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Weekly Quiz Answers

Q. Both vulnerable, as South, you hold:

xQ J uA 9 4 vA K 6 4 2 w10 8 3

Partner opens the bidding with two spades. What do you respond?

A. Your two secondary honors in partner’s long suit are worth twice their point count. To bid anything other than four spades would be a gross undervaluation of your holding.

Q. Both vulnerable, as South, you hold:

x8 6 5 u9 3 vK 10 7 3 wJ 10 9 5

Partner opens the bidding with two no trump. What action do you take?

A. A borderline holding. Your good intermediates in the minor suits make your hand just good enough to raise to game.

Q. Neither vulnerable, as South, you hold:

xA Q J 9 7 uK 8 7 v9 3 wQ J 7

The bidding has proceeded:

WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH

Pass Pass Pass 1x

Dbl Rdbl 2u ?

What action do you take?

A. You have a dead minimum opening bid, and your first duty is to tell partner that. Pass, and see how he proceeds.

Q. As South, vulnerable, you hold:

xA Q 8 5 4 uK J 6 vJ 8 7 w10 5

The bidding has proceeded:

NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST

1w 1u 1x 2v

3w Pass ?

What do you bid now?

A. Bid three hearts, showing your stopper. If partner has a diamond stopper, you probably have a notrump game. To find out whether he has, bid three hearts to show you have a stopper there and leave the next move to him.

Q. Both vulnerable, as South, you hold:

x9 5 u10 8 7 vA 10 wA K Q 9 8 7

The bidding has proceeded:

SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST

1w 1u 1x 2v

3w Pass 3u Pass

?

What do you bid now?

A. Partner is probing for game and has shown a stopper in one of the opponents’ suits. You have the other stopped and a good six-card suit of your own. Bid three notrump.

Q. As South, vulnerable, you hold:

xA K J 7 2 u9 6 5 v8 wA K Q J

The bidding has proceeded:

SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST

1x Pass 3x* Pass

4w Pass 4v Pass

?

*limit raise

What do you bid now?

A. Partner cue-bid the wrong suit! For the moment all you can do is rebid your suit and see whether partner can make a move. Bid four spades!

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