Hand of the Week #25 (Solution) ♦
N E S W 1♣ P 1♦ P 1♥ P 3♥ P P P The spade lead is actually a helpful lead. It doesn't look it on the face of things as that is where you have the most losers, but the key here is
Hand of the Week #25 ♦
N E S W 1♣ P 1♦ P 1♥ P 3♥ P P P North opens their 4-4-4-1 hand with 1♣, South responds 1♦ as the responder should always look to respond 'up the line' where appropriate. North's rebid of 1♥ in theory shows a
Protecting Yourself Against Bad Breaks ♦
This cardplay lesson is on the topic of declarer play. We look at how to handle suit combinations where it is possible to play them in a way where you are protected from the suit breaking badly. We learn about playing suits carefully to maintain your finessing positions just
Hand of the Week #24 (Solution) ♠
N E S W 1♥ P 1♠ P 3♥ P 4♥ P P P The difficulty you will have in this hand is actually in the diamond suit. That seems strange given that we have the AKQ and a shortage in dummy, but the view that we
Hand of the Week #24 ♠
N E S W 1♥ P 1♠ P 3♥ P 4♥ P P P West opens 1♥, North-South remain silent with East responding 1♠. West jump rebids 3♥ as they consider their 15 count as worth a jump, it is a 4 loser after all. East raises
Stayman ♦
Responding to 1NT is a very different situation to responding to 1 of a suit. This is because your partner has said something very specific with an opening bid of 1NT (a balanced hand with 12-14 points). We are taught to look for major fits after our partner opens
Swedish Responses to Jacoby 2NT ♠
This advanced video is on the subject of responding to Jacoby 2NT. In this video I talk about adapting your responses to Jacoby to the Swedish variant. Swedish responses look to concentrate on the shape of the openers hand, and in particular look for the opener to express if
Hand of the Week #23 (Solution) ♥
N E S W 1♥ P 4♣* P 4NT P 5♣ P 5NT P 6♣ P 6♥ P P P Our well bid slam has landed us in a very safe spot, as the aforementioned diamond loser is the only thing we should be worried about. We
Hand of the Week #23 ♥
N E S W 1♥ P 4♣* P 4NT P 5♣ P 5NT P 6♣ P 6♥ P P P South opens 1♥ (following the rule of 20) and North makes a splinter bid, which is a double jump to 4♣*. This artificial bid represents a game
Defence Against 1NT Answers ♥
The answers to the defence against 1NT quiz are below. If you have landed here before taking the quiz then go back quickly! With the below hands do you think it is correct to bid after the opponent's opening of 1NT? If so, which bid will you be making