Decide on the final contract by Bobby Wolff

When partner has described his hand, it is up to you do either decide on the final contract...

Or show what you have if you don't know yet where you should play.

See how you fare in these five examples!

Question 1

Your Hand
♠ 10 7
♥ Q J
♦ Q 10 5 4 3
♣ A J 8 3

Q: 1 - What do you bid next as South?

South	West	North	East
-	Pass	1♥	Pass
1NT	Pass	2♥	Pass
?

A: 3♥: This hand is worth a raise to three hearts since your trump honors are working overtime, and your side-suit pattern offers partner the chance to develop tricks in many different ways. The knowledge that your partner has six hearts helps you evaluate your hand positively.

Your result so far:

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Question 2

Your Hand
♠ K Q 3
♥ 10
♦ K 7 5 3
♣ K J 10 8 6

Q: 2 - What is your call as South?

South	West	North	East
-	Pass	1♠	Double
?

A: Redouble: This is tricky, since many play two-level responses in a new suit here as non-forcing. But if you redouble, you can next bid spades, no matter how many hearts the opponents bid. Similarly, a jump to two no-trump shows a limit raise or better. Even though that normally shows four trumps, your unbalanced hand makes the action sensible. A splinter jump to four hearts would guarantee four trumps.

Your result so far:

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Question 3

Your Hand
♠ A K 7 2
♥ 9 6 5
♦ 7 6
♣ K 8 6 4

Q: 3 - What do you bid next as South?

South	West	North	East
-	Pass	1♣	Pass
1♠	Pass	2♦	Pass
?

A: 4♣: It is sensible to play an artificial negative on this auction. (Whether you play that as two hearts or two no-trump is up to you.) But even if you play three clubs as natural and game-forcing, you should bid four clubs with this hand, setting clubs as trump and showing at least a sliver of slam interest. Let partner take it from there.

Your result so far:

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Question 4

Your Hand
♠ 7
♥ A 9 4 2
♦ 6 5 3
♣ 10 9 5 4 3

Q: 4 - What do you bid next as South?

South	West	North	East
-	1♦	Double	Pass
1♥	Pass	1♠	Pass
?

A: 2♣: You may not have a great hand, but you do not have a compete bust. It looks to me like you can afford to bid two clubs, trying to improve the final contract, since clubs could easily be a more rewarding strain than spades. With the same hand, but with the club king instead of the three, you would have enough to jump to three clubs.

Your result so far:

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Question 5

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

Q: 5 - What do you bid next as South?

South	West	North	East
-	Pass	1♥	Pass
2♦	Pass	2♥	Pass
?

A: 2NT: Playing two-over-one, how do you show your extras? The answer is that a jump to three no-trump would be a strong no-trump equivalent, but you are too slammish for that. Bid two no-trump, and when partner raises to three no-trump, bid four no-trump, a quantitative sequence to show precisely this sort of values.

Your result so far:

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