Hand of the Week #120 (Solution) ♥
N E S W 3♥ 4♦ 4♥ P P P There looks to be two different ways to play this hand. We could look to set our own hand up or we could look to play this hand on a 'dummy reversal'. Looking at our own hand,
Hand of the Week #120 ♥
N E S W 3♥ 4♦ 4♥ P P P West starts the bidding with 3♥ and North intervenes with and overcall of 4♦. It is difficult for East to know if a slam is on or not given the lack of bidding room they have. They
Hand of the Week #119 (Solution) ♣
N E S W 1♦ 1♠ 2♦ 3♠ P P P Looking at our own hand (West) we will see that we have the following losers: none in trumps, 2 in hearts, 3 in diamonds and 1 in clubs. It looks as if the losers in hearts
Hand of the Week #119 ♣
N E S W 1♦ 1♠ 2♦ 3♠ P P P South opens 1♦, West overcalls with 1♠, North raises their partner to 2♦ and East jumps to 3♠ based on the level of the fit. This pre-emptive bid from East wins the auctions as West respects
Tutorial #32 ♠
Bidding and card play analysis of all four hands
Hand of the Week #118 (Solution) ♠
N E S W 1♥ P 2NT* P 3♣* P 3♦* P 3♠* P 4♣ P 4NT P 5♦ P 5NT P 6♦ P 6♥ P P P It looks as if the black suits are our worry in this small slam. We have the potential to
Hand of the Week #118 ♠
N E S W 1♥ P 2NT* P 3♣* P 3♦* P 3♠* P 4♣ P 4NT P 5♦ P 5NT P 6♦ P 6♥ P P P A long East-West only auction sees the partnership land in a small slam. East starts with a normal
Hand of the Week #117 (Solution) ♦
N E S W 3♦ P P P Your instinct in a horrible misfit like this hand might be to stay away from trumps because the chance of one opponent having length there is increased. This is usually the wrong way to think about misfits though because
Hand of the Week #117 ♦
N E S W 3♦ P P P North opens a pre-emptive bid of 3♦... and that ends the bidding! A good motto for replying to pre-emptive bids is: 'put up or shut up'. South's hand is not at all suited for North's pre-emptive opening in diamonds
Tutorial #31 ♦
Bidding and card play analysis of all four hands