| Deal 5 | ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ | 
 You dealt this hand. What do you bid? | |||||||||||||||||
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| ♠ K J 10 8 ♥ Q J 9 6 ♦ A 6 5 ♣ K 9 | 
| Deal 5 | ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ | 
 You dealt this hand. What do you bid? This is the one situation when you open a 3-card ♦ suit; two 4-card Majors, three ♦s and two ♣s, but not enough strength to open 1NT. Partner responds 2NT. What do you bid? | |||||||||||||||||
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| ♠ K J 10 8 ♥ Q J 9 6 ♦ A 6 5 ♣ K 9 | 
| Deal 5 | ♠ Q 7 3 ♥ K 10 3 ♦ K 10 4 ♣ A Q 10 2 | 
 You dealt this hand. What do you bid? This is the one situation when you open a 3-card ♦ suit; two 4-card Majors, three ♦s and two ♣s, but not enough strength to open 1NT. Partner responds 2NT. What do you bid? Partner's bid shows 13-16 points, balanced. And most importantly, it denies holding a 4-card Major suit. So you do not consider bidding either your ♥s or ♠s, but just bid 3NT. Deal 6 | |||||||||||||||||
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| ♠ K J 10 8 ♥ Q J 9 6 ♦ A 6 5 ♣ K 9 |