Hand of the Week #94 (Solution) ♠
NESW 1♦P3♦P3♠P3NTPPP Initially this hand looks as if 9 tricks will be straight forward. We have 5 top diamonds (unless they break 4-0), 1 top spade, 2 top hearts and 1 top club for a nice and easy 9 tricks. It would appear that as long as the diamonds break
Hand of the Week #94 ♠
N E S W 1♦ P 3♦ P 3♠ P 3NT P P P East opens 1♦, South passes and West replies with a jump to 3♦ showing 10-12 with a diamond fit and no major suit. North passes, leaving it as an East-West only auction and
Tutorial #28 ♥
Bidding and card play analysis of all four hands
Hand of the Week #93 (Solution) ♦
N E S W P P 1NT P P P Looking at our top tricks we have none in spades, 2 in hearts, 1 in diamonds and 1 in clubs. We can go for extra tricks in either spades or diamonds, with 7 cards in spades but
Hand of the Week #93 ♦
N E S W P P 1NT P P P The bidding is passed round to South who opens a weak NT (12-14) and that ends the bidding! West leads the ♠2 (presumably 4th down of their longest and strongest) - what is your plan? To play
Tutorial #27 ♠
Bidding and card play analysis of all four hands
Hand of the Week #92 (Solution) ♥
N E S W 3♠ X P 3NT P P P Counting our top tricks here, we have: 1 spade (given to us on the lead), no hearts, 4 diamonds and 2 clubs. With 7 top tricks we only need to find 2 more to make our
Hand of the Week #92 ♥
N E S W 3♠ X P 3NT P P P West starts the bidding with a pre-emptive bid of 3♠, North doubles for takeout, East passes and South takes a shot at what they think is a reasonable game of 3NT. South doesn't really have another
Tutorial #26 ♥
Bidding and card play analysis of all four hands
Hand of the Week #91 (Solution) ♣
N E S W 2♠ X 3♠ P P P Looking at our losers in this trump contract we have 2 definite losers in both of the minor suits, with futher potential losers in hearts and spades. Given that we are in 3♠ thanks to our aggressive