| Lesson 25th November - to be completed! |
Lesson Thursday 25th November 2021 using selected hands from those played on Wednesday 17th November, click here to see the notes in a printable form. Note that "show answer" buttons are showing Robin's comments on the bidding rather than actual answers, there are no questions to answer! It is simply a way of holding back the comments until the viewer is ready to see them.
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| Hand 1 - MUD lead example |
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‘Be prepared’. On a strong hand like this, Robin prefers a bid of 1♦ with a rebid of 3NT, over 1♥ from partner. 1♦ keeps the ‘hearts’ in play, in case South has, say
♠ 9 x
♥ K Q 8 7 4 2
♦ J x
♣ 10 7 4
With that hand, the best contract is in hearts (3 or 4), but if you open 1♠, partner must bid 1NT, and the final 3NT contract will be very poor. Did we get to 6♣? How to play it on a heart lead!
Opening Lead against 3NT: ♥5 makes 11 tricks.
Play it in 6♣ |
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| Hand 2 - Jump raise |
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- 3♠ with 6 Losers in the South hand, jump raise to 3♠
Opening Lead: ♣6. 2nd highest from poor suit. |
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| Hand 3 - Watch out for entries to dummy |
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Don’t Play Ace, King and another diamond; you will not get to dummy if the diamonds are 3-1. Always play safe here. The chances of diamonds 2-2- are less than 3-1
Opening Lead: should be ♥2 (Certainly not a spade!) |
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| Hand 4 - 4th Suit Forcing example |
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- 2♥ - 4SF; Forcing to game
- 2NT - heart stop, and forcing.
- 3♦ - sets diamonds as trumps.
- 3♠ - Ace (else bids 3NT), so 3S is ‘positive’.
- 4NT - Blackwood, agrees Diamonds;
- 5♥ - 2 of 5 ‘Aces’
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| Hand 5 - caaution after double |
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- 1NT - 2NT normal for 17-18, but beware the double
Lead ♠Q, Q J 9 is strong holding; best, Not ♥ or ♦ |
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| Hand 6 - Stay out of trouble |
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- North's pass - Stay out of trouble on this hand. Any positive bid might work, but safer to Pass, and make +110 all being well.
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| Hand 7 - What to lead that is the question |
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(During play, do NOT cover the ♠Queen!)
Lead : Spade cannot be right; Singleton diamond too risky against strong bidding. Club lead OK, but prefer ♥10 as safest. (Longest suit) Club lead gives 12 tricks. |
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| Hand 8 - Great interference bids |
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- 1♠ - *especially Non-vulnerable. You have a good suit, and would like a spade lead; try getting to 5♦/6♦ now!
Alternative bidding sequence:
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2♣
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2♦
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2NT**
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3NT
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2NT after 2♣ = 22’ish
Lead : a club, or if inspired, a spade. |
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| Hand 9 - Losing trick score not good enough to try for a slam |
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Almost worth more, but 7 losers and no ace shouldn’t try for Slam.
Alternative bidding sequence:
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1♠
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4♠
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Option (a) South Lead ♦J
Option (b) MUD again North Lead ♦7 |
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| Hand 10 - Would you dare 3NT? |
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3♣ is bid, in case Partner is strong for the overcall; Partner bids 3♦ to show a very good hand, and asks if there is a diamond stop. There is – just about. Partner bids a laydown 3NT.
Note how important ♣ A 10 5 is.
Opening lead: ♦Q 9 tricks. |
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| Hand 12 - Tempo |
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Lead should be ♠2 on the bidding.
The ♠Q lead may give Declarer a tempo. What is a Tempo. = Timing advantage (or speed of play). |
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