Hand of the Week #45 ♥
N E S W 1NT 2♣* P 2♦* P P P North opens a weak 1NT (12-14) and East intervenes with an artificial overcall known as Astpro. This conventional bid of 2♣* shows a 5/4 hand with one of the suits being hearts (2♦* shows a 5/4
Dummy Reversals ♥
A 'dummy reversal' is a playing technique that declarer can use. Whilst it seems rather complex on first view, actually this playing technique can be simplified to simply 'setting the dummy up'. This video lesson explains all there is to know about dummy reversals.
Hand of the Week #44 (Solution) ♣
N E S W 1♠ P 2♠ P P P Counting our losers, we have 2 in hearts, 1 in diamonds, 1 in clubs and 1 potential loser in spades. This totals 5 losers which means that we should be making this contract unless the trumps break
Hand of the Week #44 ♣
N E S W 1♠ P 2♠ P P P West kicks off the bidding with 1♠ (too strong to open 1NT), North passes and East raises 1♠ to 2♠ as they have a 4 card fit and a weak hand. South passes, as does West as
2C* Openers ♦
There are very rare occasions where you pick up a hand that is so good that you think you can make game on your own so you need your partner to respond to you, even if they have no points. It would be dangerous to open these hands at
Hand of the Week #43 (Solution) ♠
N E S W 2♥ P 2NT* P 3NT* P 4♥ P P P The lead of the ♠K is not too inconvenient as we have no spade losers anyway. Our losers are actually in the other 3 suits, most of which are inevitable. Nothing can be
Hand of the Week #43 ♠
N E S W 2♥ P 2NT* P 3NT* P 4♥ P P P With East-West being silent throughout the auction, South opens a weak 2 in hearts. North shows an invitational hand by bidding the artificial 2NT*. This asks South to describe further about the strength
Slam Bidding – When to control bid and when to use 4NT ♥
Bidding slams can often be a tricky task and this video lesson takes a look at the 2 most common methods to do so. Control bidding is undoubtedly more difficult to use but is far more informative, whereas 4NT is more straight-forward but is not as precise. Often you
Hand of the Week #42 (Solution) ♥
N E S W 1♥ P 4♦* P 4♥ P P P Analysing our losers here it would appear that the minor suits are of little concern. We have a definite diamond loser and a potential club loser, depending on the position of the ♣K. The spade
Hand of the Week #42 ♥
N E S W 1♥ P 4♦* P 4♥ P P P East opens 1♥ (the correct procedure with exactly 4-4 in the majors when intending to rebid NTs), South passes and West makes a splinter bid, which shows a shortage in the bid suit and a