Problem: An Underground Track
Your hand sitting South Bidding Dealer North. Game all. Card play Lead: Jack of ♠. Don’t be confused! After 4NT, Blackwood with clubs as trumps, 5♥ is asking about the trump Queen.…
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Bridge Problem: Side with the Strong
Your hand sitting South Bidding Dealer West. Game all. Card play West leads the Ace of ♥, continues with the King and plays a third round of the suit. You ruff (with…
Bridge Problem: Way Too Many Winning Options
Your hand sitting South Bidding Dealer South. Game all. Card play Lead: 7 of ♠. East follows.The lead doesn’t come to your aid. Declarer has so many winning options. Find the right…
Bridge problem: Blackmail
Your hand sitting South Bidding Dealer West. Game all. Card play Lead: Ace of ♣. ► Cross your fingers and… play! Solution You have seven ♠ tricks and a potential trick in…
Bridge Problem: Miraculous Catch
Your hand sitting South Bidding Dealer West. Game all. Card play Lead: Jack of ♥. If West had led a ♠, this contract would have been child’s play. Here you really do…
Bridge Problem: Cold War
Your hand sitting South Bidding Dealer East. North-South vulnerable. Card play The 3♥ cue bid is acting as an invite to game here, the 3♠ bid rather being a pre-empt. With his…
Bridge problem: On the Way to Glory
Your hand sitting South Bidding Dealer North. Love all. (*) Landy (major two-suiter). Card play Lead: Ace of ♥. First, South only wants to play in 5♦… Constrained and forced by the…
Overcoming the First Hurdle
Your hand sitting South Bidding Dealer East. Love all. The 3♣ bid is a jump cue bid showing a positive hand of 9+ points and a 4-card fit. South shows the strength…
Take Care of Your Entry
Your hand sitting South Bidding Dealer North. East-West vulnerable. Card play Contract: 3NT. West leads the 10 of Hearts to East’s queen and your king. With good reason, North found his hand…
A Comprehensive Insurance Policy?
Your hand sitting South Bidding Dealer South, East-West vulnerable: Card play Contract: 4♥. Lead by West: King of ♠. Scared by his ♠ void, South opened 4♥, flouting all criteria for this…
Power Cut
Your hand sitting South Bidding Dealer West, game all: Card play Contract: 5♦. Lead: 9 of ♣. Your opponents have not been very pugnacious. You have even escaped a double. But perhaps…