Tutorial hand for
Omar Sharif On Bridge
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South should bid 1 heart because he has 14 points with 5 hearts.

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Since North supported South's hearts, South should establish his
strength in hearts and rebid at 3 hearts.

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Since North took the bidding to game at 4 hearts, South should pass.

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North should play the 5 of diamonds so that South can lead.

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South should take the trick with the King of diamonds.

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South should play the 2 of clubs to give the lead back to the
dummy.

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North takes the trick with the King of clubs.

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North should try to bleed out the King and Queen of trump by
playing the 4 of hearts.

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South should play the 10 of hearts to force West to play the Queen.

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North takes the trick with the Jack of diamonds.

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South gives up the low diamond in hand.

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This is the critical trick!  North should play the 9 of hearts
to finesse the Jack in South's hand.  

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The finesse works as East did not play the King of hearts.  South
should play the Jack to win the trick.

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South plays the Ace of hearts to bleed out the remaining trumps.

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North should play his final trump card.

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South should play the seven of diamonds to claim North's remaining
diamond winners.

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North should play the Queen of diamonds to win the trick.

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North should lead with his remaining diamond winner, the Ace.

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South should respond by getting rid of a low spade.

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North should lead down to South's Ace of clubs to pick up the
remaining tricks.  It should be trivial now for contract to be made.

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South takes the trick with the Ace of clubs.

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South should play his remaining trumps to take the contract.

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North throws away a card.

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South plays the final trump to make the contract exactly.

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North throws away another card.

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South can play any card here.  It will lose.

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North cannot win with any card here.

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Play remaining card at a loss.

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Play remaining card at a loss.

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