CARD READING. Drawing correct inferences about the nature of the opponent's holdings and distribution from information disclosed by the auction and the fall of the cards.
South plays in 4♠ after East has opened the bidding with 1♣. (The bidding sequence has voluntarily been omitted).
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South plays in 4♠ after East has opened the bidding with 1♣.
West leads the ♣2 and East wins with the ace, and shifts to the ♥9. A seemingly secure contract is now in some jeopardy.
East clearly has a singleton heart, and very likely three trumps including the king. Obviously his play is to win the second trump lead and put partner in with a club honor for a heart ruff.
Declarer can foil this defense by playing East for the ♦Q (not unlikely on the bidding).
Winning the heart in dummy, he plays off the ♦A-K before crossing to the ♠A. The ♦J is led from dummy, East covering and South discarding his last club, thus effectively severing communication between the defenders (see Scissors Coup in Advanced Plays).
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1 - Bidding: Click the 'Play' button in the middle of the page to display the bidding box.
When you are ready, click the 'Start Bidding' button.
When a bid is alerted, it is shown on a yellow background. You can then click that bid to display the related alert.
When there is a comment or a question about your own bid, you can read it on the bidding box comments pane, and then, click the 'Ok' button to continue bidding.
Click 'Close Bidding Box' to proceed to playing the hand.
2 - Playing: The lead is automatic if you are declarer, otherwise you'll see the 'It's your lead' warning in the center pane.
You will play your cards and dummy's as if you were at a live table.
2.1 -Touching cards are considered equivalent! e.g. if you have 876 and you play the 7 while Vu-Bridge expects you to play the 6, then the 7 will blink and the 6 will be played.
2.2 -Sometimes there will be a comment or question during the play. You should read it and click the 'Click to continue' button at the top of the comment text.
If its a question, there will be a 'Show Answer' button to click at the bottom of the comment panel.
2.3 - When a comment bears a 'Finish flag' button, you can click it to reveal hidden hands and continue playing. We use this to explain technical coups like end-plays, squeezes etc.
2.4 - You can review the last trick by clicking on the last won or lost trick (back of card) at the bottom of the screen. The last trick will show during 3 seconds and then play will continue.
2.5 - You can click the 'Undo last trick' button at the left of the screen in order to redo one or several tricks and review the attached comments. You can review the auction by clicking the 'Auction' tab in the same area. 3 - Moving the comment panel:
When the mouse hovers the dark green background of the bidding box or the comment panel, you'll see a crosshair cursor and you can drag and move it around the page.
The left and right arrows on the top left corner of the comment panel allows you to increase or reduce the width for better readability.
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The final contract is shown above.
If necessary, the deal has been rotated to place your hand at the bottom of the diagram.