Board 11 - east doubled your 1c bid - so it was a massive risk to take the heart finesse when you know east has the king of hearts most likely for their double.
On board 6 - if you are greedy - if you play a diamond to the king and then play a heart towards your singleton - south will most likely rise with the ace of heart...which would give the indication of length in hearts...with short hearts and the ace you may well duck this card. South will likely continue with a low heart which you ruff. Now play ace of diamonds and another diamond which you ruff high in dummy. Now draw out the trumps. South has now come up with Ace of hearts the queen of diamonds. They only had 1 spade - so if they had the ace of clubs there is a good chance they would have opened the bidding with 1 heart....therefore when you play towards the clubs you should go up with the king of clubs.
Board 7 - East should double 2hearts and then bid 3nt over whatever west bids - this shows this many points - if you bid 3nt directly over the south hand - then you are more likely to have a hand where you have a heart stop and a long suit with winners in rather than this powerhouse in points. Now the play in 3NT - you are better off winning a diamond in dummy and then playing small towards the Q94 of spades...when north plays low you can finesse them for the jack. If North has the king they are likely to rise with it and play a heart through declarer.
On board 1 you threw away the diamond when you should have thrown away a club -that way you could have won your last two spades separately and got another trick.
Right you are! Keep the diamond, discard two clubs on the KQ of hearts instead, run the successful club finesse, play the AC and then cross ruff the last two tricks.
Board 4 - with that shape - you should overcall 2C rather than hearts first...partner will either bid 2d or 2S (people do different things with 64) if they correctly bid 2d - we now bid 2h - and then opener will bid 2s again. south will now bid 3h - now you have shown 65 - north should just bid 4c rather than 3nt as your diamonds are rubbish and e/w could easily make 5 diamond tricks in 3NT....over 4c south can cue bid 4d...north should cue bid 4h and now we can get to 6c which should make.
Super helpful Mike, thanks. Have just finished classes and now into supervised playing so these were most valuable.
On board 10 - it is standard to usually not ask for aces when we have a void - especially when we have a void in partners suit.
Board 11 - east doubled your 1c bid - so it was a massive risk to take the heart finesse when you know east has the king of hearts most likely for their double.
On board 6 - if you are greedy - if you play a diamond to the king and then play a heart towards your singleton - south will most likely rise with the ace of heart...which would give the indication of length in hearts...with short hearts and the ace you may well duck this card. South will likely continue with a low heart which you ruff. Now play ace of diamonds and another diamond which you ruff high in dummy. Now draw out the trumps. South has now come up with Ace of hearts the queen of diamonds. They only had 1 spade - so if they had the ace of clubs there is a good chance they would have opened the bidding with 1 heart....therefore when you play towards the clubs you should go up with the king of clubs.
Board 7 - East should double 2hearts and then bid 3nt over whatever west bids - this shows this many points - if you bid 3nt directly over the south hand - then you are more likely to have a hand where you have a heart stop and a long suit with winners in rather than this powerhouse in points. Now the play in 3NT - you are better off winning a diamond in dummy and then playing small towards the Q94 of spades...when north plays low you can finesse them for the jack. If North has the king they are likely to rise with it and play a heart through declarer.
On board 1 you threw away the diamond when you should have thrown away a club -that way you could have won your last two spades separately and got another trick.
Right you are! Keep the diamond, discard two clubs on the KQ of hearts instead, run the successful club finesse, play the AC and then cross ruff the last two tricks.
Board 4 - with that shape - you should overcall 2C rather than hearts first...partner will either bid 2d or 2S (people do different things with 64) if they correctly bid 2d - we now bid 2h - and then opener will bid 2s again. south will now bid 3h - now you have shown 65 - north should just bid 4c rather than 3nt as your diamonds are rubbish and e/w could easily make 5 diamond tricks in 3NT....over 4c south can cue bid 4d...north should cue bid 4h and now we can get to 6c which should make.