With this hand, Graeme illustrates how helpful fourth suit forcing can be when we know we want the auction to continue but we're not yet able to decide our best contract.
Ever feel good about how you played a hand until you see how many others found an extra trick somewhere?
Endplays are exciting to watch and to play. Whether we're declarer figuring it out or the defender being screwed by the beautiful play, it's always great to see.
How do we stop ourselves getting into our own heads and causing ourselves problems?
The results for this hand were evenly spit. What made the difference? Graeme encourages to dive in deeper looking for all the clues that help us see the unseen hands, while, at the same time, taking a broader perspective beyond the results of this (or any) particular hand.
We open the bidding with 1S, W doubles, and partner responds 2D. Do we want to show support for partner's minor or rebid our good 6-card major suit?
Does it show lots of trumps and not many points or lots of points and a normal trump fit? How do we know?
Does anyone else dread playing in 1NT? It can be so hard to play because, with the strength so balanced, it isn't always clear at first which suits to develop and which to avoid.
After partner opens 1NT showing 15-17 hcp and we have a wonderful hand with 9 hcp and an 8-card club suit. What are our options for responding? How high will we want to bid and how quickly do we want to get there?
If partner's responds at the 2-level, of course, we are denied the chance of a 1NT rebid. How do we accurately show our strength with a balanced hand without as many options?