Bridge Basics by Ron Klinger

Author:Ron Klinger
Format: epub
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing (Perseus)

1♠

Pass

2♠

All pass

Bidding: As the top limit for an overcall is 16 HCP, East raises only to 2♠. No one has enough to push higher.

Lead: ♥2. It is normal to lead your partner’s suit and a singleton is very attractive.

Play: South can see that the lead is a singleton. Only one other heart is missing and with a doubleton, your partner would lead the top card, not the bottom. South cashes ♦A-K (A-then-K to show a doubleton), creating a void, and leads a heart for North to ruff. South ruffs the diamond return and the ♠A is the setting trick..

Hand 31: Raising an Overcall—Third Hand High—Finding a Switch

Dealer South: Nil vulnerable

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