Page 179 - Learn Bridge Ver2_Neat

Hand 5 Í Q 8 6
Ì 6
This North hand is difficult because Ë K Q 10 9 8
when opening the bidding it is easy to Ê K Q 6 5
Í J 10 3 Í 7 2
find your longest suit but it is the rebid
Ì A K 7 3 2 Ì Q J 10 9
that causes a problem and even with only Ë 5 4 3 Ë J 2
3 spades North should choose to raise Ê 9 3 Ê A J 10 8 2
partner's spades rather than rebid 2Ê. Í A K 9 5 4
Now with a good fit for diamonds 12 Ì 8 5 4
8 9 Ë A 7 6
and spades South jumps to game.
11 Ê 7 4
The probable lead is the ÌA. North South
Remember this promises the King. 1Ë 1Í
This is a trump contract and so we 2Í 4Í
must keep C. A. L. M. All pass

Count our top tricks by power. 3 spades and 3 diamonds. Total 6
Add tricks from other sources. 2 possible tricks by length in spades and 2
possible tricks by length in diamonds. Finally there is a slow trick by
power in clubs and a possible trick by position.
Loser check. If you draw their trumps and then lose the lead you will have
a club loser and 3 hearts. 1 too many.
Manage the hand. When West sees that the dummy has a singleton heart
he should switch to a trump. Win that in hand and trump a hearts. Now
cash dummy’s boss trump and play a diamond to hand. Draw the
outstanding trump and cash the diamonds. 11 tricks.

Hand 6

The hand is over the page.
Again dealer has an unbalanced opening hand and bids their long suit
at the 1 level.
Partner has quite enough to bid and so responds their 4 card spade
suit (no suit longer if they hold 10+ points).
East now jumps to 3Ì. A good, highly descriptive bid. Partner , I have
six or more cards in my suit and extra values. I can, probably, make 7
tricks on my own.

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