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 You don't always have an obvious cal by Bobby Wolff

Unfortunately, in Bridge, you don't always have an obvious call to make.

Yet you still have to make one.

Which will be your choice in these five examples?

Question 1

  Your Hand
 8 6 4 3 2
 A
 Q 9 7 2
 8 7 3
 
Q: 1 - What do you bid next as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
--1Pass
1Pass3Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 3: It looks straightforward to bid three no-trump here, but your partner might have a singleton spade, in which case slam in clubs might make while three no-trump goes down. Temporize with three diamonds and find out more about your partner's hand.

Your result so far:
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Question 2

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


 Your choice:
A: 2: The takeout doubler is in direct seat, not balancing seat, so his call guarantees a better hand than it would in that auction. (A balancing double starts a king lower in the protective seat.) So you should drive to game now; either cue-bid two spades or just jump to four hearts.

Your result so far:
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Question 3

  Your Hand
 Q 7 5
 J 3
 A K 7 6 5
 K 4 3
 
Q: 3 - What do you bid next as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
--Pass1
1Pass1Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 1NT: If North were an unpassed hand, his one-heart call would be forcing. You would bid one no-trump now, both to try to improve the strain and to avoid missing out on game. Facing a passed partner, I might pass one heart if the call guaranteed a five-card suit, but I'm not sure it does. I'd still bid one no-trump here, though less happily.

Your result so far:
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Question 4

  Your Hand
 Q 4
 K J 10 3 2
 K J 6 5
 8 6
 
Q: 4 - At IMPs, what do you rebid as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
--1Pass
1Pass1NTPass
?


 Your choice:
A: 2: At matchpoints, you might consider playing hearts rather than diamonds. But at IMPs, you simply want to go plus by making your natural call: raise diamonds. If the opponents compete in a black suit, you can bid on to three diamonds, which will most likely end the auction.

Your result so far:
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Question 5

  Your Hand
 3
 9 5 4 3
 7 5 4 2
 10 9 4 2
 
Q: 5 - What is your call as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
-1DoubleRedouble
?


 Your choice:
A: 1: You don't want to pass and hear partner run to one spade, which he might do with, for example, a 4-3-3-3 shape; so it seems right to bid either one diamond or one heart. I would start by bidding one diamond, and if the opponents doubled enthusiastically, I'd run to one heart.

Your result so far:
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