| + | West |
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A J 10 5 3 |
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10 7 2 |
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K 10 4 3 |
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8 |
| + | East |
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K 7 2 |
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5 3 |
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2 |
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A J 9 6 5 4 2 |
| South |
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8 6 4 |
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A K Q J 8 6 |
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J |
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K Q 7 |
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Bridge Deal
from the deal bank
You:
South
Dealer:
North
Vulnerability: none
Source:
L. Farrar 20
For use by: Advanced
Click on "q1" below to see question 1, and on "A1" to see the answer.
- Question
1
After your partner at North opens the bidding with 3 diamonds, whatever can you do with only one of them? And it's a minor suit. Could you really raise to 5 diamonds with only one of them?
- Question
1
After your partner at North opens the bidding with 3 diamonds, whatever can you do with only one of them? And it's a minor suit. Could you really raise to 5 diamonds with only one of them?
Answer
Well, that's one option. After all, you know you've got 8 diamonds between you, and you also know your partner has pre-empted to go down 3 tricks at the most, assuming that you can't help at all.
How many tricks can you add to the pile of 6 promised? Could it be 5?
The problem suit is Spades, in that the opposition could take two immediate tricks, or even three. Then there's the missing Ace of clubs, not to mention the possibility that your partner might easily be missing one of the top three diamond honours.
- Question
2
Is it best to pass?
- Question
2
Is it best to pass?
Answer
No.
Another option is to bid 4 diamonds, if you think you can add four tricks to the pile. After all, partner might have 10 points, not 6, and (if having seven likely tricks) might be strong enough to go down only two if you can add nothing yourself. A kind of invitation bid, to raise to 5 if she's at the top of her power range.
A third option if to switch to Hearts (4 of them!), if you think that partner might have two cards in that suit. The seven Hearts missing from your hand are spread across the other three players, so there's a good chance that partner has 2 of these 7 cards. Furthermore, you wouldn't need your partner to be at the top of the possible power range.
Other people's bidding
To examine how other people might have bid, look inside box #1 in the right-hand column (>>>), by clicking on the pink "+ button".
The card play
To see a suggested Opening Lead, look inside box #3 on the right (>>>).
Then make a plan! Think for a bit about how you'd play this contract.
Planning questions
If box #4 is there for this deal (>>>), see how others might have planned the play...
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