Main Practice 4V01 by Richard Pavlicek

Declarer Play Review

West

Pass
AP North
1
1 NT East
Pass
Pass South
1
2 NT Board 1
None Vul Q 8 2
K J
A K 6 3
8 5 3 2 Trick
1 E
2 W
3 E
4 E
5 E
6 S
7 N
8 S Lead
5
9
A
7
J
3
J
10 2nd
3
8
10
4!
A
6
7
6 3rd
K!
J
6
2
Q
K
A!
3 4th
2
4
Q
3
2
5
2
Q W L
0 1
0 2
0 3
0 4
1 4
2 4
3 4
3 5
K 9 6
6 2
J 10 9 2
Q 10 9 6 Table A J 7 5
Q 8 7 5
Q 8 5
J 7
Bidding
Play

Defense
Rebid by responder
Communication/entries
Overtaking play
Choose lead at notrump
Third-hand play 10 4 3
A 10 9 4 3
7 4
A K 4
2 NT by North 6 top tricks Win the rest made 2 +120

West

2
3 NT North

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

Defense
Stayman convention
Combine chances
Automatic squeeze
Choose lead at notrump
Finesse against dummy 10 9 5 3
K 8 6 3
7 5 3
A 8
3 NT by East 5 top tricks North is squeezed made 3 -400

West

1 North

4 East

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

Play

Defense
Weak jump raise
Competitive auction
Elimination technique
Ruff/discard endplay
Choose lead at suit
Finesse against dummy 6
A J 5 3 2
K Q 8
K 9 7 5
4 by West 8 top tricks South is endplayed made 4 -620

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

Defense Slam decision
Shun finesse
Set up dummy’s suit
Finesse against dummy Q 7 5
10
A J 4
A K Q 10 9 8
6 by South 10 top tricks Lose the last trick made 6 +1370

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