Tutorial #8 ♦
Bidding and card play analysis of all four hands
Hand of the Week #58 (Solution) ♠
N E S W 2♠ P P X P 3♣ P 3♥ P 3♠* P 3NT P P P The lead of the ♠10, combined with the opponent's bidding, is quite revealing about the spade suit. With ♠KQ109xx or something similar, East would have led the ♠K
Hand of the Week #58 ♠
N E S W 2♠ P P X P 3♣ P 3♥ P 3♠* P 3NT P P P East kicks off the bidding with a weak 2 in spades, which gets passed all the way round to North. North has a tricky bid here as they
How to Communicate With Your Partner in Defence Part III ♦
Missed part II? Find it here In part II we learned about attitude signals and how our small cards can also influence the information that our partner has when defending. As an extension of that idea you can also signal attitude towards a particular suit when not following suit,
Hand of the Week #57 (Solution) ♥
N E S W 1NT X 2♦* X 2♥ 2♠ P 4♠ P P P Looking at our hand we have 1 potential spade loser, 1 definite heart loser, 1 definite diamond loser, and 3 potential club losers. However, looking at setting the dummy up instead we
Hand of the Week #57 ♥
N E S W 1NT X 2♦* X 2♥ 2♠ P 4♠ P P P North opens 1NT (12-14) and East makes a penalty double (don't forget a double of NTs is always penalties). South bids 2♦* which North-South are playing as a transfer to hearts, showing 5+
How to Communicate With Your Partner in Defence Part II ♦
Missed part I? Find it here. In part I we saw how you can give information to your partner with the honour cards that you play. You can also pass a message to your defensive partner with the small cards you play as well. This is only when you
Hand of the Week #56 (Solution) ♣
N E S W 1♠ P 2♠ 3♦ 3♥ P 3♠ P P P The diamond lead has actually inadvertently helped our diamond situation as we will now only lose 1 diamond for definite, the ♦K will make either this trick or a later trick. Looking at
Hand of the Week #56 ♣
N E S W 1♠ P 2♠ 3♦ 3♥ P 3♠ P P P West kicks off the bidding by opening their unbalanced hand 1♠. North passes (not a strong enough suit for a weak jump overcall) and East raises 1♠ to 2♠ which represents a hand
How to Communicate With Your Partner in Defence Part I ♦
Defence is often seen as more difficult than being a declarer and this is because the information that every player receives when dummy is put down is more useful to a declarer than it is to a defender. As a defender you can see 50% of your side's assets