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 Bid a hand by Matthias Huberschwiller

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

Good luck.

Question 1

  Your Hand
♠ K 7 6 2
♥ A K 9 6 5
♦ 8 4
♣ A Q 		 
Q: 1 - What do you bid as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
?


 Your choice:
A: 1♥ - Some may want to open 1 NT with a 5-card major, some don't.

But this is only an option when your distribution is balanced, 5332. With 54 in majors, you need to open the longer major - 1♥.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 2

  Your Hand
♠ K 7 6 2
♥ A K 9 6 5
♦ 8 4
♣ A Q 		 
Q: 2 - What do you bid as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
1♥Pass1♠Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 3♠ - You need to tell your partner that you have a Spade fit.

By jumping to the three-level, you show him an intermediate hand (something between 15 and 17 HCP), and a 4-card Spade fit. He'll know where to go next.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 3

  Your Hand
♠ K 7 6 2
♥ A K 9 6 5
♦ 8 4
♣ A Q 		 
Q: 3 - What do you bid as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
1♥Pass1♠Pass
3♠Pass4♣Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 4♥ - By cue-bidding his first control, your partner is showing interest in slam. You cannot bid Blackwood, since you are missing a Diamond control.

You need to cue-bid Hearts, to show you have a control there, denying one in Diamonds by bypassing them.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 4

  Your Hand
♠ K 7 6 2
♥ A K 9 6 5
♦ 8 4
♣ A Q 		 
Q: 4 - What do you bid as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
1♥Pass1♠Pass
3♠Pass4♣Pass
4♥Pass4 NTPass
?


 Your choice:
A: 5♣ - You have 3 keycards (Two Aces and the King of Spades).

You are showing 3 or 0 keys.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 5

  Your Hand
♠ K 7 6 2
♥ A K 9 6 5
♦ 8 4
♣ A Q 		 
Q: 5 - What do you bid as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
1♥Pass1♠Pass
3♠Pass4♣Pass
4♥Pass4 NTPass
5♣Pass5♦Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 5♠ - Your partner's 5♦ bid is asking for the Trump Queen.

You don't have her, so your only bid is to go back to your trump suit at the lowest available level - 5♠. Your partner passes it because you are missing a key and the Queen.

Your partner's hand:

♠ A J 10 4
♥ Q 3
♦ K Q J 2
♣ K 7 4

You have an inevitable Diamond loser and need to guess the Spades right to make a slam. A slam on a finesse is a bad bet, it was a better call to stop in 5♠, which is cold.

Your result so far:
Open Question

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