Defence: Overtaking and Signalling

1. Most got to 4H, which should have been defeated. https://tinyurl.com/y59j95fz Without this defence, declarer can make 11 tricks https://tinyurl.com/yxdhwdbq


2. Your partner will work out that you had AD but did not play it. Instead the card you played must be a SUIT PREFERENCE signal! https://tinyurl.com/yxh6gotk https://tinyurl.com/y4p2g4m7 Without this defence, declarer makes 11 tricks. https://tinyurl.com/y3zz3ycp

The following hands are all problem hands for East. Click on the East Heading and you can look at the hand from East’s point of view.

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4. East must overtake, so the defence can make the first 4 tricks. http://tinyurl.com/y3o3m4tc

5. Whether or not declarer plays the ace from dummy, East must unblock. http://tinyurl.com/y5qzwm8z http://tinyurl.com/y2ukwfcz

9. http://tinyurl.com/y7vk2mwl Overtake so that you can draw trumps. Partner has none left.

10. http://tinyurl.com/y7bvseqz Poll 3: Your partner leads 7S. How many spades did your partner start off with: 1, 2, 3. Or Can’t tell. Overtake so you can give partner a ruff.