Tutorial hand for
Omar Sharif On Bridge
 52
 47
 38
 37
 33
 28
 26
 25
 22
 10
 7
 5
 1
 50
 48
 46
 44
 42
 32
 30
 27
 24
 19
 18
 13
 2
 45
 43
 40
 36
 35
 29
 20
 17
 15
 12
 6
 4
 3
 51
 49
 41
 39
 34
 31
 23
 21
 16
 14
 11
 9
 8
 0
 2
 2
 2
 2
 0
 0
 1
 4
 2
 13
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 5
 5 
Answer:  1NT\n\nExplanation:  You have 17 high card points.  In most bridge bidding systems, an opening bid of 1NT shows a balanced hand within a range of 16 to 18 points.

What should South bid?

 0
Answer:  Pass\n\nExplanation:  West has only 8 high card points and no interest in suggesting his side should play the hand.

What should West bid?

 0
Answer:  Pass\n\nExplanation:  With only 4 high card points, North can have no real expectation of making more than 7 tricks in No Trumps, so North should pass.

What should North bid?

 0
Answer:  Pass\n\nExplanation:  While the hand is slightly better than average, with no long suit of his own, East should pass, as bidding would be very dangerous.

What should East bid?

 0

 5
 5
 5
-1
 0
 0
 52
 0
 52
 44
Answer:  6s\n\nExplanation:  Most players follow the rule of leading the fourth best card of their longest and strongest suit while playing against no-trump, so in this case West leads 6s.

What should West lead?

 40

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 52

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 49

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 50
Answer:  Qs\n\nExplanation:  West overtakes with Qs in case East has only two spades.  From here, West has guaranteed winners with remaining three spades.

What should West play?

 43

 48

 45

 41

 1

 46

 15

 16

 5

 42

 3

 14

 22

 18

 17

 21

 25

 33

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 36

 31

 29

 34

 37

 32

 38

 2

 4

 8

 7
Answer:  8c\n\nExplanation:  You should not cash in the Ad now because then West would be able to make the last two tricks with the Ac and Qd, so you must play a club now.

What should South play?

 13

 6

 9

 19

 20

 23

 26

 10

 24

 12

 11

 6
 7
 1
 1
 1
 1
South made 1NT exactly and so scores 40 points below the line. These 40 points would count
towards making the 100 points needed to make a game.

