West	North	East	South	1. N deals	A Q 8 7		TT=8	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
	1	Pass	1 !	None vul	5 4 2		1. E	10	A	3	2
Pass	1	Pass	3		K 8 2		2. S	3	2	A	5
Pass	4	AP			A 9 3		3. N	7	6	K	9
				9 2		10 6 5	4. S	4	4	Q	10
10 11	13 13	4 5	13 15	A K 3		Q 10 9	5. N	2!	9	J	K
				J 6 5 4 3		Q 10 9 7	6. W	5	K	7	5!
				Q 6 2		10 8 4	7. N	4	10	6	3
Bidding	Resp to 1 of a suit				K J 4 3		8. E	Q	J	6	8
	Rebid by opener				J 8 7 6		9. S	7	A	5	Q
Play	Combine chances				A		10. W	J	8	9	7
	Set up dummy’s suit				K J 7 5		11. N	3	4	K	2
Defense	Choose lead at suit			4 North		Made 4 +420	12. S	8

West	North	East	South	2. E deals	A K 9		TT=2	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
		1	Pass	N-S vul	Q 9 7 6		1. N	6	A!	5	2
1 NT!	Pass	Pass	Pass		J 7 3		2. E	Q	2!	K!	5
					8 7 5		3. W	J	7	5	A
7 9	10 10	13 13	10 11	5 4 3		Q 10 7 2	4. S	J	K	7	3
				K 2		A 8 4 3	5. W	10	8	2	6
				8 2		K Q 6 5		Cash 3 more winners
				K J 10 9 4 3		Q
Bidding	Opening one-bid				J 8 6
	Resp to 1 of a suit				J 10 5
Play	Preserve entry				A 10 9 4
	Overtaking play				A 6 2
Defense	Holdup play			1 NT West		Made 1 +90

West	North	East	South	3. S deals	K 6 3		TT=8	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
			1	E-W vul	2		1. W	6	2	K	A
Pass	3 !	Pass	3 NT		A K J 9 2		2. S	6	3	K	4
Pass	Pass	Pass			7 6 5 4		3. N	A	5	7	10
				A 8 2		Q J 7 5	4. N	2	5	Q	2
7 8	11 13	9 10	13 13	J 10 7 6 3		K 9 8 5	5. S	4!	8	K	5
				10 3		5 4		Cash 4 more winners
				Q 8 3		K 10 9
					10 9 4
Bidding	Resp to 1 of a suit				A Q 4
	Follow up minor raise				Q 8 7 6
Play	Play for best chance				A J 2
Defense	Choose lead at notrump			3 NT South		Made 3 +400

West	North	East	South	4. W deals	A 7 4		TT=8	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
1	Pass	1 !	Pass	Both vul	Q 9 5		1. S	4	2	Q	A
2	Pass	3 NT	Pass		K Q 10 5		2. E	5!	2!	Q	A
Pass	Pass				10 8 6		3. N	9	8	3	K
				Q 3		J 10 6 5	4. W	3!	4	J	K
13 14	11 11	13 14	3 5	K 2		A J 8	5. S	6	2	5	J
				A J 9 4 3 2		7 6	6. E	4	2	K	6
				K 9 5		A Q J 4	7. W	5	8	A	3
Bidding	Resp to 1 of a suit				K 9 8 2		8. E	Q	7	9	10
	Rebid by responder				10 7 6 4 3		9. E	J	7	3	5
Play	Go after sure trick				8		10. E	10	8	4	7
Defense	Second-hand play				7 3 2			Win 1 more trick
	Hold on to stopper			3 NT East		Made 3 +600

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West	North	East	South	1. N deals	A J 9 7 6		TT=10	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
	1	Pass	3 !	None vul	4		1. E	Q	2	7	4
Pass	4	Pass	Pass		K 10 2		2. E	6	8	K	6
Pass					K J 10 9		3. N	7	2	K	10
				10		Q 8 4 2	4. S	3	6	9!	Q
10 12	12 14	5 7	13 13	A K 7 5		Q J 10 6 3	5. E	J	9	5	2!
				Q J 6 5 4		9 8	6. E	9	3	J	K
				6 5 4		7 2	7. N	A	4	5	4
Bidding	Resp to 1 of a suit				K 5 3		8. N	J	8	7	4
	Follow up major raise				9 8 2			Claim the rest
Play	Keep trump control				A 7 3
	Shed loser to avert tap				A Q 8 3
Defense	Make declarer ruff			4 North		Made 4 +420

West	North	East	South	2. E deals	J 9 8 5 3		TT=6	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
		1	Pass	N-S vul	Q 4		1. N	3	2	K	4
1 NT!	Pass	2	Pass		Q 9 8 3		2. S	J!	A	4	2
2	AP				A J		3. W	5	8	5	6
				4		A K Q 7 2	4. E	A	6	4	3
8 10	10 11	12 15	10 12	A K 7 6 3		5 2	5. E	K	10	7	5
				J 7 5 4		2	6. E	Q	8	J!	8
				10 7 2		K 9 6 4 3	7. S	9	K	Q	3
Bidding	Resp to 1 of a suit				10 6		8. W	2	J	K	5
	Rebid after 1 NT resp				J 10 9 8			Lose 3 more tricks
Play	Ruff in short hand				A K 10 6
	Obtain early discard				Q 8 5
Defense	Shift to trumps			2 West		Made 2 +110

West	North	East	South	3. S deals	K J 7 5 2		TT=9	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
			1	E-W vul	A 4 2		1. W	Q	A	10	2
Pass	2 !	Pass	3		A 6		2. N	2	5	K	3
Pass	3	Pass	4		A 6 5		3. S	4!	3	A	2
AP				9 8 3		A Q 10 6	4. N	6	7	K	8
				8 3		7 6 5	5. S	5!	9	A!	6
4 5	16 17	9 10	11 13	J 10 9 8 3		7 2	6. N	4	6	Q	8
				Q J 4		K 10 9 8	7. S	J	3	2	7
Bidding	Resp to 1 of a suit				4		8. S	4	8	K!	A
	Rebid by opener				K Q J 10 9			Lose 2 more tricks
Play	Ruff in short hand				K Q 5 4
	Avert overruff				7 3 2
Defense	Attitude signal			4 South		Made 4 +420

West	North	East	South	4. W deals	Q J 9 6		TT=7	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
1	Pass	2 NT!	Pass	Both vul	10 7 5		1. S	6	J!	5	2
3 NT	Pass	Pass	Pass		J 2		2. W	4!	J	2	3
					K 10 9 7		3. N	10	A	3	4
13 13	7 7	14 15	6 7	A K 8 5 4		7 2	4. E	7	10	K	6
				J 4		A K 2	5. W	A	9	4	8
				A 8 6		K 7 5 3	6. W	5	Q	5	4
				J 6 3		A 8 5 4	7. N	7	K	9	3
Bidding	Resp to 1 of a suit				10 3		8. E	3	9	A	2
Play	Play to trick one				Q 9 8 6 3		9. W	8	7	8	2!
	Duck to retain entry				Q 10 9 4			Win 2 more tricks
Defense	Choose lead at notrump				Q 2
	Keep correct stopper			3 NT East		Made 3 +600

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