Deal 12 ♠  
 
 
♣  
 
 WEST  NORTH  EAST  SOUTH
1NT
pass2pass BID 
 
 

You open 1NT and partner responds 2.
What do you bid?
  ♠ Q 4
A Q 8
K Q 10 5
♣ A 10 9 3
 

 
Deal 12 ♠  
 
 
♣  
 
 WEST  NORTH  EAST  SOUTH
1NT
pass2pass2♠
pass2NTpass BID 
 

Naturally you say 2♠. Partner comes back with 2NT.

What do you bid?
  ♠ Q 4
A Q 8
K Q 10 5
♣ A 10 9 3
 

 
Deal 12 ♠ K J 10 6 3
9 6
9 8 2
♣ K J 4
 
 WEST  NORTH  EAST  SOUTH
1NT
pass2pass2♠
pass2NTpass3NT
passpasspass

Partner's bidding shows 9 points and exactly 5♠.
He asks that you take him back to ♠s if you have 3 of them. You don't.
He is asking you to bid game if you have 17 points. You do.

So you bid 3NT.


 Deal 13 
  ♠ Q 4
A Q 8
K Q 10 5
♣ A 10 9 3