West	North	East	South	1. N deals	10 8		TT=9	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
	1	Pass	1	None vul	A K 7 5 3		1. W	6	A	3	8
Pass	2	Pass	2		A J 9		2. N	A	4	10	J
Pass	4	AP			A 4 2		3. N	K	2	10	Q
				9 6 3		K 5	4. N	2	K	5	8
5 5	16 18	12 13	7 11	Q J 9		8 6 4 2	5. E	K	2	2	9
				6 5 4 2		K Q 7 3	6. S	10	6	A	7
				Q 8 6		K J 7	7. N	10	K	A	3
					A Q J 7 4 2		8. S	Q	6	8	5
					10		9. S	J	9	3	6
					10 8		10. S	4	9	5	8
Bidding	Awkward North hand				10 9 5 3		11. S	3	Q	4	J
	to describe			4 South		Made 5 +450		Claimed

West	North	East	South	2. E deals	5 3 2		TT=11	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
		2 NT	Pass	N-S vul	Q 9 5		1. S	K	6	2	4
3 NT	Pass	Pass	Pass		Q J 10 8 5 4		2. S	J!	6	9	K
					9		3. E	K	3	7	9
9 9	5 7	19 22	7 9	10 9 6		A 4	4. E	J	4	8	3
				A 7 6		K 4 3	5. E	A	6	Q	5
				K 9 6 2		A 3	6. E	10	7	2	4
				Q 8 7		A K J 10 5 2		Lose 1 more trick
					K Q J 8 7
					J 10 8 2
					7
Defense	Heart shift prevented 12				6 4 3
	tricks (double squeeze)			3 NT East		Made 5 +460

West	North	East	South	3. S deals	K Q 7 3		TT=9	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
			Pass	E-W vul	A 8		1. E	10	2	4	K
1 NT	Pass	2 1	Pass		K J 7 6 2		2. N	2	3	Q	A
2	Dbl	Pass	3		J 8		3. W	5	J	2	4
Pass	3	AP		J 4		10 9 8 5	4. N	3	5	A	J
				Q J 4		10 9 7 3 2	5. S	6	9!	7	8
15 15	14 15	2 4	9 9	A 10 9 5		3	6. W	7!	J	Q	2
				A K 7 5		Q 10 4	7. E	9	8	10	Q
					A 6 2		8. W	K	8	4	3
					K 6 5			Claim the rest
Bidding	Jacoby transfer bid				Q 8 4
	N-S smart to compete				9 6 3 2
	(2 would make)			3 North		Down 1 -50

West	North	East	South	4. W deals	10 9 3		TT=9	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
1	Pass	1	Dbl	Both vul	K 10 7 6 4		1. N	Q	3	K	2
2	Pass	4 1	Dbl		9 7		2. S	5	A	3	2
4	Pass	5	AP		Q J 10		3. W	3	4	A	9
				A K		8 7 6 2	4. E	2	5	2	6
11 14	6 7	10 12	13 13	3		A Q 8 2	5. W	K	9	6	4
				A 8 6 5 4 2		K J 10 3	6. W	5	10	3	4
				9 6 5 2		3	7. E	8	J	4	7
					Q J 5 4		8. W	6	J	10	7
					J 9 5		9. E	7	J	5	10
Bidding	Splinter bid				Q		10. W	9	10	J	8
	6 not a good slam				A K 8 7 4		11. E	K	Q	6	7
	but cold as cards lie			5 West		Made 6 +620	12. E	Q	Q	8	K

Practice 3V05 Main

Practice with Richard II

Top by Richard Pavlicek

West	North	East	South	1. N deals	A 10 3 2		TT=5	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
	1	Pass	2 1	None vul	K J 6		1. E	3	A	9	6
2	2 NT	Pass	Pass		K 7		2. S	Q	5	2	4
Pass					Q 6 3 2		3. S	J	6	3	K
				6 5		K 8 7 4	4. E	5	2	A	7
9 11	13 14	7 9	11 12	Q 9 8 5 4 2		3	5. W	4	K	8	3
				A Q 9 4		J 8 6 5	6. N	A	7	9	2
				J		K 9 8 7	7. N	10	8	7	4
					Q J 9		8. N	2	8	A	J
					A 10 7		9. S	10	5	J	7
Bidding	Inverted minor raise				10 3 2		10. N	K	9	4	8
Play	3 NT makable (lead Q)				A 10 5 4		11. N	3	K	5	9
	but a poor contract			2 NT North		Made 2 +120	12. E	J	10	Q	6

