Deal 14 ♠  
 
 
♣  
 
 WEST  NORTH  EAST  SOUTH
1pass BID 
 
 
 
 
The bidding has been as shown. What do you bid?
  ♠ A K 9 7 2
Q 5
7 4 2
♣ 10 6 5
 

 
Deal 14 ♠  
 
 
♣  
 
 WEST  NORTH  EAST  SOUTH
1pass1♠
pass3pass BID 
 
 
 
The bidding has been as shown. What do you bid?

You can't support partner's s with only 2 of them so you bid your nice ♠ suit. Partner then jumps to 3.
Now what do you bid?
  ♠ A K 9 7 2
Q 5
7 4 2
♣ 10 6 5
 

 
Deal 14 ♠ 3
A K J 8 7 3
A Q J 3
♣ 7 3
 
 WEST  NORTH  EAST  SOUTH
1pass1♠
pass3pass4
passpasspass
 
 
The bidding has been as shown. What do you bid?

You can't support partner's s with only 2 of them so you bid your nice ♠ suit. Partner then jumps to 3.
Now what do you bid?


Here's where a lot of players go wrong. Since they only promised 4 ♠s with their first response they think they should now rebid them to show partner they had 5. And this MIGHT work if it turns out partner has 3 ♠s. Not only is this a risky bid, it is unnecessary. When partner jump rebid s he showed 16-18 points and 6 s. So you know of an 8-card fit and you know you should be in game. Bid 4.


 Deal 15 
  ♠ A K 9 7 2
Q 5
7 4 2
♣ 10 6 5