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break 3-3 we have a trick by length in the suit. Also we have a slow trick
by power in clubs and a trick by position in diamonds if West holds the
Ace.
Manage the hand. There is a lot of work to do here. We should start on
spades and, when that goes well, play a club towards the King and finally a
diamonds towards the King.
Play. Go carefully and make 7 tricks.

Hand 2

For the first time you are playing a
Í A K 2
hand where you have fewer points than Ì 10 2
your opponents. Make C. A. M. P. Ë 10 9 2
Ê A J 10 3 2
Í 8 7 6 5 Í Q 10 9
Count your top tricks by power. ZERO!
Ì Q 6 5 Ì K J 9 7
Add tricks from other sources. You have Ë Q J 7 6 3 Ë K 5 4
2 slow tricks by power in hearts and Ê 9 Ê K 8 7
diamonds and, hopefully 2 tricks by Í J 4 3
12 Ì A 8 4 3
length. You have a possible trick by
5 12 Ë A 8
position in clubs. 11 Ê Q 6 5 4
Manage the hand. You might not make East West
this contract because the club position is 1NT All pass
a real worry. However, to make as many
tricks as declarer must play on diamonds remembering "Honours from
the short hand first". So King and then a small one.
Play. How close did you get? If you got 5 or more tricks you did well.

Hand 3

Again North should announce South's opening bid, "12-14". (See next
page).
When North knows that the partnership has a minimum of 25 points
between the pair and therefore game should make he bids the game. We
are in a notrump game and so South makes C. A. M. P.

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