Hand of the Week #66 ♠
N E S W 3♣ X P 4♠ P P P East opens a pre-emptive bid of 3♣, South makes a classic takeout double, West passes and now North has a decision to make. North knows of a spade fit (South's double promised spade tolerance) but they
Tutorial #12 ♣
Bidding and card play analysis of all four hands
Hand of the Week #65 (Solution) ♦
N E S W 1♥ 1♠ 2♥ 2♠ 4♥ P P P It would appear as if the black suits are going to be our problem in this hand as our red suits have no losers. Given the length in spades and clubs in hand we have
Hand of the Week #65 ♦
N E S W 1♥ 1♠ 2♥ 2♠ 4♥ P P P North opens 1♥, East overcalls 1♠, South raises their partner to 2♥ and symmetry ensues with West also raising their partner's suit to the 2 level. North assesses their losers and counts a 5 loser
Hand of the Week #64 (Solution) ♥
N E S W P P 1♠ 2♥ 4♠ P P P Looking at our losers it would appear as we have 4 losers that are rather unavoidable. It looks as if we are going to lose 1 heart, 1 diamond and 2 clubs, but fortunately for
Hand of the Week #64 ♥
N E S W P P 1♠ 2♥ 4♠ P P P The bidding is passed round to East who starts off the bidding with a 1♠ opener. South intervenes by overcalling 2♥ and West now has to decide how many spades to bid. Their points suggest
Tutorial #11 ♥
Bidding and card play analysis of all four hands
Hand of the Week #63 (Solution) ♣
N E S W 1NT P 2NT P P P Counting our top tricks following the TEE principle we have: no top tricks in spades, 2 in hearts (♥Q is a definite trick on the heart lead), 2 in diamonds and 2 in clubs. As far as
Hand of the Week #63 ♣
N E S W 1NT P 2NT P P P South opens 1NT (it is my preference to open all balanced 12-14 hands 1NT, even though that contain a 5 card major such as this one), West passes and North raises to 2NT as invitational (this North-South are
Hand of the Week #62 (Solution) ♠
N E S W 2NT P 3♣* P 3♦* P 4♦ P 4♠ P 4NT P 5♣ P 5♥ P 6♣ P 7♦ P P P The ♠J lead is worth noting, but I will come back to that in a short while. Looking at top tricks