Deal 10	♠   ♥   ♦   ♣		WEST   NORTH   EAST   SOUTH  BID        You dealt this hand. What do you bid?
	♠ Q J 6 ♥ A K 7 ♦ Q 8 6 4 ♣ A K 8

 

Deal 10	♠   ♥   ♦   ♣		WEST   NORTH   EAST   SOUTH 1♦ pass 1♠ pass  BID      You dealt this hand. What do you bid? You open 1♦ and partner responds 1♠. What is your next bid?
	♠ Q J 6 ♥ A K 7 ♦ Q 8 6 4 ♣ A K 8

 

Deal 10	♠   ♥   ♦   ♣		WEST   NORTH   EAST   SOUTH 1♦ pass 1♠ pass 2NT pass 3♠ pass  BID    You dealt this hand. What do you bid? You open 1♦ and partner responds 1♠. What is your next bid? Do not support what may be a 4-card suit with only 3 cards. Instead, jump to 2NT, showing 18-19, balanced. Partner rebids the ♠s. What do you say next?
	♠ Q J 6 ♥ A K 7 ♦ Q 8 6 4 ♣ A K 8

 

Deal 10	♠ K 10 9 7 4 2 ♥ Q J 5 ♦ 3 ♣ 7 4 3		WEST   NORTH   EAST   SOUTH 1♦ pass 1♠ pass 2NT pass 3♠ pass 4♠ pass pass pass You dealt this hand. What do you bid? You open 1♦ and partner responds 1♠. What is your next bid? Do not support what may be a 4-card suit with only 3 cards. Instead, jump to 2NT, showing 18-19, balanced. Partner rebids the ♠s. What do you say next? Partner shows a minimum hand, but with 6 ♠s. 3NT is very tempting, and might work out fine, but with 9 ♠s it is probably better to play the suit game. So you bid 4♠ and everybody passes. Bidding 4♠ was a good choice. It makes easily, yet 3NT might have gone down.  Deal 11
	♠ Q J 6 ♥ A K 7 ♦ Q 8 6 4 ♣ A K 8