Answers to weekly quiz

Answers to weekly quiz
Q. As South, vulnerable, you hold:
Q 7 3 9 7 6 K 10 5 J 6 5 2
Partner opens the bidding with one heart. What do you respond?
A.. We would start with one no trump and see how partner reacts.
Q. Neither vulnerable, as South you hold:
Q 10 K J 9 3 A Q 10 6 K J 6
The bidding has proceeded:
NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST
1NT Pass 2 Pass
2 Pass ?
What do you bid now?
A. You have a good hand and a fair sprinkling of intermediates and, if partner has a maximum, there should be play for slam. Invite it by jumping to four no trump.
Q. As South vulnerable, you hold:
A K 10 9 5 4 A J 6 9 A 10 4
Your right-hand opponent opens the bidding with one diamond. What action do you take?
A. Double first, then bid spades as cheaply as possible on the next round.
Q. Both vulnerable, as South you hold:
K 7 6 K 9 5 K Q J 10 7 J 6
The bidding has proceeded:
NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST
1 Pass 2 Pass
2 Pass ?
What do you bid now?
A. Strangely enough, you must make the same bid whether you are playing two-over-one as a game force or as an invitational bid. In the latter case, you must jump to four hearts to show game-going values. In the former, you must use the Principle of Fast Arrival to show a minimum game force with no slam interest.
Q.Neither vulnerable, as South you hold:
A 3 2 A K 10 8 5 2 Q 4 J 7
The bidding has proceeded:
NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST
1 Pass 2Pass
2 Pass ?
What do you bid now?
A. It might seem automatic to rebid your good six-card major, but suppose you do and partner bids three no trump. What now? If you bid four spades will partner believe you hold three-card support headed by the ace? At the table, a world champion avoided this problem by raising to three spades now, concealing the sixth heart for the moment, and an excellent spade slam was reached.
Q.As South, vulnerable, you hold:
7 6 4 3 Q 8 Q 9 6 5 A J 8
Partner opens the bidding with one heart. What do you respond?
A. We like one no trump, whether you play that as forcing or not.
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