♥
♦
♣
| WEST | NORTH | EAST | SOUTH |
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| pass | 2♥ | pass | BID |
You open 1NT and partner responds 2♥.
What do you bid?
♥ A Q 4
♦ K J 4
♣ K J 6 5
| Deal 18 |
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ |
You open 1NT and partner responds 2♥. What do you bid? |
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♠ Q 10 5 ♥ A Q 4 ♦ K J 4 ♣ K J 6 5 |
| Deal 18 |
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ |
You say 2♠. Partner then bids 3♥. What do you bid? |
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♠ Q 10 5 ♥ A Q 4 ♦ K J 4 ♣ K J 6 5 |
| Deal 18 |
♠ A K 8 7 3 ♥ K 10 9 6 5 ♦ 7 5 ♣ 9 |
Partner has a game forcing hand and is 5-5 in the Majors. He has asked you to choose one of them to bid game in. With 3 of each you might be inclined to choose your stronger one, ♥s, but in fact that doesn't really matter since partner is probably stronger in ♠s. What does matter is those minor suits. If the opening lead is a ♣ or ♦, which is very likely, you want the lead to be coming into your hand, not partner's. And in general you would prefer to have the stronger hand remain concealed. So you bid 4♠ where you will be declarer, rather than 4♥ where partner would be declarer. Deal 19 |
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♠ Q 10 5 ♥ A Q 4 ♦ K J 4 ♣ K J 6 5 |