{"id":25039,"date":"2026-07-22T07:25:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T06:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bridge.com\/publication\/4-hearts\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T07:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T06:26:12","slug":"4-hearts","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/bridge.com\/en\/publication\/4-hearts\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Hearts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-deal-id=\"25038\" data-display-index=\"1\" data-type=\"bridge-deal\" class=\"bridge-deal-wrapper\"><p>Display not available.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>1)<span class=\"card-suit suit-spades notranslate\">\u2660<\/span> A <span class=\"card-suit suit-spades notranslate\">\u2660<\/span> 7 <span class=\"card-suit suit-spades notranslate\">\u2660<\/span> 3 <span class=\"card-suit suit-spades notranslate\">\u2660<\/span> 5<\/p>\n<p>2)<span class=\"card-suit suit-diamonds notranslate\">\u2666<\/span> 8 <span class=\"card-suit suit-diamonds notranslate\">\u2666<\/span> 3 <span class=\"card-suit suit-diamonds notranslate\">\u2666<\/span> 2 <span class=\"card-suit suit-diamonds notranslate\">\u2666<\/span> J<\/p>\n<p>3)<span class=\"card-suit suit-hearts notranslate\">\u2665<\/span> 4 <span class=\"card-suit suit-hearts notranslate\">\u2665<\/span> 5 <span class=\"card-suit suit-hearts notranslate\">\u2665<\/span> K <span class=\"card-suit suit-hearts notranslate\">\u2665<\/span> 3<\/p>\n<p>4)<span class=\"card-suit suit-hearts notranslate\">\u2665<\/span> 10 <span class=\"card-suit suit-hearts notranslate\">\u2665<\/span> 6 <span class=\"card-suit suit-hearts notranslate\">\u2665<\/span> 7 <span class=\"card-suit suit-hearts notranslate\">\u2665<\/span> A<\/p>\n<p>5)<span class=\"card-suit suit-diamonds notranslate\">\u2666<\/span> Q <span class=\"card-suit suit-diamonds notranslate\">\u2666<\/span> 9 <span class=\"card-suit suit-diamonds notranslate\">\u2666<\/span> 4 <span class=\"card-suit suit-diamonds notranslate\">\u2666<\/span> A<\/p>\n<p>Play trumps and claim making 5, +650<\/p>\n<p>Playing 4 <span class=\"card-suit suit-hearts notranslate\">\u2665<\/span> and making 5, in spite of 5 -2 fit gives a good score.<\/p>\n<p>This is due to sophisticated bidding of 3 <span class=\"card-suit suit-hearts notranslate\">\u2665<\/span> over 2 <span class=\"card-suit suit-clubs notranslate\">\u2663<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If East leads <span class=\"card-suit suit-clubs notranslate\">\u2663<\/span>, then east can give <span class=\"card-suit suit-clubs notranslate\">\u2663<\/span> ruff on winning <span class=\"card-suit suit-hearts notranslate\">\u2665<\/span> A<\/p>\n<p>5 <span class=\"card-suit suit-clubs notranslate\">\u2663<\/span> contract by North make 5, +600<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1)\u2660 A \u2660 7 \u2660 3 \u2660 5 2)\u2666 8 \u2666 3 \u2666 2 \u2666 J 3)\u2665 4 \u2665 5 \u2665 K \u2665 3 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