Main Practice 6A01 by Richard Pavlicek

Counting by Declarer

West

Dbl
3 NT North
Pass
Pass
AP East
1
1 NT South
1
Pass Board 1
None Vul 7 2
J 9 7 6
J 7
Q J 10 9 4 Trick
1 S
2 S
3 E
4 N
5 N
6 E
7 W
8 W
9 E
10 E
11 W Lead
K
Q
5
Q
J
8
A
2
Q
8
5! 2nd
3
5
2
6
K
4
4
6
8
6
10 3rd
2
7
10
7
3
Q
9
A
3
A
8 4th
4
A!
J
2!
3
7
6
5
7
9
10 W L
0 1
1 1
1 2
1 3
2 3
3 3
4 3
5 3
6 3
7 3
7 4
5 3
K 10 3 2
A Q 10
A 5 3 2 Table A 9 8 4
A Q 4
9 8 5
K 8 6
Bidding
Play
Negative double
Count hand pattern
Throw-in play K Q J 10 6
8 5
K 6 4 3 2
7
3 NT by East 7 top tricks North is endplayed made 3 -400

West

Pass North

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

Defense Response to 1 NT
Avoidance finesse
Count hand pattern
Unblocking play K Q 10 4
A 8 2
K 7 2
A 6 3
3 NT by South 8 top tricks Win 2 more tricks made 3 +600

West

3 NT North

Pass East

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

Play Combat preempt
Slam decision
Count hand pattern Q
K J 9 7 5 4 3
J 9 4
4 3
6 NT by West 10 top tricks Win the rest made 6 -1440

West
1
Pass North
1
4 East
Pass
AP South
3 Board 4
Both Vul A K J 10 9
9 6 2
9 4
K J 3 Trick
1 E
2 S
3 N
4 N
5 W
6 W
7 N
8 S
9 S
10 N
11 N Lead
J
5
J
2
K
Q
10
A
5!
A
6 2nd
A
2
8
3
9
9
4
7
7
10
5 3rd
8
K
6
Q
6
2
Q
9!
K!
6
8! 4th
4
4
3
K
5
7
7
4
9
2
3 W L
1 0
2 0
3 0
3 1
3 2
4 2
5 2
6 2
7 2
8 2
9 2
7 3 2
K 7
K Q 10 8 3 2
A 7 Table 8 4
10 5 4 3
J 6
Q 10 9 4 2
Play
Placing enemy cards
Count hand pattern Q 6 5
A Q J 8
A 7 5
8 6 5
4 by North 7 top tricks Lose the last trick made 4 +620

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