West	North	East	South	1. N deals	10 2		TT=8	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
	1	Pass	3	None vul	9		1. E	5	3	Q	9
3	4 !	Pass	4		A K 9 4 3		2. W	A	9	8	7
Pass	6	AP			A J 9 8 3		3. N	3	8	Q	5
				K 8 5 3		9 7 6 4	4. S	2	6	K	4
12 15	12 15	3 5	13 14	A K Q 6 4 2		J 8 5	5. N	3	4	K	10
				6 5		8	6. S	2	3	A	5
				10		Q 7 6 5 4	7. N	8	6	J!	2
					A Q J		8. N	9	Q	7	4
Bidding	Follow up minor raise				10 7 3		9. S	10	K	4	J
	Control-showing bid				Q J 10 7 2		10. N	J	7	Q	5
Play	Ruffing finesse				K 2			Claim the rest
Defense	Lead partner’s suit			6 North		Made 6 +920

West	North	East	South	2. E deals	K J 9 6 5 4		TT=10	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
		1	Pass	N-S vul	4		1. S	A	3	9	2
3	Pass	4	Pass		10 6 5		2. S	10	7	J!	8
4	Pass	5 !	Pass		9 7 4		3. N	K	K!	4	Q
5	AP			Q 7 3		8 2	4. E	5	2	A	4
				A J 9 3		K Q 8 6 5	5. W	3	4	Q	7
13 13	4 6	16 18	7 8	J 3		A K 8 2	6. E	6	10	J	5
				K Q 10 2		A 3		Claim the rest
Bidding	Follow up major raise				A 10
	Control-showing bid				10 7 2
Play	Avert overruff				Q 9 7 4
Defense	Overtaking play				J 8 6 5
	Try for an overruff			5 East		Made 5 +450

West	North	East	South	3. S deals	K 7 6		TT=11	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
			1 NT	E-W vul	Q 9 2		1. W	4	6	8	Q
Pass	4 NT	Pass	6 NT!		A K 8 3		2. S	2	3	K	5
Pass	Pass	Pass			A 9 3		3. N	7	9	A	5
				J 10 5 4 3		9 8	4. S	2	10	K	7
1 4	16 16	5 6	18 18	10 7 6 5		J 8 4	5. N	3	2	K	5
				—		Q J 9 7 5	6. S	4	6	A	10
				8 7 6 5		J 10 2	7. N	9	J	Q	7
					A Q 2		8. S	A	5	2	4
					A K 3		9. S	K	6	9	8
Bidding	Quantitative 4 NT				10 6 4 2		10. S	3	7	Q	J
	Rebid by NT bidder				K Q 4		11. N	3!	J	4	8
Play	Throw-in play			6 NT South		Made 6 +990		East is endplayed

West	North	East	South	4. W deals	Q 10 8		TT=12	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
1	Pass	3	Pass	Both vul	J 10 9 8 4		1. N	J	A!	6	2
4 NT!	Pass	5	Pass		8 4		2. E	A	8	2	8
6	AP				K J 2		3. E	3!	5!	4	4
				K J 9 5 4 2		A 7 6 3	4. W	K	10	3	3
13 17	7 8	13 13	7 10	2		A Q 7 3	5. W	2	4	10	3
				A K Q 6 2		J 10	6. E	7!	K	5	8
				6		Q 9 5	7. W	6!	8	J	5
					—		8. E	Q	4	6	9
Bidding	Follow up major raise				K 6 5			Lose 1 trump trick
	Blackwood convention				9 7 5 3
Play	Ruff out enemy honor				A 10 8 7 4 3
Defense	Discard signal			6 West		Made 6 +1430

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West	North	East	South	1. N deals	10 8 7 4		TT=9	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
	Pass	1 NT	Pass	None vul	8 7		1. S	5	3	7	Q
4 NT	Pass	Pass!	Pass		J 9 8 7		2. E	3!	2	8!	J
					A Q J		3. N	8!	K	4	J
15 15	8 9	16 16	1 2	Q 3 2		A K 9	4. E	5!	4	9!	Q
				A J 3		K Q 2	5. N	4	K	5	2
				K Q 6 4		A 3 2	6. E	7!	6	K	A
				K 9 8		10 7 5 3		Win the rest
Bidding	Quantitative 4 NT				J 6 5
	Rebid by NT bidder				10 9 6 5 4
Play	Combine chances				10 5
	Finessing technique				6 4 2
Defense	Return partner’s suit			4 NT East		Made 4 +430

West	North	East	South	2. E deals	5 2		TT=8	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
		Pass	Pass	N-S vul	10 8 6 5 4		1. N	8	2	3	Q
2	Pass	2	Pass		A J 10 8 2		2. W	Q	2	7	3
2	Pass	3	Pass		8		3. W	J	5	8	4
4 NT!	Pass	5	Pass	A Q J 10 9		K 8 7	4. W	3!	4	J	A
5	AP			3		K Q J 7 2	5. S	9	Q	A	4
21 23	5 8	9 10	5 7	K Q 7 6		5 4	6. N	J	5	3	K
				A K Q		6 4 2	7. W	9!	2	K	6
Bidding	Opening 2 & response				6 4 3		8. E	K	9	6	5
	Blackwood convention				A 9		9. E	Q	5	7	6
Play	Preserve entry				9 3			Claim the rest
	Avoid enemy ruff				J 10 9 7 5 3
Defense	Try for a ruff			5 West		Made 5 +450

West	North	East	South	3. S deals	7 5 4 2		TT=9	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
			1	E-W vul	A 10 9 5		1. W	10	2	6	K
Pass	3	Pass	4 NT		A K 7 2		2. S	4!	5	K	3
Pass	5 !	Pass	6		2		3. N	2!	4	J!	Q
AP				10 9 8		Q J 6	4. W	7!	9	4	2
8 8	11 13	4 6	17 19	7 6 3		4	5. N	4	J	A	8
				Q 6 5		J 10 9 8 3	6. S	3	8	5	6
Bidding	Resp to 1 of a suit			A Q 10 8		9 7 6 4	7. N	A	8	3	6
	Blackwood convention				A K 3			Crossruff the rest
Play	Lead toward honor				K Q J 8 2
	Crossruff				4
Defense	Fight declarer’s plan				K J 5 3
	Shift to trumps			6 South		Made 6 +980

West	North	East	South	4. W deals	K 5 4		TT=11	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
Pass	1	Pass	2 NT	Both vul	A Q 2		1. E	Q	2	10	K
Pass	4 !	Pass	4		A K Q 10 8 4		2. N	A	5	6	2
Pass	6	AP			7		3. N	K	6	9	3
				10 9		Q J 8 7 6	4. N	Q	2	J	7
6 7	18 20	3 6	13 13	8 7 5 4 3		10 6	5. N	7!	4	J	Q
				7 3 2		5	6. W	9!	4	7	A
				A Q 10		9 8 6 4 2	7. S	3!	10	4	6
Bidding	Resp to 1 of a suit				A 3 2		8. N	2	6	J	3
	Gerber convention				K J 9		9. S	5!	A	8	8
Play	Lead toward honor				J 9 6			Win the rest
	Ruff out enemy honor				K J 5 3
Defense	Attack dummy’s entry			6 North		Made 6 +1370

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