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did you make? You must get used to counting your tricks before you play
a card.

Hand 2
This time it is the East/West that
have the majority of the points and so Í Q
they become the declaring side, with Ì 10 8 7 6 3
West the dummy and East declarer. Ë 9 7 2
Ê Q J 9 8
With this number of points we
Í 10 7 6 4 2 Í A
should clearly ‘go game’ again. This Ì Q J 5 4 Ì A K
will mean that we must make 9 tricks. Ë 8 6 Ë A K Q J 10 3
The thing to note with this hand is Ê A 7 Ê 10 5 4 3
that there is 1 spade trick, 6 diamond Í K J 9 8 5 3
5 Ì 9 2
tricks, a club and 2 hearts. However, if
7 21 Ë 5 4
we do not get a club lead, so long as 7 Ê K 6 2
we win the Ace and King of hearts
before going to dummy with the Ê A we will have 2 more heart tricks. 12
tricks in total. Did you manage that?

Hand 3
Now we have a hand where we only
have 2 points more than our share (4 Í A 3 2
Ì 9 2
points more than the opponents) but
Ë Q J 10 5 2
even so, South must become the declarer
Ê K 7 5
and North the dummy. Í K Q J Í 9 7 4
It is also clear that we should go ‘part Ì K Q J 10 7 6 Ì 5 4 3
score’ and try for 7 tricks. Ë 9 8 7 Ë 6 4
We have the Í A and the Ì A for Ê 6 Ê A Q 9 3 2
Í 10 8 6 5
two and so long as we take care and play
10 Ì A 8
the Ace and King of diamonds first, we 12 6 Ë A K 3
have 5 diamond tricks. 7 in all. 12 Ê J 10 8 4

Hand 4
(See top of next page for hand). West is now the declarer and East the
dummy. Normally with only 4 points above average we would settle for a
‘part score’. However, we must not be too hasty here and examine the
hand carefully before playing a card. We have 6 club tricks, so long as we

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