{"id":1237,"date":"2011-01-06T16:24:01","date_gmt":"2011-01-07T00:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/?p=1237"},"modified":"2013-01-09T15:31:49","modified_gmt":"2013-01-09T23:31:49","slug":"poll-24-4-heart-with-100-honors-missing-the-queen-01072010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/?p=1237","title":{"rendered":"Poll #24, In 4 Hearts: &#8220;100 honors&#8221; missing Queen, 01\/07\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Playing Contract Bridge in 4 Hearts: &#8220;100 honors&#8221; missing Queen<\/h2>\n<p><noscript>JavaScript needs to be enabled for polling to work. <a href='http:\/\/www.constantcontact.com\/survey\/index.jsp?cc=ViraWidPOL'>Online Surveys<\/a> by Constant Contact.<\/noscript><a class=\"twitter-share-button\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\">Tweet<\/a><strong> <\/strong><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><br \/>\n<strong>In today&#8217;s poll, the good news is we have all the winners in the minors. On the other hand, figuring out how to play the major suits seems to require a bit of guess work, or not. Hopefully we can come up with a sound strategy that will help us find that magical 10th trick. In fact, after enough Contract Bridge or Duplicate Bridge play, some hand patterns begin to look like old friends of ours. So put on your thinking cap, explore the alternatives in our poll and elect your candidate &#8211; good luck getting your winner on top of the heap!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bridgehands-videos.s3.amazonaws.com\/Poll_24\/Poll_24.html\" target=\"_blank\">View our online video commentary of bidding and play with card animation.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Free\/Premium\/ULTRA Members &#8211; please scroll down for more video<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"font: 12pt 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><!-- Board 3: Diagram --><\/div>\n<table class=\"bchd\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"left\">\n<h2>\u2660 Q 3 2<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u2665<\/span> K 10 5 4<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u2666<\/span> Q J 9 7<br \/>\n\u2663 3 2<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">\n<h2>\u2660 \u2014<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u2665<\/span> \u2014<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u2666<\/span> \u2014<br \/>\n\u2663\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<table class=\"bcct\" width=\"64\" border=\"0\" frame=\"void\" rules=\"none\" bgcolor=\"#008000\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" align=\"center\">\n<h2>N<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">\n<h2>W<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">\n<h2>E<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" align=\"center\">\n<h2>S<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">\n<h2>\u2660 \u2014<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u2665<\/span> \u2014<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u2666<\/span> \u2014<br \/>\n\u2663 \u2014<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"left\">\n<h2>\u2660 J 7 6<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u2665<\/span> A J 7 6<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u2666<\/span> A K 5 4<br \/>\n\u2663 A K<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>After 2NT by South, North bids 3 Clubs, Stayman asking opener to bid a 4 card major \u2013 up the line. \u00a0East doubles 3 Clubs \u2013 now what\u2019s that all about? Not deterred, South rebids 3 Hearts and responder signfos off in a 4 Heart game.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>On lead, West understands East\u2019s double of North\u2019s artificial 3 Club conventional bid as both showing a real suit and asking partner to lead the artificial suit.\u00a0 With an otherwise difficult lead decision, West is more than happy to lead a Club.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>After the dummy comes down, initially our declarer South is happy to count 20 + 8 High Card Points, more than enough for most game contracts.\u00a0 But on later reflection, South detects a problem \u2013 do you see it, too?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>Free, Premium and ULTRA Members &#8211; please login for lesson details<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><strong><\/strong><!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>Please login or register to view this content.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Premium and ULTRA Members &#8211; please login for advanced lesson on tips, tricks, and traps as well as download files of <em>BridgeHands<\/em> materials for your use.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Please login or register to view this content.<br \/>\nPlease login or register to view this content.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So it turns out there are two types of people: those who learn from others by identifying patterns and those who intuitively deduce thing on their own. \u00a0For most of us, the former is much more effective and a quicker way to success than the later. \u00a0But there is another type: those who sadly don\u2019t seem to learn life\u2019s lessons at all.\u00a0 Fortunately, having completed this lesson and mastering our <em>BridgeHands<\/em> training, you don\u2019t have to worry about being in that camp!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Congratulations to all of our emerging Bridge Masters,<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<strong>Michael<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Playing Contract Bridge in 4 Hearts: &#8220;100 honors&#8221; missing Queen JavaScript needs to be enabled for polling to work. 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