Advanced Practice 3K17 by Richard Pavlicek

Weak Two-Bids (5)


Arrange a deck of cards and play out each deal as shown.

1. 4 S by North

None Vul
S A 10 8 7 6 5
H 10 5
D 5 2
C A 6 2
S Q J 9
H 6 3 2
D K Q 9 3
C Q 10 7		[W - E]S 4
H Q J 9 4
D A J 8 6
C 9 8 5 4
Lead: H QS K 3 2
H A K 8 7
D 10 7 4
C K J 3

West

Pass
Pass		North
2 S
3 C
Pass		East
Pass
Pass
Pass		South
2 NT
4 S

Top Tricks:9
Trick
1. E
2. S
3. S
4. N
5. S
6. E
7. E
8. N
9. W
10. N
11. S		Lead
H Q
S K
S 2
H 10!
H 7
D A
D 6
S 7
D K
C 2
H 8		2nd
K
9
J
J
6
4
7
D 8
S 8
5
D 3		3rd
2
5
A
A
D 2!
9
Q
3
J
K
C 6		4th
5
4
C 4
3
9
5
S 6
Q
10
7
4
Claim the rest — Made 4 — N-S +420

Bidding:Resp to weak two-bid
Showing a feature
Play:Loser-on-loser play
Defense:Choose lead (suit)

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2. 3 NT by West

N-S Vul
S K J 10 9
H J 8
D Q 10 8 5 4
C Q 4
S 5 3
H A 6 2
D A K 7 3
C K J 9 2		[W - E]S A Q 7 6 4 2
H K 10 3
D J 2
C 8 3
Lead: D 5S 8
H Q 9 7 5 4
D 9 6
C A 10 7 6 5

West

2 NT
3 NT		North

Pass
Pass		East
2 S
3 H
Pass		South
Pass
Pass
Pass

Top Tricks:5
Trick
1. N
2. E
3. N
4. W
5. E
6. E
7. N
8. W
9. E
10. E		Lead
D 5
S 2!
D Q
S 5
S A
S 4
D 10
H 2
S 7
S 6		2nd
J
8
2
10
C 5
H 5
C 3
8
C 7
C 10		3rd
6
3
9
Q
C 2
C 9
C 6
K
D 7
C J		4th
3
9
A
H 4
J
K
K
7
C 4
H J
Win 1 more trick — Made 3 — E-W +400

Bidding:Resp to weak two-bid
Showing a feature
Play:Duck to retain entry
Defense:Choose discard

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3. 4 H by South

E-W Vul
S A J 8 3
H A K 10 2
D Q 3
C K 10 7
S K 9 6 5
H 8
D J 10 9 8 5
C 9 8 3		[W - E]S Q 10 7 4
H 7 5
D K 7 4
C A Q J 5
Lead: D JS 2
H Q J 9 6 4 3
D A 6 2
C 6 4 2

West

Pass
Pass		North

4 H		East

Pass		South
2 H
Pass

Top Tricks:8
Trick
1. W
2. E
3. S
4. S
5. N
6. S
7. N
8. S
9. N
10. S		Lead
D J
D 7
H Q
S 2!
S 3
H 3
S 8
D 6
S J
C 2		2nd
Q
A
8
5
7
D 8
10
9
Q
9		3rd
K
5
2
A
H 9
A
H 4
H K
H 6
10!		4th
2!
3
5
4
6
7
9
4
K
J
E endplayed, lose 1 — Made 4 — N-S +420

Bidding:Choose weak opening
Resp to weak two-bid
Play:Holdup play
Ruff/discard endplay

Return to Main

4. 4 H by East

Both Vul
S J 8 7 5
H 10 5
D Q J 6
C K 9 8 2
S 9
H 9 4 2
D A 10 9 8 5 3
C Q J 3		[W - E]S A K 3
H A K 8 7 3
D K 7 2
C 5 4
Lead: S 4S Q 10 6 4 2
H Q J 6
D 4
C A 10 7 6

West
2 D
3 D
4 H		North
Pass
Pass
Pass		East
2 NT
3 H
Pass		South
Pass
Pass
Pass

Top Tricks:8
Trick
1. S
2. E
3. E
4. W
5. E
6. N
7. E
8. S
9. E		Lead
S 4
H K
S 3
H 9
C 4!
S 7?
H 3
S Q
C 5!		2nd
9
6
2
10
7
K
Q
D 8
A		3rd
J
2
H 4
A
J
6
D 5
C 2
3		4th
A
5
5
J
K
D 3
S 8
H 7
8
Win the rest — Made 4 — E-W +620

Bidding:Resp to weak two-bid
Rebid by responder
Play:Combine chances
Lead toward honor
Defense:Choose lead (suit)

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