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North, leave the ♠Q on the tableface up and turn your remainingcards face down.East and West, turn your cardsface up.Only 27 cards are face up on thetable … the East and West handsand the ♠Q lead from North.Focus on the East-West hands.NORTH♠QWEST (Declarer) EAST (Dummy)♠ A 9 4 ♠ K 5 3♥ A K 5 3 ♥ 9 4♦ 6 5 4 ♦ Q J 10 9 7♣ Q J 7 ♣ A K 5SOUTH• Let’s go through Declarer’s Plan.• The first step is to Assess the Situation.Q. How many tricks does West need to take in a 3NT contract?A. Nine.• Let’s count the sure tricks.Spades 2Hearts 2Diamonds 0Clubs 3Total 7• The second stage in Declarer’s Plan is to Browse Declarer’s Checklist.Q. Which suit offers the potential to develop extra tricks?A. Diamonds.• Declarer can plan to promote extra tricks in the diamond suit by driving out theopponents’ ♦A and ♦K.• Once the ♦A and ♦K are driven out, declarer will have three extra winners … more thanenough to make the contract.• Before starting to play, declarer needs to go through the third stage – Consider the Order.Q. Should declarer plan to take the winners first before developing tricks in the diamondsuit?A. No.• One of the guidelines under Consider the Order is to “take the losses early.”80
• Declarer wants to give up the lead to the opponents in diamonds while still havingwinners in the other suits with which to regain the lead.• Let’s see how this works by going through the deal trick by trick.Turn all four hands face up on the table, dummy style.Walk the students through the play, trick by trick, as outlined below. After each trick, have thestudents turn all four cards face down before proceeding to the next trick.Trick12345North♠QWest♦4South♠7East♦QSouth♥QEast♠3North♦2West♠4South♦AWest♥KSouth♠2East♦9North♠8West♦5North♥2West♠A1South♦KEast♠KNorth♦3East♥4NotesWe’ll assume North leads the top of thesolid sequence in spades.Declarer wants to establish extra tricks indiamonds right away. It doesn’t matterwhether declarer plays the ♦Q, ♦J, ♦10,or ♦9 from dummy … any of them is highenough to drive out the ♦A or ♦K.South might now lead a heart. However,it’s generally a good idea to returnpartner’s suit unless there is clearly abetter choice. The defenders want to worktogether when establishing tricks.Declarer continues with the plan ofpromoting winners in the diamond suit.North’s spades are established as winnersbut South has no spade to lead. This is theproblem with North’s lead of the ♠Q.North can establish winners in the suit buthas no entry – high card – with which toregain the lead. Let’s assume South nowleads a heart.After winning this trick, declarer has seven more tricks to take … another heart, threeestablished diamond winners, and three clubs. Declarer takes ten tricks in total: two spades, twohearts, three diamonds, and three clubs. Declarer makes 3NT with an overtrick.• Let’s go back and see if it makes a difference if North leads a heart instead of the ♠Q.1 The possibility of holding up on the first spade is outside the scope of declarer play at this point … and would be amistake on the actual deal. It also doesn’t matter whether the first trick is won with the ♠A or ♠K. If anyone asks,you can mention that it’s generally a good idea to keep a high card on the same side of the table as the long suit weare trying to establish.81
Page 1 and 2: Lesson 2OvercallsandAdvances
Page 3 and 4: A note to the teacherThe section on
Page 5 and 6: Exercise One - The Overcall Teacher
Page 7 and 8: Exercise Two - Deal #5: An Overcall
Page 9 and 10: Q. Does West want to compete for th
Page 11 and 12: Q. Does East need to go through the
Page 13 and 14: Exercise Three - The Guideline for
Page 15 and 16: Change the South hand:In spades: ta
Page 17 and 18: Exercise Four - The Guideline for a
Page 19 and 20: Change the South hand:In hearts: ta
Page 21 and 22: Exercise Five - Deal #6: The Advant
Page 23: Focus on the North hand.• North h
Page 27 and 28: • South’s 1♥ overcall didn’
Page 29 and 30: • South has three-card support fo
Page 31 and 32: Observations• The overcaller’s
Page 33 and 34: The BiddingFocus on the South hand
Page 35 and 36: The Play• Let’s consider the pl
Page 37 and 38: North and South, turn your cardsfac
Page 40 and 41: • South, with 11 points, has show
Page 42 and 43: Exercise Nine - Advancer’s Other
Page 44 and 45: Change the South hand:In diamonds:
Page 46 and 47: Change the North hand:In spades: ad
Page 48 and 49: North, place the 1♥ bid in front
Page 50 and 51: Q. What call does North make?A. 2
Page 52 and 53: Exercise Eleven - Deal #8: Advancin
Page 54 and 55: Q. What call would North make after
Page 56 and 57: Trick4567South♥ASouth♠QSouth♠
Page 58: • If West had opened 1♠ instead

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