West	North	East	South	2. E deals	10 9 8 6 5		TT=6	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
		Pass	1	N-S vul	A 10 9		1. W	3	5	K	7
3	3	Pass	Pass		A 5		2. E	2	6	4	A
Pass					J 6 5		3. N	5	3	A	2
				J 2		Q 7 4 3	4. S	K	J	6	4
7 9	9 11	12 12	12 14	7		K J 4 3	5. S	2	7	A	3
				Q 8 4 3		K J 2	6. N	10	7	3	7
				A 10 9 8 7 2		Q 4	7. N	8	Q	5	8
					A K		8. S	10	Q	9	J
					Q 8 6 5 2		9. N	9	4	6	9
					10 9 7 6		10. S	9	8	10	J
Play	3 bidder w/diamonds				K 3		11. E	K
	suggested major layout			3 South		Made 3 +140		Claimed

West	North	East	South	3. S deals	Q J 7 6 5		TT=14	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
			Pass	E-W vul	K 10 8 7 6 5		1. S	3	4	K	A
1	2	2 NT	4		—		2. E	2	4	A	6
5 NT	Pass	6 NT	AP		7 6		3. W	K	7	3	5
				4 3		K 2	4. W	Q	5	5	8
16 20	6 10	11 13	7 8	4		A J 2	5. W	A	5	6	2
				A Q 10		K 9 8 7 6 5	6. W	J	6	7	9
				A K Q J 10 9 8		3 2	7. W	10	6	2	9
					A 10 9 8		8. W	9	7	2	10
Bidding	Michaels cue-bid				Q 9 3		9. W	8	7	J	Q
	Slam decision				J 4 3 2			Lose 2 tricks
	Great spot but killed by				5 4
	heart lead and 4-0 split			6 NT East		Down 1 -100

West	North	East	South	4. W deals	10 5 2		TT=8	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
1	Pass	1	Pass	Both vul	8		1. N	K	7	6	2
1 NT	Pass	2 1	Pass		K J 10 5 4		2. N	A	8	3	Q
3	Pass	4	AP		A K 9 4		3. N	4	J	10	5
				7 6 3		A K J 8	4. E	10	2	5	8
14 15	11 13	11 11	4 4	A K J 9 5		Q 10 6	5. E	6	3	J	4
				A 8		7 3 2	6. W	3	2	A	4
				Q 5 2		J 8 7	7. E	Q	4	A	5
					Q 9 4		8. W	K	9	2	7
					7 4 3 2		9. W	6	10	J	Q
					Q 9 6		10. S	6	A	10	3
Bidding	New minor forcing				10 6 3		11. W	9	J	7	9
	Defense=Diamond shift defeats			4 West		Made 4 +620	12. W	7	5	K	9

Practice 3V09 Main

Practice with Richard III

Top by Richard Pavlicek

West	North	East	South	1. N deals	Q 9 6 5 2		TT=8	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
	Pass	1	Pass	None vul	A 7 4 3		1. W	7	2	4	10
1	Dbl	2	4		Q 8 4		2. S	3	6	10	J
Pass	Pass	Pass			10		3. E	3	A	8	5
				J 8 7		4 3	4. S	4	8	6	2
6 7	8 10	12 13	14 15	Q 9 5 2		J 10 6	5. N	3	6	K	5
				K 10 7 2		J 6	6. S	8	2	A	10
				8 6		A K Q J 7 2	7. N	4	J	K	9
					A K 10		8. S	5	J	Q	7
					K 8		9. N	7	Q	3	Q
					A 9 5 3		10. W	K
Bidding	Double by passed hand				9 5 4 3			Claimed
	shows at least 4-4			4 South		Made 4 +420

West	North	East	South	2. E deals	K Q 10 3		TT=6	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
		3	3	N-S vul	8 5 4 3		1. S	K	7	5	Q
3	4	4	Pass		A 5 4		2. S	Q	8	4	K
5	Dbl	AP			Q 10		3. E	3	2	A	10
				A		J 9 6 5 4	4. W	A	3	4	2
9 11	11 11	7 9	13 13	J 9 7		Q	5. W	4	Q	2	J
				10 9 8		K J 7 6 3 2	6. E	5	7	9	10
				A 8 7 6 5 4		3	7. W	5	3	3	K
					8 7 2		8. E	6	8	10	Q
					A K 10 6 2		9. W	6	4	9	9
					Q		10. S	A	9	8	6
Bidding	Weird 3 bid led to				K J 9 2		11. E	J	2	7	A
	phantom sacrifice			5 × East		Down 2 -300	12. N	K	J	6	8

