Tutorial hand for
Omar Sharif On Bridge
 47
 41
 38
 36
 34
 27
 24
 18
 16
 13
 12
 3
 1
 52
 49
 46
 42
 33
 28
 25
 19
 14
 9
 8
 7
 4
 51
 50
 45
 43
 40
 39
 37
 32
 29
 17
 15
 10
 5
 48
 44
 35
 31
 30
 26
 23
 22
 21
 20
 11
 6
 2
 0
 2
 2
 2
 2
 0
 0
 1
 4
 0
 13
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 13
 1
Answer:  1 club\n\nExplanation:  With a balanced hand and 13 high card points, your hand is not strong enough to open the
bidding with 1NT.  However, with 13 points you should open the bidding.  Since you should have at least 
5 cards in a major to open in that suit, 1 club becomes your only good choice for an opening bid.

What should South bid?

 0

 4
Answer:  1 spade\n\nExplanation:  You should bid 1 spade because that bid will show your partner that you have little support in clubs and
that your best suit is spades.

What should North bid?

 0

 5
Answer:  1NT\n\nExplanation:  Bidding 1NT shows you have a balanced hand of 13-15 points and that you have little spade support.

What should South bid?

 0

 13
Answer:  3 hearts\n\nExplanation:  A jump to 3 hearts is forcing, showing at least 5 spades and at least 4 hearts.

What should North bid?

 0

 18
Answer:  4 hearts\n\nExplanation:  You know that North has at least 5 spades and 4 hearts and with your 4 hearts which include the Kh and
Jh, 4 hearts seems a natural bid.

What should South bid?

 0

 0
Answer:  pass\n\nExplanation:  With your 12 points and your partner's maximum of 15 points, it would be way too
optimistic to bid any higher.

What should North bid?

 0

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 18
 18
-1
 2
 0
 52
 0
 52
 11

 13

 9

 5

 41
Answer:  3s or 9s (we use 3s)\n\nExplanation:  The best plan is to lead up to spade honors in dummy to try and establish the suit--as we will need the
trump suit to maintain communications between our two hands, it is best to lead a spade immediately.

What should South play?

 46

 50

 44

 39

 30

 27

 28

 29

 31

 38

 33

 47

 52

 40

 48

 14

 15

 26

 16

 23

 24

 25

 17

 19

 32
Answer:  7h\n\nExplanation:  You can ruff the trick with the 7h.

What should North play?

 20

 18

 43
Answer:  5s or 7s (we use 5s)\n\nExplanation:  You should play a small spade from North's dummy hand and ruff it with the Jh at this
stage.  From here all your team's cards are winners.

What should North play?

 35

 36

 42

 12

 4

 10

 2

 34

 7

 37

 21

 51

 22

 1

 49

 45

 6

 3

 8

 3
 10
 1
 0
 1
 0
You made the contract of 4 hearts exactly, which is worth 120 points and game.

