Okay, before watching the video, think through this 6♠ contract:

Dummy:

♠QT5 ♥K7 ♦JT75 ♣AQ86

Your hand:

♠A9863 ♥AJ6 ♦AK ♣K43

West leads the ♣J. What is your best chance at making your 6♠ contract? Specifically, how are you going to play this spade combo? Leave a comment sharing your thought process...

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Hi, ,

In this free 15 minute bridge lesson, Adam guides us through four hands, focusing on our first steps as declarer in both notrumps and suit contracts: when and why should we count our winers, and when and why should we count our losers.

Be sure to watch through the end to see how Adam guides us through the challenging slam hand described above:

Watch the Slam Hand

Adam teaches some of our most popular and advanced lessons with his Monday class, The Expert Thought Process, and his Thursday 90 minute play sessions with robots, Thinking Through Declarer Play (discounted for members).

We'd love to have you join us in either. Thank you for your support! We hope you've enjoyed this video lesson we originally recorded for an ACBL celebrity series.

Your partner in learning,

Bajir from Learn Bridge Online

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