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 Bidding is not always easy by Bobby Wolff

Bidding is not always easy when it's only you and your parter, but when the opponents join, it sometimes becomes even more complicated. What will you bid in this weeks five examples?



Question 1

  Your Hand
 A 10 7 3
 K 5 2
 A J 6
 9 5 2
 
Q: 1 - What do you bid next as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
--1Pass
1Pass2Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 2: You could simply blast out three no-trump here, but there is a risk that you are off the whole club suit, or that your partner has a positional club stop and that game might be better played his way up. Temporize with two hearts, knowing that partner shouldn't raise to four hearts, since a simple raise would be forcing.


Your result so far:
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Question 2

  Your Hand
 10 9 5
 8
 K Q J 10 5
 A J 7 5
 
Q: 2 - What do you bid next as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
-11Double
?


 Your choice:
A: Pass: You have the values to bid one no-trump, but you have a huge misfit (and the last thing you want to do is have partner run to his six-card heart suit). While one no-trump may work here, I'd be inclined to pass and back in later. Remember, an immediate call of two diamonds would be a raise of hearts here, but a delayed bid of two diamonds will be natural.

Your result so far:
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Question 3

  Your Hand
 A J 4
 Q J 7 3 2
 9 4 2
 A 10
 
Q: 3 - What do you bid next as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
--11
12PassPass
?


 Your choice:
A: Double: Double by you is card-showing with the emphasis on takeout. You hope partner will produce three-card heart support, but if he bids two spades or three clubs, you should probably pass and hope he can make it. You expect partner to have a minimum hand if he has any extra shape at all, since otherwise he would not have passed at his previous turn.


Your result so far:
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Question 4

  Your Hand
 Q 8 4 2
 9 2
 K 8
 A Q J 10 6
 
Q: 4 - What do you bid next as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
-1Pass1
DoublePass2Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: Pass: Decisions of this sort can cause ulcers. Is partner cue-bidding or is he showing long diamonds? Fortunately, today the answer is simple; with a good hand partner has an unambiguous cue-bid of two hearts (a suit he had the opportunity to bid at his first turn). So two diamonds should be natural and you should pass.


Your result so far:
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Question 5

  Your Hand
 K Q 8 5
 A J 10 8 3
 Q 7 4
 2
 
Q: 5 - What do you bid next as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
-2PassPass
?


 Your choice:
A: 2: You would like to balance with a double for the majors, but that seems too risky, since you would have no way of coping with a response in clubs. Since game your way might be easy if partner has a balanced opening bid, unsuitable for a double, just bid two hearts and hope to find your way back to spades if partner has decent values.


Your result so far:
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