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♦
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| WEST | NORTH | EAST | SOUTH |
| 1♦ | double | redouble | BID |
The bidding has been as shown. It is your bid. What do you say?
♥ Q 9 7 5 2
♦ 9 5 2
♣ 7 6 3
| Deal 23 |
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ |
The bidding has been as shown. It is your bid. What do you say? |
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♠ 5 4 ♥ Q 9 7 5 2 ♦ 9 5 2 ♣ 7 6 3 |
| Deal 23 |
♠ K 8 7 3 ♥ K J 4 ♦ 7 6 ♣ A Q 5 2 |
The bidding has been as shown. It is your bid. What do you say? The redouble has taken the force from you - you can pass if you want to. But if you pass, the most likely scenario is that West will also pass. So partner will either have to let them play 1♦ redoubled (which will be a disaster for your side) or take out his own double by bidding some suit. So he will bid a suit and it will almost surely be 1♠. You can help your side the most by bidding 1♥ immediately. You don't have to worry that partner will believe you have a good hand; both he and West have 13+ points and East's redouble shows 10 or more. He knows there are no points remaining for you to have. On this deal your ♥ bid gets passed around to East who bids 2♦, the final contract. Deal 24 |
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♠ 5 4 ♥ Q 9 7 5 2 ♦ 9 5 2 ♣ 7 6 3 |