West	North	East	South  1	North deals	A K J 9 7 6		TT=8	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
	1	2	Pass	None vul	2		1. S	2	3	K	10
Pass	2	3	Pass		5 4 2		2. N	A	Q	6	4
Pass	Pass				A 6 5		3. N	9!	J	7!	5
				8 5 4 3		Q 10	4. E	A	4	3	2
8 9	12 14	17 18	3 5	5 3		A K J 10 9 7	5. E	3	8	K	2
				K Q 10		A J 3	6. W	5	4	K	6
				K 4 3 2		Q 7	7. E	10	Q	2	6
					2		8. S	J	3	A!	7
Bidding	Reopening bid				Q 8 6 4		9. N	J	7	8	8
	Rebid by overcaller				9 8 7 6			Win the rest
Defense	Suit preference signal				J 10 9 8
	Trump promotion			3 East		Down 1 -50

West	North	East	South  2	East deals	K J 9 4		TT=7	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
		1	2	N-S vul	Q 10 6		1. W	J	Q	A	4
Pass	2 NT	Pass	3		J 6 5		2. E	K	7	5	6
Pass	Pass	Pass			K J 7		3. E	8!	9	3	10
				Q 8 6 5		A 10 7 3	4. W	5!	J	A	2
5 5	11 11	13 15	11 13	J 5		A K 8 3 2	5. E	2!	9	Q!	4
				Q 10 3		4		Claim the rest
				8 4 3 2		Q 6 5
					2
					9 7 4
					A K 9 8 7 2
Defense	Suit preference signal				A 10 9
	Trump promotion			3 South		Down 1 -100

West	North	East	South  3	South deals	6 5 3 2		TT=6	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
			1	E-W vul	Q J 8 6		1. E	3	4	A!	6
Pass	1	1	3		A 10		2. W	J!	Q	3	5
3	4	AP			Q 10 6		3. E	8!	J	K	2
				K 10 7		A Q 9 8 4	4. W	7	10	2	8
8 9	9 10	8 10	15 16	7 5		9 3 2		Win the rest
				8 3 2		Q 9 7 4
				A J 9 7 2		3
					J
					A K 10 4
Bidding	Competitive auction				K J 6 5
Defense	Suit preference signal				K 8 5 4
	Underlead to partner			4 North		Down 1 -50

West	North	East	South  4	West deals	9 7 5		TT=10	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
1	Pass	2	Pass	Both vul	Q J 7 6		1. N	3	7	2!	A
4	Pass	Pass	Pass		3		2. W	K	7!	4	A
					J 9 6 5 2		3. S	4!	5	5	8
18 19	4 6	10 10	8 10	K Q 10 8 3		J 6 4	4. N	5!	7	A	3
				A 2		K 8 5	5. S	6	J	9	10
				A Q J 5		K 10 8 7		Win the rest
				Q 3		K 8 7
					A 2
					10 9 4 3
					9 6 4 2
Bidding	Follow up major raise				A 10 4
Defense	Suit preference signal			4 West		Down 1 -100

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West	North	East	South  1	North deals	K 8 6		TT=7	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
	1	3	4	None vul	A Q 10 3 2		1. E	4	5	A	K
Pass	Pass	Pass			A J		2. W	2!	6	7	10
					J 9 3		3. E	8!	7	K	3
7 9	15 16	8 11	10 12	A 9 7 3 2		4	4. W	3	8	9	J
				6 5		9 7		Win the rest
				10 9 8 3		Q 7 2
				K 6		A Q 10 8 5 4 2
Bidding	Weak jump overcall				Q J 10 5
Defense	Suit preference signal				K J 8 4
	Underlead to partner				K 6 5 4
	Without K West should				7
	always ask for diamond			4 North		Down 1 -50

West	North	East	South  2	East deals	K Q 8		TT=7	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
		1 NT	Pass	N-S vul	9 5 3		1. S	5	3	Q	4
2	Pass	2	Pass		K 8 6		2. N	K	10	J!	7
3 NT	Pass	Pass	Pass		9 8 6 5		3. N	8	A	9!	3!
				7 3		A 10 4	4. E	J	2	7	K
10 11	8 8	16 17	6 7	K 10 7 4		Q 8 2	5. N	3!	2	A	4
				A Q 10 9 7		J 4		Lose 2 more tricks
				J 3		A K Q 10 4
Bidding	Stayman convention				J 9 6 5 2
Play	Deceptive play				A J 6
Defense	Suit preference signal				5 3 2
	South plays high spades				7 2
	to show heart entry			3 NT East		Down 2 -100

West	North	East	South  3	South deals	A K J 8		TT=8	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
			1	E-W vul	10 3		1. W	3	7	A	K
Pass	1	Pass	3		Q 10 9 7		2. E	K	6	Q!	2
Pass	4	AP			9 3 2		3. E	4!	2	5	9
				Q 9 7 5		10 4 3 2	4. W	A	3	5	8
8 10	10 11	8 9	14 17	9 5 2		7 4		Win the rest
				3		A 6 5 4
				A Q 10 7 4		K J 5
					6
Play	Deceptive play				A K Q J 8 6
Defense	West’s 3 is unreadable				K J 8 2
	but Q is illogical				8 6
	and a wakeup to East			4 South		Down 1 -50

West	North	East	South  4	West deals	A K Q 10		TT=9	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
1	1	2	Pass	Both vul	2		1. N	A	5	2	3
4	Pass	Pass	Pass		Q 9 7 5 4		2. N	K	6	4!	9
					J 7 2		3. N	2!	3	Q	K
16 18	12 14	8 8	4 4	9 3		J 7 6 5	4. W	A	2	4	5
				A K J 8 7 3		10 6 4	5. W	K?	4	6	9
				A J		K 8 2	6. W	3	5	10	Q
				K 9 6		A 8 3	7. S	10!	6	7	A
Bidding	Choose defensive action				8 4 2		8. E	7	8	7	10
Defense	Suit preference signal				Q 9 5		9. W	J	7!	8	4
	Break up squeeze				10 6 3		10. W	8	9!	J	5
	South would play 8 at				Q 10 5 4			Lose 1 more trick
	trick 2 if prefer diam			4 West		Down 1 -100

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