Hand of the Week #144 (Solution) ♥
N E S W 1♥ P 2♥ P 2♠* P 4♥ P P P On first sight of dummy we are perhaps a bit surprised to be in game with only 18 points between our two hands! But we asked for help in spades and dummy has
Hand of the Week #144 ♥
N E S W 1♥ P 2♥ P 2♠* P 4♥ P P P With North-South silent throughout, West opens the bidding with 1♥ and East raises this to 2♥ based on the losing trick count. West has a 6-loser which is 1 loser better than they
Trial Bids ♥
In this video we take a look at a bidding agreement known as 'Trial Bids'. These are used when you are trying for game but you are concerned about a particular suit. They can be used to look for stoppers for NTs, if a minor suit has been agreed,
Hand of the Week #143 (Solution) ♣
N E S W 1♠ P 3♠ P P P The opening lead of a diamond unfortunately hits us where we are weak, so it looks as if the opponents are going to take their 3 tricks there. We also have another inevitable loser in the shape
Hand of the Week #143 ♣
N E S W 1♠ P 3♠ P P P South opens 1♠ on the rule of 20, West passes and North leaps to 3♠ which shows their 4 card spade fit and 10-12 HCP, inviting South to bid game with a non-minimum opener. Unfortunately for this
Hand of the Week #142 (Solution) ♠
N E S W 1♠ P 2♣ 2♦ 2♥ 3♦ 4♠ P P P As mentioned before, we have a lot of losers in this hand. It looks as if we are going to lose 2 diamonds straight away, and we also have what looks to be 1
Hand of the Week #142 ♠
N E S W 1♠ P 2♣ 2♦ 2♥ 3♦ 4♠ P P P East opens 1♠ on the rule of 20, South passes, West replies 2♣ and North competes with a 2♦ overcall. East completes their two bid plan by rebidding 2♥ showing their 5:4 shape,
Hand of the Week #141 (Solution) ♦
N E S W 1NT P 2♣* P 2♥ P 3NT P 4♠ P 4NT P 5♦ P 5NT P 6♦ P 6♠ P P P Looking at the losers in both of our hands, it becomes obvious that dummy is going to be the easier hand
Hand of the Week #141 ♦
N E S W 1NT P 2♣* P 2♥ P 3NT P 4♠ P 4NT P 5♦ P 5NT P 6♦ P 6♠ P P P North opens a routine 1NT, South replies with 2♣* which is the Stayman convention looking for a 4-4 spade fit, but
Hand of the Week #140 (Solution) ♥
NESW PP1♠2♣P3♣PPP Analysing this hand the 'normal way' which would be to look at the losers in our hand here, we would find that we have a lot of heart losers which can only really be ruffed on the table. If we were to follow this line of play, we