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Weekly Quiz Answers

Q. Both vulnerable, as South, you hold:

x9 8 5 uA 10 9 6 3 v8 4 wA 9 5

The bidding has proceeded:

NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST

1v Pass 1u Pass

2v Pass ?

What do you bid now?

A. Odds are that partner has a six-card suit, but where would you like to go. With two suits unstopped and only a doubleton in support of partner’s suit, pass.

Q. Both vulnerable, as South, you hold:

xA K 9 u8 4 vK 10 7 wA K J 8 4

The bidding has proceeded:

WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH

1u Pass Pass Dbl

Pass 2w Pass ?

What action do you take?

A. It is tempting to make a jump raise of partner’s suit, but partner could have nothing. You need partner to have a fair hand to make 11 tricks. Ideally, should partner have a heart stopper three no trump should be viable, so simply raise to three clubs and see if partner can bid again.

Q. East-West vulnerable, as South, you hold:

x9 7 u8 6 5 2 vA J 6 4 w8 5 4

The bidding has proceeded:

WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH

1v Dbl 3v ?

What action do you take?

A. With a shabby four-card major and your only high card in the opponents’ suit, where would you like to go? Pass, and concentrate on defending. If you’re lucky you might defeat the opponents.

Q. Both vulnerable, as South, you hold:

xJ 5 uQ 9 7 6 vA J 7 5 wQ 8 7

The bidding has proceeded:

WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH

1v Dbl 3v ?

What action do you take?

A. It is tempting to double three diamonds, but that is likely to be of more help to declarer than partner. North would love to hear about your major suit. Bid three hearts.

Q. Both vulnerable, as South, you hold:

x8 uA J 7 6 vK Q 10 6 wQ J 8 7

The bidding has proceeded:

EAST SOUTH WEST NORTH

1u Pass 2u Pass

Pass ?

What action do you take?

A. You might have the best hand at the table, but you have the wrong holding in the majors. Reverse your major-suit holdings and you would have made a takeout double on the first round. As it is, you should pass.

Q. Both vulnerable, as South, you hold:

xK 10 7 uK 6 vJ 10 8 3 wA J 10 6

The bidding has proceeded:

EAST SOUTH WEST NORTH

1u Pass 1NT Pass

Pass ?

What action do you take?

A. Reverse your black-suit holdings and you would have competed on the first round, so we would not sell out now. Double and see what develops.

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