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 A 100% choice by Frank Stewart

It is not always possible to have a 100% choice for one bid rather than all others.

What would you bid with these five hands?

Good Luck!

Question 1

  Your Hand
 A 9 8 3
 A Q 3
 4 2
 A K 5 2
 
Q: 1 - What do you bid next as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
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DoublePass1Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 1: This problem is awkward. You would like to act again -- you have 17 points, and your partner may have eight or nine -- but no action is attractive. A raise to two hearts would strongly suggest four-card support (since partner's hearts may be ragged). I would reluctantly recommend a bid of one spade.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 2

  Your Hand
 K Q J 10 3
 A K 7 2
 K 5
 6 2
 
Q: 2 - What do you bid next as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
1Pass2Pass
2Pass3Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 4: Your partner's second bid is forcing; he has at least opening values, a diamond suit and spade support. Slam is quite possible, but since you have two low clubs, you can't take control with a 4NT Blackwood bid. Cue-bid four hearts to show the ace and slam interest.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 3

  Your Hand
 A K 8 7 4
 5
 Q 10 9
 K Q 8 7
 
Q: 3 - What do you bid next as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
1Pass2Pass
2Pass3Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 3NT: Your partner shows six hearts with minimum values for a two-level response. To pass would be disciplined, but if he has 3, K Q J 10 7 3, A 6 5, 6 4 2 or 3, K Q J 10 7 3, 6 5 2, A 4 2, you might make a game. Since there is more to gain by bidding, I'd try 3NT and apologize if it worked poorly.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 4

  Your Hand
 A 8 4
 9 4
 K Q 10 4 3 2
 4 3
 
Q: 4 - What do you bid next as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
2Pass2Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 2: Most pairs treat a new-suit response to a weak two-bid as forcing. (They also treat a 2NT response as forcing.) Bid two spades. Your partner will know you won't have opened two diamonds with four cards in spades. He will assume you're showing a stopper in the suit.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 5

  Your Hand
 K Q 10
 A Q J 7 5
 5 3
 K Q 10
 
Q: 5 - What do you bid next as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
1Pass1Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 2: Some players would have avoided the problem by opening 1NT, but that bid might have created other problems. A jump to 2NT now would be a misbid, but you have two reasonable options: a jump to three spades, pretending you have a fourth spade, or (my choice) a temporizing bid of two clubs.

Your result so far:
Open Question

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