Practice 4U01 Main

General Winning Tips

by Richard Pavlicek

West

Pass NORTH
1
4 ! East
Pass
All Pass South
2 Board 1 A K 9 8 4
A K 9 3 2
7 3 2
— Trick
1 E
2 N
3 S
4 S
5 N
6 S
7 N Lead
Q
2!
A
5
3!
7
A 2nd
4
8
2
4
10
3
10 3rd
5
5
2
4
6
K
6 4th
A
6
3
K
7
2
J W L
1 0
2 0
3 0
4 0
5 0
6 0
7 0
J 3
7 6 5
A K 6
Q 10 8 4 2 Table Q 10 2
Q J 10 8
Q J 10 4
K 3
Bidding
Play

Defense Follow up major raise
Timing the play
Avert overruff
Choose lead at suit

7 6 5
4
9 8 5
A J 9 7 6 5
4 North 7 top tricks Win 3 more tricks made 4 +420

West

4 NT!
6 North

Pass
All Pass EAST
3
5 South
Pass
Pass Board 2 Q 10 9 8 5
J 10 6 2
4
J 10 8 Trick
1 S
2 W
3 W
4 E
5 W
6 E
7 W
8 W
9 E
10 W
11 W Lead
K
A
3!
5!
4
6!
K
6
2
7
K 2nd
A
5
8
8
9
9
10
Q
4
10
J 3rd
6
2
10
J
Q
K
7
7
3
9
2 4th
5
J
7
4
3
2
5
6
8
9
A W L
1 0
2 0
3 0
4 0
5 0
6 0
7 0
8 0
9 0
10 0
10 1
A K 7 6 4 3
A 3
K J 3
K Q Table 2
9 7 5
A Q 10 7 6 5 2
4 2
Bidding

Play
Response to preempt
Blackwood convention
Set up dummy’s suit
Use trumps as entries

J
K Q 8 4
9 8
A 9 7 6 5 3
6 East 10 top tricks Win the rest made 6 -920

West

1
4 North

Pass
All Pass East

2 ! SOUTH
Pass
Pass Board 3 10 7
5 2
J 10 9 4
A Q 10 6 2 Trick
1 N
2 N
3 W
4 W
5 W
6 W
7 E
8 E
9 W Lead
J
4
A
K
K
3
K
4
6 2nd
3
5
2
5
7
10
6
Q
6 3rd
8?
Q
7
8
2
A
6
10
9 4th
2!
A
3
4
9
J
9
2
8 W L
0 1
1 1
2 1
3 1
4 1
5 1
6 1
7 1
8 1
K 6 3
A K Q J 10 6
A 2
7 5 Table A 8 5 4 2
9 8 7
K 5 3
4 3
Bidding

Play

Resp to 1 of a suit
Follow up major raise
Try for overtrick
Deceptive play
Aim for top result

Q J 9
4 3
Q 8 7 6
K J 9 8
4 West 10 top tricks Win the rest made 6 -680

WEST
2
Pass North
Dbl
Pass! East
Pass
Pass South
3 Board 4 Q 6 4 2
10
K J 3
A K Q 4 2 Trick
1 W
2 S
3 N
4 N
5 N
6 E
7 W
8 N
9 S
10 N Lead
10
3
K
Q
10!
2!
5
2
5
4 2nd
2
7
6
10
K
4
K!
J
7
9 3rd
7
A
3
5
3
A
7
8
J
8 4th
A
5
8
9
2
3
6
4
6
9 W L
1 0
2 0
3 0
4 0
4 1
4 2
5 2
6 2
7 2
8 2
10 8
A J 9 7 4 2
A 5
9 8 7 Table K J 9 7
K 6
Q 7 2
J 10 6 5
Bidding

Play

Defense Combat weak two-bid
Rebid by doubler
Shun finesse
Timing the play
Shift to trumps

