Answers to weekly quiz

Answers to weekly quiz
Q. Neither vulnerable, as South you hold:
K 10 5 4 K 8 7 A 8 Q 7 3 2
The bidding has proceeded:
NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST
1 1 ?
What do you bid now?
A. You must upgrade the queen in partner's suit and your holding in the overcaller's spade suit. That makes your hand too strong for a jump bid of two no trump. Jump to three no trump.
Q. Vulnerable, as South you hold:
Void Q 10 4 2 K J 9 6 3 J 8 5 4
Partner opens the bidding with one spade. What do you respond?
A. You have too much to pass but not enough to bid a new suit at the two-level. By a process of elimination, that means you must bid one no trump despite your void in partner's suit.
Q. Both vulnerable, you hold:
6 4 K 9 7 3 2 A 9 8 A 9 2
Partner opens the bidding with one spade. What do you respond?
A. You had to bid two hearts with a moth-eaten five-card suit and no particular fit for partner, since two no trump was a game force and one no trump was a weaker hand. Using the forcing no trump, you start with one no trump and rebid two no trump to show a balanced hand with 11-12 points.
Q. Neither vulnerable, as South you hold:
Q J 9 9 6 9 7 K 9 7 5 4 2
Partner opens the bidding with one club. What do you respond?
A. If you use modern methods, you could make a preemptive jump to three clubs. If not, you cannot do more than raise to two clubs, which makes it easier for the opponents to enter the auction.
Q. Neither vulnerable, as South you hold:
K 10 7 4 A Q 3 J 9 6 4 8 2
Partner opens the bidding with one spade. What do you respond?
A. If you play that jump raises are invitational, this is a perfect hand with which to jump to three spades. If not, you just start by bidding two diamonds then raise spades later. But will partner realize that a singleton diamond is bad, but the king of hearts is worth two tricks?
Q. As South, vulnerable, you hold:
A K 10 8 6 2 Q J 10 Q 7 2 K
The bidding has proceeded:
SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST
1 Pass 1NT Pass
?
What do you bid now?
A. Despite your 15 points, this hand looks more like a weak two-bid than a one bid. To think of doing anything other than rebidding two spades boggles the mind.
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