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Weekly Quiz answers

Q. Both vulnerable, as South you hold:

x8 uA 8 vJ 6 5 4 wA Q 10 9 4 3

The bidding has proceeded:

SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST

1w Pass 1u Pass

?

What do you bid now?

A. Bid two clubs. Any forward-going move must come from partner.

Q. Both vulnerable, as South you hold:

x9 8 3 uJ 8 7 3 vK Q 8 7 3 w6

The bidding has proceeded:

NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST

1w Pass 1v Pass

1x Pass ?

What do you bid now?

A. Be happy to put your dummy on the table — pass.

Q. Both vulnerable, as South you hold:

xK 10 7 6 uA K J 7 3 v9 wJ 10 6

The bidding has proceeded:

NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST

1x Pass 2u Pass

3w Pass ?

What do you bid now?

A. When you bid two hearts, you intended jumping to four spades at your next turn. All that has changed — partner has shown extra values by bidding a new suit at the three level. Bid a Blackwood four no trump to find out how many aces partner has.

Q. Both vulnerable, as South you hold:

xK J 10 uA 9 vA K Q 7 6 3 w9 5

The bidding has proceeded:

NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST

1x Pass 3v Pass

3u Pass 3x Pass

4x Pass ?

What action do you take?

A. You surely have slam unless your side has two fast club losers. The way to tell him you have two fast losers in the unbid suit is to raise to five spades, asking him to proceed to slam with first- or second-round control of clubs.

Q. Both vulnerable as South you hold:

xA uK Q J 9 8 4 3 2 v8 4 w9 6

What is your opening bid?

A. While you do not have much in the way of high cards, you do have eight playing tricks. Bid four hearts and tell partner not to worry about the trump suit if he has outside controls.

Q. Both vulnerable, as South you hold:

xQ uA K 10 7 6 3 vA Q 10 7 w8 3

The bidding has proceeded:

WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH

1w 1x Pass ?

What action do you take?

A. You have a strong, distributional hand and it is tempting to cue-bid two clubs, but partner might think you have spade support for that action, so we would settle for three hearts, which is forcing. Should partner bid three spades then, we would take our chances by raising to four spades.

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