Best given the bidding

The butterflies are floating through the air As the wind whistles through my hair! 

The grass is green and the trees are tall The heat is felt by one and all,  As time ticks and the clock goes by I too let life pass me by!  It is unlikely that West has both the ♠K and the♦Q for a weak jump overcall. A play that caters to West having one (or neither) of those cards is to cross to the ♠A, ruff a club, and exit with ♠Q. If West has the ♠K, then East surely has the ♦Q so only an overtrick has been lost. However, if East has the ♠K and West has the ♠10x or ♠Jx, East is more or less end played. East cannot return a spade without setting up a spade for a diamond discard: East has no clubs and must return a diamond giving you two chances at the apple if you play low. If ♦10 drives out the ♦K, take a diamond finesse on the way back. If East has the ♦10 and West the ♦Q your troubles are over. The suggested line is not 100%, but is the best given the bidding.

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Fantasy!

Nowadays rising up from bed early morning is helped by melodious sweet calls from Koyal, The Nightingale of India, and symbol of sweet song. This call is supposed to foreshadow rain. Let's keep our fingers crossed!! This is one of my favorite hands by Michael Lawrence. South opens 1NT, 15-17 points, and North uses Stayman to reach 4♠. East knows by counting the visible high-card points that West has two, three or four points. The ♥2 lead suggests something in hearts, which can only be the King. Assuming West has the ♥K; there is a defense that may set 4♠. At trick one, East plays the ♥9, not the ♥A. South wins in his hand and finesses the ♠Q. East takes this and now continues the ♥A and another heart. West takes his ♥K, which gets East-West to the crucial moment. If West is wise enough to lead another heart, East's ♠10 is promoted to the setting trick. Fantasy!! Said a boy to his mother: "Dad keep talking about duck, when is he going to get one at home for dinner?"

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How The Suit Is Splitting

In the above deal declarer ruffed the ªA, drew trumps, cashed the ♦A and continued with the ♦2. However, East won with ♦10; and a moment later, West scored two more diamond tricks, much to South's consternation.

All diamond plays work if the suit is splitting 3-3 but 4-2 is almost twice as likely. Declarer should have continued with the ♦A and ♦Q. This wins whenever either opponent has the ♦10x, or ♦Jx, which is twice as likely as someone having the doubleton King.

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Consider entries

Summer has finally come! The warm breeze, the happy songs of the birds and especially the call of cuckoo! Not to miss the flowering tree tops. It's time to have recreational indoor activities and there couldn't be better pass time than bridging on a hot summer day!

West led ♥9 and the declarer could count six top tricks when dummy went down. The club suit was the most likely source of three further tricks, but in that case entries would be needed in the South hand. With this aim in mind South rose with the ♥K at trick one, preserving his ♥A and ♥J.

Without further ado, South played the ♣A and When ♣4 was led from dummy East followed with the ♣3. A finesse of the ♣J would succeed only when East held both ♣K and ♣Q: it would lose when West held a doubleton honour. South decided to rise with the ♣A -- a play that might gain when East held a doubleton honour, since the safer East hand would win the second round. South continued with a low club and was rewarded when the ♣K appeared from West. A spade switch went to East's King and the spade return drew the Jack, Queen and Ace. Now declarer's care at trick one paid off. He crossed to his hand with a heart to the Jack and led the ♣J, forcing out East's ♣Q. Whether or not East chose to cash the ♠10, declarer had nine tricks - four clubs, three hearts and the two Aces.

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