NT P 5♥ P 6♥ P P P Looking at the two hands it is immediately obvious what our problem could be in this small slam. We have no losers in any suit except from clubs where
Hand of the Week #149 ♦
N E S W 1♥ P 2♦ P 3♥ P 4NT P 5♥ P 6♥ P P P North starts off this North-South only auction with an opening of 1♥ to which South replies 2♦. North jump rebids to 3♥ representing 16+ HCP and 6+ hearts so