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Mon 4^th N-S 1^st Jeremy & Sally 68% 2^nd Bob & Royd 56%

E-W 1^st Derek & Gerard 60% 2^nd Goran & Margit 55%

Wed 6^th N-S 1^st Jean-Charles & Terry 54% 2^nd Holger & Ursula 54%

E-W 1^st Josteinn & Vaiur 56% 2^nd Hans V & Lasse 52%

Fri 8^th N-S 1^st Gastone & Terry 59% 2^nd Anne & Mike 57%

E-W 1^st Hans V & Lars G 62% 2^nd Michele & Holger 58%

Bidding Quiz Standard American is assumed unless otherwise stated.

Hand A Hand B With Hand A partner opens 1♠ in 2^nd seat, what do you do?

♠ 7 ♠ -

♥ 10542 ♥ AQJ8742 With Hand B you open 1♥, LHO overcalls 1♠ and this is

♦ 9642 ♦ K632 passed back to you, what do you do?

♣ A432 ♣ J5

Hand C Hand D With Hand C partner opens 1♥ and RHO overcalls 1♠, what

do you do?

♠ KJ1094 ♠ QJ10862

♥ 10 ♥ AKJ With Hand D partner opens 1♦ and RHO overcalls with a weak 3♣

♦ QJ4 ♦ KQ104 (a) what do you do?

♣ Q972 ♣ - (b) suppose you bid 3♠ and partner raises to 4♠, what do you bid now?

Bidding Sequence Quiz

E 1♠ pass 1NT pass Is 3♥ forcing?

3♥

F 1♦ 3♣ 3♠ Is 3♠ forcing?

G 1♦ 4♣ 4NT What is 4NT?

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The non-automatic re-opening double? Board 4 from Wednesday 6^th

Dealer: ♠ - West North(B) East South(C)

West ♥ AQJ8742 pass 1♥ 1♠ pass (1)

Both vul ♦ K632 pass 2♥ (2) 3♣ dbl

♣ J5 3♠ pass pass d