Hand of the week

Hand of the week, week commencing, Sunday 22nd May 2022

Plan your play in 6♦ after the ♣Jack is led.

If you would like to play this hand out then click here

Dealer: North Vuln: All

♠	A Q 9 8 4
♥	8
♦	A J 9 4
♣	9 7 3

♠	K 7 5 3
♥	J 9 6 5
♦	6 5
♣	J 10 6

	N
W		E
W		E
	S

♠	J 6 2
♥	10 7 2
♦	2
♣	A K Q 8 4 2

♠	10
♥	A K Q 4 3
♦	K Q 10 8 7 3
♣	5

W	N	E	S
	1♠	Pass	2♥
Pass	2NT	Pass	4♦
Pass	5♦	Pass	6♦
End

This hand is more for the bidding than the card play. Once partner opens and suddenly agrees Diamonds then you as South should bid 6♦ and take a chance partner has two aces.

They find a club lead and on the second round you are able to trump.

Draw trumps in two rounds and play on Hearts next . The 4th round of hearts can be trumped in dummy and now the last heart has been established.

You made without much effort 5 trumps (from your hand, the long hand) 1 Club ruffed in the long hand, 1 Spade, 3 Hearts, 1 Heart ruffed in dummy the short hand and 1 established Heart.

Re the bidding of this hand there is a piece of advice by "some" experts that if you feel that a 5♦ contract is going to get you a bad board because everybody else is going to be making 3NT with overtricks so you might as well bid 6 in case it makes. That advice certainly works here J

You can also play out the following hand to see how the hand pans out. (You need bridgvu.exe programme and it is available free from http://www.haroldschogger.com/movies.html )

alternatively watch the film of the hand being played out by going to www.haroldschogger.com/movies2.htm

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