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Bidding Quiz Standard
American bidding is assumed unless otherwise stated.
Hand A Hand B With Hand
A you open 1♣ and partner bids 1♠, what do you bid?
♠ Q93 ♠ J872 With Hand B
LHO opens 2♦ and this is passed to you.
♣
AJ875 ♣ AK8762 (b)
This is passed to
Partner rebids 2NT (18-19 balanced), what do
you bid?
♠ Q652 ♠ AJ7
♥ J1064 ♥
A853 With Hand D you open 1♣ and partner bids 1♦, what do you
♦ A973 ♦ KQ do
– do you bid 1♥, 2♥
or 2NT?
♣
K ♣ AJ104
E 1♠ pass 2♥ pass
2♠ pass 3♣ What is 3♣, is it forcing?
F 1♠ pass 2♥ pass
2♠ pass 4♣ What is 4♣?
G 1♣ pass 1♦ pass
1♥ Is 1♥ forcing?
H 1♣ pass 1♦ pass
2NT Can opener have a 4-card major, or does 2NT deny one?
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1894.9 Janne Roos 1894.0 Hans Vikman 1862.9 Paul Quodomine |
670.4 662.4 640.1 628.3 Sally Watson 627.0 Derek & Gerard 626.8 Tomas Wikman 619.8 Lars Broman 615.9 Jean Wissing 613.4 Guttorm Lonberg 611.6 Johan Bratsburg |
344.6 338.9 329.6 Tomas Wikman 327.5 Derek & Gerard 325.4 323.5 Jeremy Watson 323.4 322.9 Lars Broman 320.3 Jean Wissing 319.5 Duplessy & Coutlet |
Right shape for a take-out double? Board 22 from Monday 13th Sept
Dealer: ♠ J872 West North(B) East South
East ♥ 9 - - 2♦ (1) pass
E-W vul ♦ K5 pass (2) dbl (3) pass 2♥
♣
AK8762 pass 3♣ (4) pass pass
3♦ (5) dbl (6) all
pass
♠ AQ63 N ♠ 10
♠ K954
♥
J872
♦ Q8
♣ Q4
(1) Many would not pre-empt 2♦ with a reasonable 4-card major.
(2) I normally raise with thee card support, but
with a decent defensive hand with a decent holding in both majors West decided
to pass, fine.
(3) What did you bid with this North hand B(a) in
this week’s quiz? I do not like this double at all as it mis-describes the hand
and you have dug yourself a deep hole when partner inevitably bids ♥’s. I think a 3♣ bid is ok, with pass an alternative.
(4) North is in a mess now and has no way to show
his ♠’s.
(5) West does not want to defend ♣’s and 3♦
should be fine.
(6) What did you bid with this North hand B(b) in
this week’s quiz? I certainly do not like this double and 3♠ would show a much stronger hand.
And what happened? 3♦* made with an overtrick.
The bottom lines:-
-
This North
hand is not strong enough to double and then bid ♣’s, it is usually best to describe your hand, and bidding ♣’s does just that.
The 2NT jump rebid Board 4 from Friday
17th Sept
N-S missed a 4-4 ♥ fit at table A, who was at ‘fault’?
Dealer: ♠ Q652 Table A
West ♥ J1064 West North(C) East South(D)
both vul ♦ A973 pass pass pass 1♣
♣
K pass 1♦ pass 2NT (1)
pass 3NT (2) all pass
♠ K108 N ♠ 943
♠ AJ7 pass 1♦ pass 2NT (1)
♥
A853 pass 3♥ (2) pass 4♥
♦ KQ all pass
♣ AJ104
Table B: (2) This North realized that South may well have
one (or two) 4-card majors and with a ♣
singleton decided to look for a possible 4-4 ♥ fit. The pair were playing a short ♣ and partner could well 4432 shape with only 3 ♣’s between them.
And what happened? As it happens the ♥ suit is rather weak and both 3NT and 4♥ make 11 tricks.
The bottom lines:-
-
The jump
2NT rebid shows 18-19 balanced and may well have a 4-card major.
-
After 1♣ - 1♦ -
2NT then responder should bid a 4-card major if he has one and values to bid on.
-
The PARROT
convention, described on the website, is easily the best convention to uncover
the best playing spot after a jump 2NT rebid after 1m – 1M.
-
PARROT is used after 1m - 1M - 2NT. But it is not applicable after 1♣ -
1♦ - 2NT where you can play both 3♣ and 3♦
as sign-offs and 3♥ and 3♠
as forcing.