West	North	East	South	3. S deals	9 5		TT=6	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
			2	E-W vul	J 10 9 8 5 4		1. N	J	2	7	A
2 NT	Pass	3 1	Pass		K Q 10 6		2. W	3	5	K	2
3	Pass	3 NT	AP		K		3. E	4	3	Q	K
				A 10 3		K 7 4	4. N	K	3	2	4
15 18	9 10	9 11	7 9	A		K Q 6 3 2	5. N	6	3	A	5
				J 7 5 4		3	6. S	9	7	10	4
				A Q 9 8 2		J 7 5 4	7. N	Q	6	8	J
					Q J 8 6 2			Claimed
					7
					A 9 8 2
Bidding	Jacoby transfer bid				10 6 3
	Play=Rabbi’s rule would work			3 NT West		Down 1 -100

West	North	East	South	4. W deals	10 9		TT=6	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
Pass	1	1	2	Both vul	K Q 10 3 2		1. E	6	J	9	10
3	Dbl	Pass	3		K 4		2. S	6	A	2	8
3	Pass	Pass	4		K J 4 2		3. W	3	4	A	7
AP				Q 4 2		A 8 7 6 5	4. E	A
				9		6		Claimed
8 10	12 14	9 12	11 12	10 8 5 3		A J 9 6 2
				A Q 10 9 5		8 3
					K J 3
					A J 8 7 5 4
					Q 7
Bidding	Fortunate to buy in 4				7 6
	Good save E-W in 4			4 North		Made 4 +620

Practice 3V13 Main

Practice with Richard IV

Top by Richard Pavlicek

West	North	East	South	1. N deals	K J 9 3		TT=8	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
	Pass	1	2	None vul	8 4		1. S	A	2	5	8
Dbl	3	3	Pass		Q 10 7		2. S	K	3	7	6
Pass	Pass				Q 10 7 5		3. E	3	2	4	7
				A 8 7 2		10 6 4	4. N	Q	7	4	6
8 9	8 9	11 14	13 13	K 2		A Q J 10 7 6	5. E	Q	5	2	4
				J 6 5 4		A 9 3	6. E	A	3	K	8
				6 3 2		8	7. E	J	9	2	3
					Q 5		8. E	A	8	5	10
					9 5 3		9. E	9	K	6	Q
					K 8 2			Claimed
					A K J 9 4
Defense	Spade shift defeats			3 East		Made 3 +140

West	North	East	South	2. E deals	9 8 5 4		TT=4	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
		2	Dbl	N-S vul	8 7		1. W	6	9	10	K
Pass	2	Pass	2 NT		J 9 4		2. S	A	7	4	3
Pass	3 NT	AP			A 10 9 6		3. S	J	Q	5	2
				K Q 7		3 2	4. W	K	8	2	10
11 12	5 6	6 7	18 18	K J 10 4		9 3 2	5. W	2	4	8	5
				6 2		A Q 10 8 3	6. E	A	7	J	J
				Q 8 4 3		7 5 2	7. E	Q	5	4	9
					A J 10 6		8. E	3	6	3	6
					A Q 6 5		9. E	3	A	4	7
					K 7 5		10. S	6	8	8	2
Bidding	Five-card weak two-bid				K J		11. S	K	Q
	directed killing lead			3 NT South		Down 2 -200		Claimed

West	North	East	South	3. S deals	K Q		TT=7	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
			Pass	E-W vul	Q 4		1. N	K	2	5	A
1	2	2	5		A J 7 6 4		2. W	A	4	2	6
5	AP				A 8 5 2		3. W	K	Q	8	9
				A 9 7 4 3		10 8 2	4. W	10	J	8	2
11 16	16 16	4 6	9 11	A K 10 7 5 3		J 9 8 2	5. N	Q	10	6	3
				10 3		8	6. N	5	3	9
				—		Q J 10 7 3		Claimed
					J 6 5
					6
					K Q 9 5 2
Bidding	Wrong to bid (5 down)				K 9 6 4
	but lucky not doubled			5 West		Down 1 -100

West	North	East	South	4. W deals	A K 10 8		TT=8	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
1	Dbl	Pass	2	Both vul	10 9		1. E	7	2	J	K
Pass	3 NT	Pass	4		A K J 9 4		2. N	A	3	4	10
Pass	4 NT	AP			A K		3. N	K	5	6	2
				Q J 9 6 4 3 2		7 5	4. N	A	7	2	5
10 13	22 25	5 6	3 6	A Q J		K 7 4 3	5. N	K	6	8	4
				5		Q 7 6 3	6. N	4	Q	10	2
				10 2		8 5 3	7. E	3	5	A	9
					—		8. W	Q	10	4	6
					8 6 5 2		9. W	J	8	K	8
					10 8 2		10. E	7	7	3	10
Bidding	South should bid 5				Q J 9 7 6 4		11. E	3	9	6	9
	but we also beat that			4 NT North		Down 2 -200	12. N	A	5	J	9

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