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Mon 14^th N-S 1^st Paul Sav. & Ursula 64% 2^nd Oli O & Olaf 55%

E-W 1^st Bengt & Per-Ake 60% 2^nd Ole & Tom 59%

Wed 16^th N-S 1^st Mike & Robbie 66% 2^nd Gastone & Jean-Charles 63%

E-W 1^st Derek & Gerard 60% 2^nd Britta & Kenneth 58%

Fri 18^th N-S 1^st Hans V & Lard G 60% 2^nd H Renken & Lars F 57%

E-W 1^st Gerard & Derek 64% 2^nd Paul S & Paul S 58%

Bidding Quiz Standard American is assumed unless otherwise stated.

Hand A Hand B With Hand A everybody is vulnerable. RHO opens 1♠, what do you do?

♠ 98 ♠ AJ106

♥ 74 ♥ AK7 With Hand B RHO opens a Multi (D&A) 2♥ (either weak with

♦ Q96543 ♦ 7 ♠’s and a minor or very strong with ♥’s). What do you bid?

♣ KQ10 ♣ A5432

Hand C Hand D With Hand C partner opens 1NT and RHO overcalls 3♣, what do you do?

♠ 1063 ♠ A1074

♥ K7542 ♥ J6 With Hand D you open 1♦ and partner responds 1♠, what do

♦ K93 ♦ KJ1083 you do?

♣ K5 ♣ A4

Hand E Hand F What do you open with Hand E?

♠ 10 ♠ Q4

♥ AKQ96432 ♥ AJ9 (a) What do you open with Hand F?

♦ K2 ♦ QJ42 (b) Suppose you open 1♦, partner bids 1♠ and RHO bids 2♥,

♣ 92 ♣ Q1062 what do you bid?

Bidding Sequence quiz

G 1♣ pass 1NT pass 2♥ is a reverse, but how many ♣’s does opener have?

2♥

H 1♦ pass 1♠ 2♥ How strong is 2NT?

2NT

A two-level overcall? Board 23 from Friday 11th

There was an amusing result (for some of the players involved) on this board from Friday two weeks ago.

Dealer: ♠ KQ64 West North East South(A)

South ♥ Q10982 - - - pass

both vul ♦ - pass pass 1♠ (1) 2♦

♣ J652 dbl (2) pass pass (3) pass

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