Rebid a 5-card ♣ suit? Board 26 from Monday 13th Sept
Dealer: ♠ 105 Table A
East ♥ KQ872 West North East(A) South
both vul ♦ A4 - - 1♣ pass
♣
Q632 1♠ pass 2♣ (1) pass
pass (2) pass
♠ KJ862 N ♠ Q93
♠ A74 1♠ pass 2♠ (1) all
pass
♥
J65
♦ J107
♣ K1094
Table B: (1) This East got it right. This is an absolutely
typical example of when you should support with just three cards.
And what happened? 2♣ went -3. Everybody else was in ♠’s making 9 or 10 tricks.
The bottom lines:-
- It
is acceptable to raise partner’s 1♥/♠ response with just three cards, typically this
is when you have a weak two-card holding in the other major.
Dave’s Column Here is Dave’s 1st problem on declarer play.
West East Bidding
♠ A742 ♠ K983 West North East West
♣
K873 ♣ AQ64 6♠ all
pass
You are West, declarer in 6♠. North leads the ♦10. You win the ♦J, cross to the ♠K and return to the ♠A, all follow. You give up the ♠Q to South who returns the ♥7. You win and ruff a ♥ as South discards a ♦. Do you think you can make the contract?
Dave’s Column
Answer Board 25 from Wednesday 15th
Sept
Dealer: ♠ J6 Book Bidding
North ♥ KQ9865432 West North East South
E-W vul ♦ 10 - 4♥ dbl pass
♣
5 4♠ pass 5♥ pass
6♠ all pass
♠ A742 N ♠ K983
♠ Q105
♥
7 West
leads the ♦10, plan the play
♦ Q9832
♣ J1092
You win the ♦J, cross to the ♠K and return to the ♠A, all follow. You give up the ♠Q to South who returns the ♥7. You win and ruff a ♥ as South discards a ♦. Do you think you will make the rest of the
tricks?
♠ - North is known to have started with nine ♥’s,
♥ K98654 two
♠’s and one ♦. The ♣’s cannot be 3-2, but
♦ - the
contract is cold.
♣
5
You can cross to a ♣ or the ♦A.
If you play a ♦,
♠ - N ♠ 9 North will discard and if
you play a ♣ North will
♠ - have to release his
guard in either ♣’s or ♦’s
and
♥
- you
will take four tricks in that minor.
♦ Q98
♣ J1092
And what happened at the Pattaya bridge club? 5♠=, 4♠+3
three times, 4♥*(N)-2 and 3♥(N)-1.
Dave’s 2nd
Column Here
is Dave’s 2nd problem, on defence.
Dealer: ♠ KQ965 Book Bidding
East ♥ AJ2 West North East South
both vul ♦ A3 - - pass 1NT
♣
K64 pass 2♥ pass 2♠
pass 5NT pass 6NT
♠ A43 N all
pass
♣ QJ108 Declarer wins in dummy and plays a ♠ to his ♠J. Plan the defence.
Dave’s 2nd Column Answer Board
26 from Wednesday 15th September
Dealer: ♠ KQ965 Book Bidding
East ♥ AJ2 West North East South
both vul ♦ A3 - - pass 1NT
♣
K64 pass 2♥ pass 2♠
pass 5NT (1) pass 6NT
♠ A43 N ♠ 1087 all
pass
♠ J2
♥
KQ6
♦ KQ642 You are West and lead the ♣Q. Declarer wins on table with
♣ A72 the
♣ K and plays a ♠ to his ♠J. How do you plan the defense?
By counting the HCP on the table you know that
partner has none. So declarer has ten top tricks: two ♠’s, three ♥’s,
three ♦’s and two ♣’s. He will get home if either ♠’s
or ♦’s break 3-3. And if you took the 2nd
♠ that s what would happen, withy South getting
four ♠ tricks.
Instead, duck smoothly. And when declarer plays
a 2nd ♠, play low again. Now declarer has a guess. If
the ♠’s are 4-2 he must shift to ♦’s. But if he takes his top ♦’s he sets up another trick for the defense and
fails.
The motto: Try not to give declarer his
contract on a plate with watercress around it.
And
what happened at the Pattaya bridge club? 6NT= three times, 6NT-1 three times.
Bidding Quiz Answers
E 1♠ pass 2♥ pass
2♠ pass 3♣ 3♣ is natural and forcing…
F 1♠ pass 2♥ pass …and
so 4♣ here is a splinter, presumably with five ♥’s
2♠ pass 4♣ and three ♠’s.
G 1♣ pass 1♦ pass
1♥ 1♥ is not forcing but is rarely passed. It’s the same in ACOL
H 1♣ pass 1♦ pass
2NT Opener may well have one or even two 4-card majors.
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