Taking full advantage of the auction when you are declarer is an important skill. It's easy to think that the shift from bidding to play ends all thoughts of bidding, but the information from the auction should be put to good use both as declarer and as a defender.
Try getting the most out of the bidding in this quiz.
You are South. Your hand is:
872
KJ1032
A53
Q6
None vulnerable, the auction goes:
West | North | East | South |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Dbl | 1 | |
1 | 2 | Pass | 4 |
All Pass |
Your jump to 4 is an overbid, but if you play support doubles, partner shows 4 hearts to raise here.
The lead is the Q.
This is the dummy and your hand.
Vul:None Dlr: North |
DUMMY K4 |
DECLARER 872 |
First question is easy. Who has the A?
West
East
North
South
Other
You are South. Your hand is:
872
KJ1032
A53
Q6
None vulnerable, the auction goes:
West | North | East | South |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Dbl | 1 | |
1 | 2 | Pass | 4 |
All Pass |
The lead is the Q.
This is the dummy and your hand.
Vul:None Dlr: North |
DUMMY K4 |
DECLARER 872 |
How should you play the heart suit?
Play the ace and the king of hearts
Play the ace and then lead to the KJ10, playing the 10 or J.
Play the K and then lead the J
Duck a round of hearts
You are South. Your hand is:
872
KJ1032
A53
Q6
None vulnerable, the auction goes:
West | North | East | South |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Dbl | 1 | |
1 | 2 | Pass | 4 |
All Pass |
The lead is the Q.
This is the dummy and your hand.
Vul:None Dlr: North |
DUMMY K4 |
DECLARER 872 |
How many losers do you have to deal with?
2
3
4
5
6
7
You are South. Your hand is:
872
KJ1032
A53
Q6
None vulnerable, the auction goes:
West | North | East | South |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Dbl | 1 | |
1 | 2 | Pass | 4 |
All Pass |
The lead is the Q.
This is the dummy and your hand.
Vul:None Dlr: North |
DUMMY K4 |
DECLARER 872 |
How should we get rid of our minor suit losers?
Lead a club towards the Q.
Play the diamonds to be 3-3
Lead the Q
Run off a bunch of trumps and hope something good happens
Drop the losers on the floor and hope no one notices
You are South. Your hand is:
872
KJ1032
A53
Q6
None vulnerable, the auction goes:
West | North | East | South |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Dbl | 1 | |
1 | 2 | Pass | 4 |
All Pass |
The lead is the Q.
This is the dummy and your hand.
Vul:None Dlr: North |
DUMMY K4 |
DECLARER 872 |
The defense starts with 3 rounds of spades (whether or not you play the K at trick one). You ruff the third round in dummy. Now what?
Draw trump
Play a low diamond, ducking
Lead a club to the Q
I've forgotten my plan