Hello again Bridge friend! This is the second in a series of newsletters from Topbridge.com. This time we would like give you hints on bidding and declarer play.   System I would like to inform the players about Jacoby, a convention in use after partner's 1 of a Major opening. A 2NT reply on partners 1H/S opening is a game force with at least 4 card support. The openers subsequent bids are: -4H/S is showing a minimum opening -3H/S is showing long trump and extras -3 of a new suit is natural and extras     Dealer: North, All Vulnerable   6 A J 10 9 3 A 10 6 A K 5 2 K J 10 7 3 5 2 7 5 3 9 4 3   9 8 5 2 4 Q J 9 8 2 Q 10 7   A Q 4 K Q 8 7 6 K 4 J 8 6       West   North Tenten East   South Mr.Sandman   1H Pass 2NT* pass 3C* Pass 3H Pass 3S* Pass 4D* Pass 4H Pass 4NT* Pass 5C* Pass 5NT* Pass 6C* Pass 7H All Pass   Tenten in North opened 1heart and Mr.Sandman in South bid 2NT. 3clubs showed a club suit and a strong hand. Mr. Sandman bid 3hearts waiting bid, then 3spades and 4diamonds were cuebids. Tenten slowed down I 4hearts, but Mr. Sandman had plenty of resources and bid 4NT; Roman Key Card Blackwood. 5clubs showed 3 (or zero) aces and 5NT was grand slam interest. 6clubs showed the king of clubs and Mr. Sandman bid 7 hearts, a bit risky with J x x in clubs. The declarer play was very interesting. Tenten received the diamond queen lead. He temporised the play perfectly by taking the following route: He won with the diamond king. Cashed the ace of spades, and ruffed a spade high. Then he lead a trump to South and ruffed the last spade high. He draw the outstanding trump and cashed the ace and king of clubs. Then he led a trump to dummy, and cashed another trump from dummy, discarding a club from his hand. This was the position:     - - A 1O 5 - - 7 5 9   - - J 9 Q   - 7 4 J   Tenten cashed his last trump discarding his last club. East was squeezed in diamonds and clubs. He correctly hoped that partner had 10x left and discarded a diamond, but then North scored the two last tricks in diamonds. A beautifully performed squeeze for a well deserved top. More information about the Topbridge system is available at our nice web pages. There you can also find more examples of the Jacoby 2NT convention.   This mail is only sent to registered players at www.topbridge.com For questions of any kind, please contact mail@topbridge.com