Bid a hand by Matthias Huberschwiller

Like every month, you will have to bid a hand from the beginning till the end.

It is recommended that you take the other quiz first, you will need it to succeed here.

Good luck.

Question 1

Your Hand
♠ A 9 6 2
♥ K Q J
♦ 6 2
♣ K Q 4 2

Q: 1 - What do you bid as South?

South	West	North	East
-	-	1♦	Pass
?

A: 1♠ - When you are 4-4, you need to bid the cheapest suit available. Spades can be bid at the 1-level, so you need to bid them first.

Your result so far:

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Question 2

Your Hand
♠ A 9 6 2
♥ K Q J
♦ 6 2
♣ K Q 4 2

Q: 2 - What do you bid as South?

South	West	North	East
-	-	1♦	Pass
1♠	Pass	3♠	Pass
?

A: 4♣ - When your partner confirms that you have a fit with a jump, he must have a 15-17 unbalanced hand with 4 Spades.
You can hope for a slam, but you must check for controls first. You are missing a Diamond control, so you need to cue-bid your first control: Clubs.

Your result so far:

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Question 3

Your Hand
♠ A 9 6 2
♥ K Q J
♦ 6 2
♣ K Q 4 2

Q: 3 - What do you bid as South?

South	West	North	East
-	-	1♦	Pass
1♠	Pass	3♠	Pass
4♣	Pass	4♦	Pass
?

A: 4NT - Your partner cue-bids his Diamond control, now you know that your side controls every suit.
You can use our friend the Blackwood convention to check for Keycards.

Your result so far:

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Question 4

Your Hand
♠ A 9 6 2
♥ K Q J
♦ 6 2
♣ K Q 4 2

Q: 4 - What do you bid as South?

South	West	North	East
-	-	1♦	Pass
1♠	Pass	3♠	Pass
4♣	Pass	4♦	Pass
4 NT	Pass	5♣ *	Pass
?

5♣ - 3 or 0 keycard(s)

A: 5♦ - Your partner has 3 keycards. That means your side have a total of 4 out of the 5 keycards.
You may be able to make a slam, but you need to verify that you also have the Queen of Trumps, since losing a trick with the missing keycard and another with the Queen of Trumps would make your slam go down.

The next bid after 5♣, 5♦, asks that question.

Your result so far:

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Question 5

Your Hand
♠ A 9 6 2
♥ K Q J
♦ 6 2
♣ K Q 4 2

Q: 5 - What do you bid as South?

South	West	North	East
-	-	1♦	Pass
1♠	Pass	3♠	Pass
4♣	Pass	4♦	Pass
4 NT	Pass	5♣	Pass
5♦	Pass	5♠	Pass
?

A: Pass - Missing one keycard and the Queen of Trumps with only an 8-card fit doesn't make slam a good bet. Let's be careful and stop at the 5-level.

Your partner's hand:
♠ K 8 4 3
♥ 8 6 2
♦ A K J 4 3
♣ A

You can see there is no way you can ever make 6♠, and even 6 NT would be a disastrous contract (You would need the Diamonds to be 3-3 and the Queen to be in West's hand, an 18% chance. Who wants to bid a slam that goes down 82% of the time?).

Your result so far:

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