For Fun
Overtricks are important in duplicate bridge but so is making our contract. On this hand we have to decide whether to play safe by ducking the first round of clubs or are we going to try and win every trick we possibly can.
When we're planning the play in a hand of bridge it's helpful to have some basic strategies to consider. A common way of playing hand in a suit contract is to draw trumps and then establish a side suit.
A splinter bid in bridge shows trump support and a singleton or void in the suit bid. On this hand our partner's splinter bid helps us to bid slam.