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Dlr: South Vul: N-S North ♠ K 10 6 ♥ A 8 6 ♦ 6 5 ♣ 10 7 6 4 3 South ♠ Q J 9 7 3 2 ♥ K Q 4 ♦ Q 8 3 ♣ A West North East South 1♠ 2NT 3♠ Pass 4♠ All Pass In a team game, you and partner shrug off the...
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Dlr: South Vul: Both North ♠ 8 3 ♥ A Q 8 4 3 ♦ K Q 10 7 2 ♣ 7 South ♠ K 10 4 2 ♥ K 10 6 ♦ A 4 3 ♣ A K Q West North East South 1♣ Pass 1♥ 2♠ 3NT Pass 4♦ Pass 4♥ Pass 5♦ Pass 6NT All Pass You and...
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Dlr: South Vul: Both North ♠ A 3 ♥ A 10 3 2 ♦ J 7 ♣ A K 9 8 2 South ♠ Q 5 4 ♥ 6 ♦ A K Q 9 6 3 ♣ J 5 4 West North East South 1♦ 2♥ 3♣ Pass 3♦ Pass 3♥ Pass 3♠ Pass 4♣ Pass 6♦ All Pass This deal was...
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Dlr: East Vul: None North ♠ Q 9 6 4 ♥ 5 ♦ K 10 9 3 ♣ A 8 7 2 South ♠ A 7 ♥ A Q 10 9 6 ♦ J 4 ♣ K 10 6 3 West North East South Pass 1♥ Pass 1♠ Pass 2♣ Pass 3♣ All Pass Every now and then, what appears...
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Dlr: East Vul: E-W North ♠ 10 8 6 2 ♥ A K 10 7 ♦ 6 3 ♣ K 10 2 South ♠ K Q J 9 7 4 ♥ Q 6 3 ♦ 10 7 ♣ A Q West North East South Pass 1♠ Pass 3♠ Pass 4♠ All Pass After North’s limit raise in spades, you...
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Dlr: South Vul: N-S North ♠ K 5 ♥ A 8 6 5 ♦ 7 6 4 ♣ 8 6 5 4 South ♠ A 9 7 6 4 2 ♥ K 4 ♦ A K 8 3 ♣ A West North East South 1♣ 2NT Pass 3♣ Dbl Pass 4♣ Pass 4♠ All Pass West’s overcall was the Unusual...
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Dlr: South Vul: Both North ♠ Q 10 5 ♥ 9 6 4 3 ♦ K 9 3 ♣ K Q 5 South ♠ A K J 8 6 ♥ 5 ♦ A 8 7 5 4 ♣ 8 6 West North East South 1♠ Pass 1NT Pass 2♦ Pass 3♠ Pass 4♠ All Pass North’s 1NT was a one-round...
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MOYSIAN FIT: A contract in which declarer’s trump suit is divided 4-3, usually thus described when the selection is made deliberately. Named for Alphonse Moyse Jr., whose ardent advocacy of this choice...
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Dlr: South Vul: N-S North ♠ J 9 4 3 ♥ 9 ♦ Q 7 6 3 ♣ A Q J 4 South ♠ A K 6 2 ♥ A 5 3 ♦ J 5 2 ♣ 10 7 3 West North East South 1♣ 1♥ Dbl Pass 2♠ 3♥ 4♠ All Pass Against your 4♠ contract, West leads the ♥K....
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Dlr: South Vul: Both North ♠ K 10 7 4 ♥ J 2 ♦ K 10 4 3 ♣ K 7 5 South ♠ A 9 8 3 ♥ A K 7 4 ♦ A 7 6 ♣ 9 2 West North East South 1NT Pass 2♣ Pass 2♠ Pass 4♠ All Pass You open a 15-17 1NT and partner uses...
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Dlr: South Vul: E-W North ♠ A K ♥ K 7 5 3 2 ♦ 7 4 2 ♣ K 8 4 South ♠ J 6 3 ♥ 8 4 ♦ A K 6 3 ♣ A J 6 3 West North East South 1♦ Pass 1♥ Pass 1NT Pass 3NT All Pass Against your normal 3NT contract, West...
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Dlr: South Vul: N-S North ♠ A J ♥ 7 5 4 2 ♦ A Q 4 ♣ K 9 8 6 South ♠ K 5 3 ♥ A J ♦ K 9 8 6 5 ♣ A 5 3 West North East South 1NT Pass 3NT All Pass You are playing in a knockout team game and quickly bid...
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Dlr: West Vul: Both North ♠ 5 2 ♥ 6 3 ♦ A 3 2 ♣ A K J 10 4 2 South ♠ K 7 6 4 ♥ Q J 10 4 ♦ K 5 ♣ Q 9 5 West North East South 1NT Dbl(1) Redbl (2) 2♣ Dbl 2♦ Pass 2NT Pass 3NT All Pass 1. One-suiter 2....
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Dlr: South Vul: Both North ♠ Q 8 6 3 2 ♥ J 6 ♦ 10 4 ♣ K J 4 2 South ♠ A ♥ A K 7 4 2 ♦ A 3 ♣ A Q 7 5 3 West North East South 2♣ Pass 2♦ Pass 2♥ Pass 2♠ Pass 3♣ Pass 4♣ Pass 4NT Pass 5♦ Pass 6♣ All Pass...
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Dlr: North Vul: Both North ♠ Q 7 5 ♥ Q 5 3 2 ♦ A K Q 2 ♣ 6 4 South ♠ A ♥ A K J 10 7 6 ♦ 9 7 6 4 ♣ A K West North East South 1♦ Pass 2♥ Pass 3♥ Pass 3♠ Pass 4♦ Pass 4♠ Pass 4NT Pass 5♦ Pass 5NT Pass 6♣...
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Dlr: North Vul: E-W North ♠ Q 8 ♥ J 5 3 ♦ J 10 7 ♣ A J 9 8 2 South ♠ A K ♥ A K 7 6 ♦ A 6 3 2 ♣ Q 10 4 West North East South Pass Pass 2NT(1) Pass 3NT All Pass Against your 3NT contract, West starts...
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