Responding to an Opening Bid With a Fit by Matthias Huberschwiller

In this quiz, you will need to respond to your partner's opening bid, and you will have a fit.

Will you get everything right?

Good luck!

Question 1

Your Hand
♠ A Q 9 6 5
♥ J 7 4
♦ 6 3
♣ 8 4 2

Q: 1 - What do you bid as South?

South	West	North	East
-	-	1♥	Pass
?

A: 2♥ - With 6-10 supporting points, you need to raise directly, even with a good five-card Spade suit.

Your result so far:

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Question 2

Your Hand
♠ A Q 9 6 3
♥ 8 6 3
♦ 5
♣ J 9 4 2

Q: 2 - What do you bid as South?

South	West	North	East
-	-	1♠	Pass
?

A: 4♠ - With a weak hand and five Spades, you need to raise to the game level.

The law of total tricks says you need to bid 4♠; either it will make, or it will go down with your opponents perhaps having a making contract of their own.

Your result so far:

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Question 3

Your Hand
♠ 8 3
♥ A Q 6 3
♦ A 9 4 3
♣ Q 8 7

Q: 3 - What do you bid as South?

South	West	North	East
-	-	1♥	Pass
?

A: 2 NT - The Jacoby 2 NT shows four-card Heart support and game-going values.

Your result so far:

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Question 4

Your Hand
♠ 8
♥ Q 9 6 3
♦ 10 7 4
♣ K J 9 6 3

Q: 4 - What do you bid as South?

South	West	North	East
-	-	1♣	Pass
?

A: 1♥ - You have a Club fit, it's best to bid the Hearts first. If you don't find a Heart fit, you can go back to Clubs.

Your result so far:

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Question 5

Your Hand
♠ K 10
♥ Q J 9
♦ A 9 6 5 2
♣ K 3 2

Q: 5 - What do you bid as South?

South	West	North	East
-	-	1♦	Pass
?

A: 3 NT - You have game-going values. Bid the game you want to play, 3 NT, rather than talking about the Diamonds.

Your result so far:

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Now that you've bid five hands, let's see how your play goes.

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