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 Bidding systems are there to give you a structure by Bobby Wolff

Bidding systems are there to give you a structure.

But sometimes your hands don't correspond to one bid only, they may be somewhere inbetween and the more you exercise these situations, the more often you will choose the succesful call.

What would you do with these five hands?

Question 1

  Your Hand
♠ 8 6
♥ K 10 7
♦ 10 6 5 4
♣ K J 9 4 		 
Q: 1 - What do you bid next as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
-Pass1♠Double
1NTPassPassDouble
?


 Your choice:
A: Pass: You have no reason to remove the double; but how much more do you need in order to redouble here? At least another queen, I'd say. It is best to pass; you have no reason to encourage your partner to take another call unless he has a clear action.



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Question 2

  Your Hand
♠ A J 10 6 4
♥ K 4
♦ 8 6
♣ 10 8 5 3 		 
Q: 2 - What do you bid next as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
-Pass1NTPass
2♥Pass2♠Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 2NT: There are three sensible actions here if you believe (as I do) that passing would be too pessimistic. You can introduce your clubs, or rebid in no-trump, either inviting game or driving to three no-trump. I would conceal my clubs and invite game with two no-trump. If partner can't bid game, we may be too high already.


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Question 3

  Your Hand
♠ K J 5 2
♥ Q 7
♦ -
♣ K Q J 8 7 3 2 		 
Q: 3 - What do you bid as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
1♣Pass1♥Double
?


 Your choice:
A: 3♣: Without your opponents' double, you'd rebid one spade, of course. But here, when RHO has implied spade length, it seems right to emphasize your extra club length at once. When you bid one spade, then even if the opponents climb high in diamonds quickly, you haven't really described the main feature of your hand. You can bid either two clubs or three clubs; I think I prefer the jump, but it is close.


Your result so far:
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Question 4

  Your Hand
♠ 6 5
♥ A Q 3
♦ 7 4 3 2
♣ A J 9 5 		 
Q: 4 - What do you bid as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
Pass1♣Double1♠
?


 Your choice:
A: 1NT: In auctions of this sort, where everybody is bidding, I tend to assume that if someone is stretching, it is probably my partner. Had East not bid spades, I might have tried two no-trump. As it is, I shall lurk in the bushes and bid just one no-trump, hoping to get a chance to double the opponents if they step out of line.


Your result so far:
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Question 5

  Your Hand
♠ K 5 2
♥ 6 3 2
♦ Q 7 3
♣ K Q 8 2 		 
Q: 5 - What do you bid as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
Pass1♠2♥2♠
?


 Your choice:
A: Double: If your spade king were a working card, you might jump to four hearts now. As it is, standard bidding does not leave you enough space to describe a good hand for hearts below the level of three hearts. Perhaps the best solution is to double two spades, planning to retreat to three hearts to show your high cards plus heart tolerance. With only three small hearts, you can afford to delay supporting partner.


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