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No. 37 · Monday, October 26, 2026

Every player who played Daily Hand No. 37 got these same cards, sitting South with three house Experts. Here an Expert sat South too. This is how four Expert AI players bid and played the deal, card by card.

The Deal

WestExpert Bea

Bid 4 · took 5
♠A 7 3 2
♥A K 9
♦7 3
♣J 9 6 2

NorthExpert Ace

Bid 1 · took 1
♠J
♥J 8 7
♦A K 8 6 5
♣10 8 7 3

EastExpert Vic

Bid Nil · took 1
♠10 6 4
♥6 4 3 2
♦Q J 4
♣K Q 4

SouthExpert, the players' seat

Bid 5 · took 6
♠K Q 9 8 5
♥Q 10 5
♦10 9 2
♣A 5
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SSouth deals
West leads

The Bidding

Bids go once around the table, starting left of the dealer. There's no talk between partners, so each seat bids on its own thirteen cards.

  1. 1West (Bea) bid 4.
  2. 2North (Ace) bid 1.
  3. 3East (Vic) bid Nil.
  4. 4South (Expert, the players' seat) bid 5.

The Play

  1. 1West leads A♥ · North 7♥ · East 6♥ · South 5♥West wins

    West covers its partner's Nil, playing high so the Nil bidder can duck.

    East plays under every trick it can to keep its Nil.

  2. 2West leads K♥ · North 8♥ · East 4♥ · South 10♥West wins

  3. 3West leads J♣ · North 3♣ · East 4♣ · South A♣South wins

  4. 4South leads 2♦ · West 7♦ · North 5♦ · East 4♦West wins

    South goes after East's Nil right away, before its own side has its tricks.

    North goes after East's Nil right away, before its own side has its tricks.

  5. 5West leads 9♥ · North J♥ · East 3♥ · South Q♥South wins

    West leads 9♥. Its Nil partner has shown nothing above 4♥.

  6. 6South leads 10♦ · West 3♦ · North K♦ · East Q♦North wins

    South leads 10♦, the top of a suit with no honors.

  7. 7North leads A♦ · East J♦ · South 9♦ · West 2♠West wins

  8. 8West leads A♠ · North J♠ · East 10♠ · South 5♠West wins

  9. 9West leads 9♣ · North 10♣ · East Q♣ · South 5♣East wins

  10. 10East leads 2♥ · South 8♠ · West 2♣ · North 6♦South wins

    West's partner's Nil is broken, so West plays for tricks again.

    The other side needs 3 of the last 4 tricks, so West fights for each one.

  11. 11South leads K♠ · West 3♠ · North 7♣ · East 6♠South wins

  12. 12South leads Q♠ · West 7♠ · North 8♣ · East 4♠South wins

  13. 13South leads 9♠ · West 6♣ · North 8♦ · East K♣South wins

The Result

West bid 4 and took 5 tricks. East bid Nil and took 1 trick, so the Nil was broken.

North-South bid 6 and took 7 tricks. They made it, with 1 bag.

How the Field Did

3 players finished this hand from the South seat, each with three house Experts.

All of them outscored the Experts across the table, and all made their team's bid.

Scored as each player's side against the Experts across the table, the best finish was +100. The Expert who sat South bid 5.

South bidPlayers
33 players
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