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the suit that needs to work as soon as possible.

Hand 5
East/West have a good hand this time Í J 9 7
and again West is the declarer. Now with Ì Q J 10 8
Ë J 5 2
more than 25 points we should be aiming for
Ê A 6 4
game. Í 3 2 Í A K 5
Counting our quick tricks by power we Ì A K 4 Ì 7 5 3 2
have 2 spades, 2 hearts and 3 diamonds - 7 Ë A K 6 Ë Q 8 7 3
Ê Q J 10 9 8 Ê 3 2
in total.
Í Q 10 8 6 4
Counting our slow tricks by power. We 9 Ì 9 6
have 3 clubs. but this time we must lose the 17 9 Ë 10 9 4
lead twice and so it is essential to play clubs 5 Ê K 7 5
every time we are in.
We "go game", win the lead and play a club. When we get back in we
play another club. 10 tricks - well done! This hand is similar to hand 4.

Hand 6
Í A K 5
North's turn to declare but we have
Ì K 4 3
only 1 point more that our share!
Ë 4 3 2
Counting our quick tricks by power. Ê Q 10 9 4
We have 2 spades, 2 hearts and 1 Í 8 7 Í Q J 10 9 5
diamond. That is 5 so far. Ì J 10 8 6 Ì Q 9 7
Ë K J 9 Ë Q 10 8
Again we have 2 slow tricks by power
Ê A 6 3 2 Ê K 8
in clubs. Í 4 3 2
So we go "part score" and go for our 12 Ì A 5 2
slow tricks first by winning the opening 9 10 Ë A 7 6 5
lead and playing a club. Then, when we 9 Ê J 7 5
regain the lead we play a club and finish
by making 2 spades, 2 hearts, 1 diamond and 2 clubs. 7 tricks.

Hint: once you have the number of tricks that you need, take them.

Hand 7
(Hand is top of next page). 26 points for East/West and East is our
declarer here. Counting our quick tricks by power. We have 3 hearts and 1

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