Page 1     North A Q 6 A K 7 3 K J 6 Q 3 2       West       East                               South 7 2 Q 6 4 A 9 5 3 2 A K 7

"SAFETY FIRST"     North East South West     1 Pass 1 Pass     2NT Pass 3 Pass     3 Pass 4NT Pass     5 Pass 6 All Pass          2NT shows a balanced 19-20 pts. 3C is Forcing and when North shows a Diamond fit, South goes with Blackwood to find 2 Aces in North. With 33 pts 6D it is. The 10H is led.

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Page 2     North A Q 6 A K 7 3 K J 6 Q 3 2   Bid is 6 D                         West   10           East               South 7 2 Q 6 4 A 9 5 3 2 A K 7

PLAY OF THE HAND           You have losers only in Spades and Diamonds. If the Spade finesse wins you can afford to lose a trump and will play to guard against a 4-1 split.   If the QS loses however, you can't lose any trump tricks so you must hope they are 3-2 and you can finesse the Jack successfully. So you must immediately take the Spade finesse to find out how to play trumps.

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Page 3     North A Q 6 A K 7 3 K J 6 Q 3 2   Bid is 6 D                         West   10             East               South 7 2 Q 6 4 A 9 5 3 2 A K 7

PLAY OF THE HAND           This is why it is so important to count tricks and make a plan before you start playing.   1)   The 10H lead is won with the Queen. 2)   A low Spade is led and the QS wins! 3)   Declarer cashes the KD in dummy.

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Page 4     North A 6 A K 7 J 6 Q 3 2   Bid is 6 D         N/S =3   E/W=0           West               East               South 7 6 4 A 9 5 3 A K 7

PLAY OF THE HAND           Since the QS won you can afford to lose 1 trump trick. Now to play the trumps safely so nothing goes wrong in case there is a 4-1 split.   4)   Declarer comes to hand with the AC. 5)   South leads to the JD and East's QD. 6)   East returns a Club and dummy's Queen wins.

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Page 5     North A 6 A K 7 6 3   Bid is 6 D         N/S =5   E/W=1           West               East     10 7         South 7 6 4 A 9 5 K

PLAY OF THE HAND           Now it's time to get the rest of the trumps in. This will be easy since you know West showed out last time when East won their Queen.   7)   Lead the 6D to East's 7 and your 9. 8)   Draw the last trump with your AD. 9)   Lead the 7S to the board's Ace.

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Page 6     North   A K 7   3   Bid is 6 D         N/S =8   E/W=1           West               East               South   6 4 5 K

PLAY OF THE HAND           The rest of the tricks are now yours for the taking. Well done! All it took was a little planning

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Page 7     North A Q 6 A K 7 3 K J 6 Q 3 2       West K 8 5 3 10 9 8 2 8 J 9 6 4       East J 10 9 4 J 5 Q 10 7 4 10 8 5       South 7 2 Q 6 4 A 9 5 3 2 A K 7

WRAPUP OF THE HAND           Trumps are the main problem in this hand and many others. When the QS holds you assume trumps are breaking 4-1 and make a safety play so they cannot win more than 1 trump trick since you don't know who will have the long trumps.

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