A 5 3
Q 8 5 3
10 9 8 6 4
3
3 South 7 top tricks Win 1 more trick made 3 +110

Practice 4U05 Main

Top General Winning Tips

General Winning Tips II

West

4 ! NORTH
1
All Pass East
2 South
Pass Board 1 —
Q J 9 7
K Q J 9 5
A J 3 2 Trick
1 N
2 W
3 W
4 E
5 W
6 E
7 W
8 E Lead
K
A!
4
6
2
8
4
10 2nd
6
7
J
3
5
9
9
2 3rd
8
2
K
6
Q
10
A!
K 4th
A
3
5
9
7
Q
10
J W L
1 0
2 0
3 0
4 0
5 0
6 0
7 0
8 0
K 10 6
A 4
A 10 7 4 2
Q 8 4 Table A Q 9 8 7
K 10 8 6 2
6
6 5
Bidding

Play
Michaels cue-bid
Choose best game
Crossruff
Avert overruff

J 5 4 3 2
5 3
8 3
K 10 9 7
4 West 8 top tricks Win 2 more tricks made 4 -420

West

Pass
All Pass North

2 NT! EAST
Pass
Pass South
1
3 NT Board 2 K 3
K 5
A Q 4 3
J 7 6 5 4 Trick
1 E
2 W
3 N
4 S
5 E
6 E
7 E
8 S
9 N Lead
4
J
3
7!
Q
8
Q
2
Q 2nd
5
K
5
9
2
3
A
9
10 3rd
A
2
K
4
7
10
9
A
8 4th
3
6
6
10
5
6
7
8
? W L
0 1
1 1
2 1
2 2
2 3
2 4
3 4
4 4
0 0
A J 9
J 10 9 3
9 7 6
K 10 9 Table Q 10 8 4 2
8 4 2
J 10 8 5
Q
Bidding
Play
Resp to 1 of a suit
Play for only chance
Unusual squeeze

7 6 5
A Q 7 6
K 2
A 8 3 2
3 NT North 7 top tricks West is squeezed made 3 +600

West

Pass
3 NT North

Pass
All Pass East

2 NT! SOUTH
2
Pass Board 3 Q 5
Q 10 8 7
9 6 2
K 8 7 5 Trick
1 S
2 S
3 S
4 E
5 E
6 W
7 E
8 E
9 W
10 W
11 W Lead
Q
J
10
J
4
3!
A!
10
Q
7
2 2nd
3
4
6
3
8
7
J
4
10
K
5? 3rd
8
5
7
5
A
K
4
K
2
9
10! 4th
2
9
A
2
6
5
8
9
6
8
J W L
0 1
0 2
1 2
2 2
3 2
4 2
5 2
6 2
7 2
8 2
8 3
7 2
6 4 3
A K Q 7 5
6 4 3 Table K 10 3
A K 9 2
J 10 4
A 9 2
Bidding
Play

Defense
Combat weak two-bid
Holdup play
Throw-in play
Choose lead at notrump
Attitude signal

A J 9 8 6 4
J 5
8 3
Q J 10
3 NT East 8 top tricks S endplayed (lose 1) made 3 -600

WEST
Pass
Pass
Pass
All Pass North
1 NT
2
4 East
Pass
Pass
Pass South
2
3 !
6 Board 4 K 4 3
K 4
K J 6 5
A J 8 5 Trick
1 W
2 N
3 S
4 S
5 N
6 S
7 N
8 S
9 S
10 S Lead
K
5!
A
6
8
3
J
A
Q
10! 2nd
A
6
9
10
7
5
9
6
9
J 3rd
2
5
3
K
7
K
8
4
5
4 4th
3
4
2
J
10
2
Q
7
8
Q W L
1 0
2 0
3 0
4 0
5 0
6 0
7 0
8 0
9 0
9 1
10 9
J 9 6 5
10 8 3
K Q 10 4 Table Q J 2
8 7 2
Q 9 7
9 7 6 2
Bidding

Play
Stayman convention
Slam decision
Dummy reversal
Elimination technique

A 8 7 6 5
A Q 10 3
A 4 2
3
6 South 10 top tricks East is endplayed made 6 +1430

Practice 4U05 Main

Top General Winning Tips