Hand of the Week #52 ♣
N E S W 1♣ 2♦ 2♥ 4♦ 4♥ P P P West has a tricky hand to open but the general principle with 4441 hands is to open a minor, so West opts for 1♣. North intervenes with a weak jump overcall to 2♦ which represents
Tutorial #4 ♥
Bidding and card play analysis of all four hands
Hand of the Week #51 (Solution) ♦
N E S W P 1♥ 2♦ P 3♦ P P P The ♥2 lead from East has inadvertently led us onto the right way to play this hand. Looking at setting up our own hand as a master hand, we have 1 inevitable loser in spades,
Hand of the Week #51 ♦
N E S W P 1♥ 2♦ P 3♦ P P P South passes as dealer, with West opening 1♥ after them. North overcalls 2♦ (a takeout double is not right on the North cards!) and East has a tricky decision to make. Should they bid 2♠
Tutorial #3 ♥
Bidding and card play analysis of all four hands
Hand of the Week #50 (Solution) ♠
N E S W P 1♠ 3♣ 3♥ 5♣ 5♥ P 6♥ P P P The lead of ♣A doesn't particularly help us or hinder us as we obviously want to ruff clubs in the dummy, but these clubs ruffs may well have offered extra entries to
Hand of the Week #50 ♠
N E S W P 1♠ 3♣ 3♥ 5♣ 5♥ P 6♥ P P P East passes as the dealer, and South opens the higher ranking of two equal length suits with 1♠. West interevenes with a weak jump overcall to 3♣, showing a good 6/poor 7
Tutorial #2 ♠
Bidding and card play analysis of all four hands
Hand of the Week #49 (Solution) ♥
N E S W 1♠ P 4♠ P 4NT P 5♦ P 6♠ P P P With a certain loser in the heart suit (because the opponents have led hearts!) you have to navigate the trump suit in a way that you don't lose a trick there.
Hand of the Week #49 ♥
N E S W 1♠ P 4♠ P 4NT P 5♦ P 6♠ P P P North starts the bidding with 1♠, South has a 7 loser hand with a big spade fit, so could use Jacoby 2NT to show a game forcing hand with a fit,