West	North	East	South	1. N deals	5		TT=8	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
	Pass	1	Pass	None vul	10 9 7 5		1. S	K	5	10!	3
2	Pass	3 !	Pass		Q 10 9 8		2. S	A	7	8	4
Pass	Pass				J 10 8 7		3. S	2	J	Q	3
				A 10 4 2		K 9 8 6 3	4. E	K	7	2	5
7 7	3 5	17 18	13 13	Q 6 4		A K J	5. E	6	J	A	9
				J 7 5		4 3	6. W	4	5	A	2
				6 4 3		A Q 5	7. E	K	3	6	7
Bidding	Resp to 1 of a suit				Q J 7		8. E	J	8	Q	9
	Follow up major raise				8 3 2		9. W	4!	7	8	Q
Play	Ruff/discard endplay				A K 6 2			S endplayed (lose 1)
Defense	Choose lead at suit				K 9 2
	Attitude signal			3 East		Made 3 +140

West	North	East	South	2. E deals	K 8 5		TT=8	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
		Pass	1	N-S vul	K 7 6		1. W	6	8	Q	2
Pass	2	Pass	4 !		6 2		2. E	5	A	3	2
Pass	Pass	Pass			10 9 8 6 5		3. S	K	10	6	4
				J 9 7 6 4		A Q 10	4. S	8	Q	6	7
6 7	6 7	9 10	19 20	10 8 3		5 4	5. N	10!	2!	3	K
				Q 10 3		J 9 7 5 4	6. W	J	5	10	3
Bidding	Resp to 1 of a suit			K 7		Q 4 2	7. W	4	K	A	2
	Follow up major raise				3 2		8. S	A	3	7	4
Play	Ruff in short hand				A Q J 9 2		9. S	9	8	K	5
	Finessing technique				A K 8		10. N	5	4	J!	7
Defense	Return proper card				A J 3			Draw trump and claim
	When to cover honor			4 South		Made 4 +620

West	North	East	South	3. S deals	A J 6 5 4		TT=7	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
			1	E-W vul	2		1. E	6	K	7	2
Pass	1	Pass	2		8 6 5		2. S	A!	10	5	5
Pass	3 !	AP			K 8 7 5		3. S	2!	6	K	A
				10 9 2		3	4. E	3!	K	2	4
11 11	8 10	9 11	12 13	Q 10 7		J 9 8 6 5	5. S	3	Q	5	4
				A Q J 7		K 3 2	6. W	10	J	8	7
Bidding	Opening one-bid			Q 9 6		A J 10 4	7. N	7	10	8	9
	Follow up major raise				K Q 8 7		8. S	3	Q	5	9
Play	Obtain early discard				A K 4 3		9. N	8	J	Q	7
	Crossruff				10 9 4			Lose 2 more tricks
Defense	Fight declarer’s plan				3 2
	Shift to trumps			3 North		Made 3 +140

West	North	East	South	4. W deals	K 10 9 7		TT=8	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
1	Pass	3	Pass	Both vul	Q J 10 8		1. N	Q	K	5	2
5 !	Pass	Pass	Pass		K 8		2. E	3!	4	A	7
					6 4 2		3. W	2	9	10!	5
14 15	9 10	11 13	6 8	A J 2		3	4. E	3!	5	7	2
				3 2		A K 4	5. W	J	10	J	6
				Q J 7		10 6 5 4 2	6. E	K	6	A!	4
				A Q 9 8 7		K J 10 3	7. W	Q	6	2	8
					Q 8 6 5 4		8. W	Q	K	4	3
Bidding	Resp to 1 of a suit				9 7 6 5		9. N	J	A	7	3
	Follow up minor raise				A 9 3		10. E	5	A	7	8
Play	Ruff in short hand				5			Claim the rest
	Use trumps as entries			5 West		Made 5 +600

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Raises and Thereafter

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West	North	East	South	1. N deals	A K 5		TT=7	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
	1	Pass	1	None vul	K J 9 6		1. W	J	K	8	2
Pass	2	Pass	3		10 8 5		2. N	6	5	Q	2
Pass	Pass!	Pass			Q 8 4		3. S	4	3	K	A
				J 10 9 3		Q 8 7 4	4. E	4	6	9	A
6 6	13 13	11 12	10 11	7 3 2		A 5	5. N	J	3	8	7
				Q 9 6		J 7 4	6. N	5	4	K	6
				K 10 2		A 9 5 3	7. S	A	9	8	7
					6 2		8. S	2!	Q	10	J
Bidding	Follow up major raise				Q 10 8 4		9. W	3	5	Q	10
Play	Force out high trump				A K 3 2		10. S	3!	2	4!	5
	Establish side suit				J 7 6			Lose 2 more tricks
Defense	Attitude signal			3 South		Made 3 +140

West	North	East	South	2. E deals	7 5		TT=7	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
		1	Pass	N-S vul	J 10 7 4		1. S	K	3	4	8
2	Pass	4 !	Pass		K J 7		2. S	3!	J!	5	2
Pass	Pass				A J 10 4		3. W	2	7	Q	3
				Q J 4		A K 10 9 6 2	4. E	A	5	6	K!
7 8	10 11	13 16	10 11	Q 6 5 3		8	5. E	4	8	4!	J
				6 2		A Q 9 4	6. W	5	7	9	2
				Q 7 5 2		6 3	7. E	9	10	Q	4
Bidding	Follow up major raise				8 3		8. W	6	10	10	9
Play	Finessing technique				A K 9 2		9. E	K	8	2	7
	Ruff in short hand				10 8 5 3			Win 2 high trumps
Defense	Shift to trumps				K 9 8
	Play known card			4 East		Made 4 +420

West	North	East	South	3. S deals	K J 8 7 3		TT=7	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
			1	E-W vul	3		1. E	J	3	6	A
Pass	1	Pass	2		A 8 7 2		2. N	3!	2!	10	A
Pass	3	Pass	4 !		10 4 3		3. W	K	2	9	4
AP				10 2		5 4	4. W	6	3!	K	J
				A 9 8 6		K 7 5 4 2	5. E	5	A	6	4
11 12	8 10	7 8	14 15	K Q 6 5		J 10 9	6. S	6	2	K	4
				Q 9 6		K 7 5	7. N	3	5	A	10
Bidding	Rebid by opener				A Q 9 6		8. S	Q	8	10	4
	Follow up major raise				Q J 10			Crossruff the rest
Play	Obtain early discard				4 3
	Loser-on-loser play				A J 8 2
Defense	Second-hand play			4 North		Made 4 +420

West	North	East	South	4. W deals	Q 9 7 6 3		TT=6	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
1	Pass	2	Pass	Both vul	10 7 6		1. N	6	5	A	10
3 NT!	Pass	Pass	Pass		J 10 4		2. S	2	K	3	8
					K J		3. W	K!	4	2	6
19 20	7 7	6 8	8 10	K 10		8 5	4. W	9!	10	Q	3
				A K 9 2		8 3	5. E	A	4	8!	J
				K 9 8 5		A Q 7 3 2	6. E	7	4	5	6
				A Q 8		10 7 6 2	7. E	3	5	2	7
Bidding	Opening one-bid				A J 4 2		8. E	2	9	A!	J
	Follow up minor raise				Q J 5 4			Cash 2 more winners
Play	Unblocking play				6
Defense	Return proper card				9 5 4 3
	Choose discard			3 NT West		Made 3 +600

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