Trivial Questions by Bobby Wolff

A: 2NT: Given that two diamonds is a transfer to hearts, should you simply complete the transfer or do more? If you play a call of two no-trump here as a maximum hand with three good hearts headed by two top honors or better, that call would be ideal. I recommend it as simple and easily remembered; it might get you to three no-trump facing the right balanced 7- or 8-count.

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A: 2♣: I don't think there is any reason to do anything unusual. If the opponents had not bid, you would have introduced clubs rather than rebid hearts, and there should be even less reason now to do anything else. Bidding clubs shows nine of your 13 cards, whereas repeating hearts would show six of them.

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A: 3♠: You doubled to show a good hand, typically with the unbid suits, and your partner reverted to two spades. This doesn't guarantee a sixth spade, but does suggest a minimum hand with no clear fit for clubs or hearts. You are certainly close to a pass, and I might do that at pairs; but at teams and vulnerable, I'd stretch to raise to three.


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A: 4♣: A jump to four clubs now would show four-card spade support and serious extra values with a singleton or void in clubs, typically the former. The hand is certainly worth this call, so the question is whether you should bid on if partner signs off; I think not. Partner won't have the diamond king, and if he had both top trumps and any sort of extra values, he would not sign off now.

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A: 3♣: Your partner's two-spade call shows extras and sets up a game force. It feels right to me to bid clubs, then raise diamonds at your next turn if your partner rebids three no-trump. While a direct diamond raise doesn't guarantee four, if you can bid your suits in economical order, you should probably do so.

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