Julian Foster’s hand commentary provides a good read every week. He picks up an interesting hand for commentary (sometimes from an SBC duplicate, sometimes from elsewhere). His column starts with a basic analysis of the hand then lists some key points to note as a quick summary to take away. It then ends with some more advanced points if you progress well with this laddered reading.
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- Best way to play 3NT?
This hand is taken from the SBC Harmony Park Swiss Pairs congress played on 14 February 2026 (match 4). Every pair except one played 3NT by South – most commonly after a simple auction 1NT (15-17) 3NT. Every West led ♦Q which seems completely reasonable … Continue reading - Double fits again making lots of tricks!
This hand came up in a recent online club duplicate session. The auction started normally but then livened up somewhat! South opened the normal 1♠ and West overcalled 2♦. North raised to 2♠ (more on that below) and East bid 3♥ (yes obviously she has … Continue reading - Aggressive bidding pays off again!
This hand comes from the Fixed Income Solutions One Day swiss pairs held as part of the Summer Festival of Bridge in Canberra on Fri Jan 16th. It was a 6 round butler imp swiss pairs (a form of scoring I personally hate – see … Continue reading - Defence again. Count your tricks again!
This is another hand from a New Zealand teams event. After a pass from South West opens 1♠. North has a clear takeout double and East will raise to 2♠. South passes and it’s back to West. 4♠ is clear at this point. With so … Continue reading - Count your tricks in defence as well!
Apologies again for the lack of a column last week. Sadly I landed up with flu at the Summer Festival of Bridge in Canberra and have been out of action. Hopefully things will return to normal from now on. This hand is taken from a … Continue reading
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