Hand of the Week #79 (Solution) ♣
NESW 1NT2♥2♠3♥PPP Counting our potential losers we have: 1 spade, 2 diamonds and 2 clubs. The spade and diamond losers are definite so we need to limit our club losers to 1 if we are to make this contract. Based on the opponents bidding it would appear that the
Hand of the Week #79 ♣
N E S W 1NT 2♥ 2♠ 3♥ P P P South starts the bidding with 1NT, West overcalls 2♥ to show their 5 card suit and North bids 2♠ which also represents a 5 card suit. Remember that red suit transfers are not in effect after
Tutorial #18 ♥
Bidding and card play analysis of all four hands
Hand of the Week #78 (Solution) ♠
NESW 2♣*P2♦*P2♥P3♦P3♥P4NTP5♦P5NTP6♦P6♥PPP On first analysis this hand looks somewhat straight-foward. Looking at losers in our hand we have 1 spade loser, no trump losers, no diamond losers and 2 club losers. These club losers can simply be ruffed on the dummy before we draw the trumps so we will only
Hand of the Week #78 ♠
N E S W 2♣* P 2♦* P 2♥ P 3♦ P 3♥ P 4NT P 5♦ P 5NT P 6♦ P 6♥ P P P An East-West only auction starts off with East opening their excellent hand with 2♣*. This is correct because although they 'only'
Hand of the Week #77 (Solution) ♦
N E S W 1♠ P 3♠ P P P Analysing our hand as the hand we would like to establish, we have: 1 potential loser in spades, 1 almost certain loser in hearts, 1 loser in diamonds and 2 potential losers in clubs. The red suit
Hand of the Week #77 ♦
N E S W 1♠ P 3♠ P P P A very straight-forward bidding sequence sees North land in a spade partscore. A classic 1♠ opener from North in response to which South jump supports to an invitational 3♠ showing 10-12 points (balanced) or an 8 loser
Tutorial #17 ♥
Bidding and card play analysis of all four hands
Hand of the Week #76 (Solution) ♥
N E S W 1NT X P P P We should count our top tricks and look for our extra tricks as normal in a NT contract, but of course be aware that North penalty doubled our 1NT bid so they have 16+ points (this is relevant
Hand of the Week #76 ♥
N E S W 1NT X P P P West starts the bidding with 1NT, North doubles for penalties (don't forget a double of NTs is always penalties) and that ends the auction! East decides to leave their partner in 1NTx as they have a 10 count