Hand of the Week #102 (Solution) ♠
N E S W P 1♥ 1♠ 2♥ P 4♥ P P P On initial analysis this hands looks straight-forward. We appear to have 2 spades and 1 club to lose only, so this game looks safe, but is it? Given the bidding we know that West
Hand of the Week #102 ♠
N E S W P 1♥ 1♠ 2♥ P 4♥ P P P East passes, South opens the bidding with 1♥, West intervenes with a 1♠ overcall and North raises South's opener to 2♥. East passes once more and South takes a shot at game in hearts
SAYC Tutorial #2 ♦
Bidding and card play analysis of all four hands, playing the American bidding system Standard American Yellow Card or SAYC for short
Hand of the Week #101 (Solution) ♦
N E S W P P 1♥ P 1♠ P 1NT P P P The best plan in a NT contract is to count your top tricks and then look for where you can generate extras. Here we have 2 top spades, no top hearts, 4 top
Hand of the Week #101 ♦
N E S W P P 1♥ P 1♠ P 1NT P P P North and East pass, with South opening the bidding with 1♥ (they're too strong to open 1NT). West also passes and North replies with 1♠. The temptation for North might to respond 1NT
SAYC Tutorial #1 ♥
Bidding and card play analysis of all four hands, playing the American bidding system Standard American Yellow Card or SAYC for short
Hand of the Week #100 (Solution) ♥
N E S W P P P 1♥ P 3♥ P 4♥ P P P Analysing our losers it looks as if we have a potential to go off in this game. We have a definite loser in diamonds and spades, and a possible loser in clubs
Hand of the Week #100 ♥
N E S W P P P 1♥ P 3♥ P 4♥ P P P A straight-forward auction sees North-South finish in a heart game. The bidding starts with 3 passes round to South who starts with 1♥. North jump raises this to 3♥ and South raises
Tutorial #30 ♥
Bidding and card play analysis of all four hands
Hand of the Week #99 (Solution) ♣
N E S W 2♣* P 2♦* P 2♥ P 3♥ P 4NT P 5♦ P 5NT P 6♦ P 6♥ P P P Looking at our possible losers in this hand we have what seems to be a definite loser in both black suits. We need