Hand of the Week

Each week, a new hand played in a live bridge game in Alaska will be featured on this page.

I will be at the Midnight Sun Regional in Anchorage this week; the next several hands of the week will feature hands played at the tournament.

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Current hand of the week - posted 02 Jul 10

Browse previous hands of the week:

Index by level and theme of previous hands of the week:

Index by specific topics:

• Bidding:
  • Choosing the right strain 310 224 222 214 212 210 33 32 27
  • Competitive judgment 309 307 216 211 30 26 21 19 16 4
  • Hand evaluation 304 301 220 204 9 5
  • Planning ahead for your rebid 232
  • Raising partner 301 219 2
  • Slam decisions 201 18
  • Standard American basics 311 231 227 215 202 19 15 8 6
  • Third seat openings 205
  • Unauthorized information 307 221
• Declarer play:
  • Card Combinations 305 206 27 26
  • Choosing the best line of play 306 230 223 217 31 1
  • Clues from the auction 207
  • Counting 20
  • Endplays 209 13
  • Safe and dangerous opponents 209 29 24 3
  • Trump handling 203
  • Unblocking 225
• Defense:
  • Clues from the auction 14
  • Counting partner's and declarer's hands 208 28 7
  • Opening leads 311 308 302 229 218 213 208 34 23 22 11 10
  • Signals
    • Attitude 303
    • Count
    • Suit Preference 25 228
  • Third hand play 25 228
  • Unusual defensive maneuvers:
    • Avoiding an endplay 27
    • Cutting declarer's communication with dummy 12
    • Preventing partner from misdefending 226
    • Refusing to play third hand high 302