Hand of the Week #135 (Solution) ♣
N E S W 2NT P 3NT P P P Firstly, we are glad to have avoided a spade lead here, our contract would certainly have been in jeopardy in that case. On a heart lead we are completely safe to make 3NT but we need to
Hand of the Week #135 ♣
N E S W 2NT P 3NT P P P South opens 2NT representing their 20-22 balanced hand, and North makes a simple raise to 3NT to end the bidding. North has no slam interest here as around 30 points and a fit represents a chance of
Hand of the Week #134 (Solution) ♠
NESW 1♥P2♠P4♠PPP Looking at our losers in hand, it appears this 4♠ contract is going to be easy, and it is! It looks as if we have 1 definite loser in both clubs and diamonds but that is it. So take our 11 tricks for plus one and move
Hand of the Week #134 ♠
N E S W 1♥ P 2♠ P 4♠ P P P With North-South passing throughout the auction, East starts off the bidding with 1♥ and West replies with a jump to 2♠. This jump response represents a weak hand with around 5-9 points as per the
Hand of the Week #133 (Solution) ♦
N E S W 1♥ X 4♥ P P P Analysing the losers in North's hand it would appea that game is not a certainty here at all. We have 1 potential loser in spades, 2 in diamonds and 1 definite loser in clubs. We could try to
Hand of the Week #133 ♦
N E S W 1♥ X 4♥ P P P North opens the bidding with 1♥, East makes a takeout double and South leaps to 4♥ based on the losing trick count. South knows that North has a 7-loser or better so with their 6-loser hand they
Hand of the Week #132 (Solution) ♥
N E S W 2NT P 3♦* P 3♥ P 3NT P 4♥ P 4NT P 5♦* P 6♥ P P P With the opening lead from North of the ♦K we have an immediate problem in this small slam. That is because if we lose the
Hand of the Week #132 ♥
N E S W 2NT P 3♦* P 3♥ P 3NT P 4♥ P 4NT P 5♦* P 6♥ P P P West opens 2NT (balanced 20-22) and East utilises a red suit transfer to show their 5+ hearts. West completes the transfer and East now has
Hand of the Week #131 (Solution) ♣
N E S W P 1♥ P 2♥ P P P There doesn't appear to be much ruffing possible in this hand (one club in hand and one diamond in the dummy) so it looks as if drawing the trumps is a good idea. We are missing
Hand of the Week #131 ♣
N E S W P 1♥ P 2♥ P P P South starts the bidding with a pass and West opens 1♥. West has too many points to open 1NT so it is correct to open 1 of a suit and then look to rebid 1NT instead,