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Review Questions
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p The North hand is declarer at 5 ♦. East leads the 5 of ♥.
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Use the North and South hands to answer the next 3 questions.
1. What is the primary hand?
| North | East | South | West |
The North hand has 10 HCP and 14 points overall. The South hand has 15 HCP and 16 points overall. The combined points in the two hands are 25 HCP and 30 points overall HCP. With 6 trumps, North is the primary hand.
2. How many losing tricks are in the primary hand?
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
There are no losers in ♠. There is 1 loser in ♥. There are 2 losers in ♦. There are no losers in ♣. There are 3 losers in this hand.
3. what suit should you attack first?
| ♣ | ♦ | ♥ | ♠ |
Before pulling trump, play two rounds of ♣ and try to pull out the King. After pulling trump at least until there is only a high King left. Then you can use winning %clubs; to discard ♥ losers.
The South hand is declarer at 4 ♠. West leads the 9 of ♣.
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Use the North and South hands to answer the next 3 questions.
4. What is the primary hand?
| North | East | South | West |
The North hand has 13 HCP and 15 points overall. The South hand has 13 HCP and 13 points overall. The combined points in the two hands are 26 HCP and 28 points overall HCP. Either North or South can be the primary hand. Since South is the declarer, we will choose Sout as the primary hand.
5. How many losers are there?
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
There are 2 losers in ♠. There is 1 loser in ♥. There are no losers in ♦. There is 1 loser in ♣. There are 4 losers in this hand.
6. Which suit should be attacked to get the missing trick(s)?
| ♣ | ♦ | ♥ | ♠ |
Pull trumps first but stop before North runs out of trump. Then attack ♥, so you can trump the last ♥ with North’s trump. This strategy will get rid of a ♥ loser.
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