Hand of the Week #62 ♠
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 An East-West only auction sees East open their balanced 20 count with 2NT. West tries Stayman to look for a heart
Tutorial #10 ♣
Bidding and card play analysis of all four hands
Hand of the Week #61 (Solution) ♥
N E S W 1♠ P 3♠ P 4♠ P P P Counting potential losers in our hand we have 2 possible spade losers (assuming they aren't splitting 5-0), 2 potential heart losers, no diamond losers and 1 definite club loser. Unless there is a miracle layout
Hand of the Week #61 ♥
N E S W 1♠ P 3♠ P 4♠ P P P North starts off the bidding with 1♠ (open higher ranking of equal length suits), East passes (don't blame them!) and South jump supports to 3♠. This bid from South is based on the losing trick
How to Play at Teams Scoring (IMPs) ♥
There are many ways to score a game of bridge, but competitively speaking these have been narrowed down to what is known as 'duplicate bridge' (ie everyone has the same hands) to reduce elements of luck in the game (you can't blame bad cards!). There are two main formats
Hand of the Week #60 (Solution) ♦
N E S W 1NT P 2♣* P 2♦* P 2NT P 3NT P P P Counting our top tricks (always a good plan in a NT contract!) we have 1 spade, 1 heart, 3 diamonds and 2 clubs. Seven top tricks is not a bad place
Hand of the Week #60 ♦
N E S W 1NT P 2♣* P 2♦* P 2NT P 3NT P P P With North-South silent throughout the auction, West starts it off with 1NT (12-14). East investigates the possibility of a 4-4 heart fit by using Stayman but West denies a 4 card
Tutorial #9 ♥
Bidding and card play analysis of all four hands
Hand of the Week #59 (Solution) ♣
N E S W 1♠ 3♥ P P X P 5♣ P P P Looking at establishing our own hand we have no losing spades, 1 definite heart loser with 2 more potential losers there, 2 potential losers in diamonds, and 1 potential loser in clubs. The
Hand of the Week #59 ♣
N E S W 1♠ 3♥ P P X P 5♣ P P P South opens 1♠, West makes a pre-emptive bid of 3♥ and this passed back round to South. South has a good hand and is fairly confident that their side is being pre-empted out