The Camrose trophy is the series among England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Paul Bowyer was a commentator in the 2012 event, and reported some interesting hands to Vu-Bridge.

Paul said: 'There are only 6 deals in this series, but they are scorchers!'

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This is lovely little deal. Can you make 4♠ with two trump losers and two Heart losers?

Well, actually, yes – in fact you may well end up not losing a Heart at all...! Yes, really!

At the table North found the best lead of a low Diamond, won by the ♦A. Declarer played off the ♠A and learnt the bad news.

He then cashed three top Clubs, pitching his Diamond, and ruffed a Diamond in hand.

Then came the ♥K. If North took his ♥A he was end-played, forced to give away a Heart trick or provide a ruff-and-discard. So, correctly, he ducked the ♥K.

Now West exited with a trump to South. That player cashed his two trump tricks and exited with the ♣10. Make that “tried to exit with the ♣10”.

West simply threw his ♥4 on it leaving South on play.

With only Diamonds left South was obliged to lead one, so away went the last Heart as dummy ruffed.

So with two Heart losers and two trump losers declarer managed no Heart losers and a Club loser. If that sounds a little odd – would it help if I said that declarer was Irish? Begorrah!

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1 - Bidding: Click the 'Play' button in the middle of the page to display the bidding box.

When you are ready, click the 'Start Bidding' button.

When a bid is alerted, it is shown on a yellow background. You can then click that bid to display the related alert.

When there is a comment or a question about your own bid, you can read it on the bidding box comments pane, and then, click the 'Ok' button to continue bidding.

Click 'Close Bidding Box' to proceed to playing the hand.

2 - Playing: The lead is automatic if you are declarer, otherwise you'll see the 'It's your lead' warning in the center pane.

You will play your cards and dummy's as if you were at a live table.

2.1 -Touching cards are considered equivalent! e.g. if you have 876 and you play the 7 while Vu-Bridge expects you to play the 6, then the 7 will blink and the 6 will be played.

2.2 -Sometimes there will be a comment or question during the play.
You should read it and click the 'Click to continue' button at the top of the comment text.

If its a question, there will be a 'Show Answer' button to click at the bottom of the comment pane.

2.3 - When a comment bears a 'Finish flag' button, you can click it to reveal hidden hands and continue playing. We use this to explain technical coups like end-plays, squeezes etc.

2.4 - You can review the last trick by clicking on the last won or lost trick (back of card) at the bottom of the screen. The last trick will show during 3 seconds and then play will continue.

2.5 - You can click the 'Undo last trick' button at the let of the screen in order to redo one or several tricks and review the attached comments.
You can review the auction by clicking the 'Auction' tab in the same area.
3 - Moving the comment pane:

When the mouse hover the dark green background of the bidding box or the comment pane, you'll see a crosshair cursor and you can drag and move it around the page.

The left and right arrows on the top left corner of the comment pane allows you to increase or reduce the width for better readability.

4 - When a hand is finished, you can click the 'Board List' at the top of the comment pane, and play other hands From the same Series.

To play other Series, visit the Vu-Bridge's home page and click the 'Bridge Hands' button.