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Responder - After 1 Suit, 6 points, nothing to bid
- Question 1
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Your partner opened one Spade. The enemy passed. You have this hand:
Q 7 4
J 10 7 6
Q J 8
K 10 6
What should you bid ?1. pass
2. 1 NT
3. 2 Clubs
4. 2 Diamonds
5. 2 Hearts
6. 2 Spades
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- Question 1
(of 10 on this page)
Your partner opened one Spade. The enemy passed. You have this hand:
Answer Q 7 4 J 10 7 6 Q J 8 K 10 6
What should you bid ?
2 ). 1 NT
You cannot bid at the 2-level with a 4-card Heart suit and 9 points. You have three choices. (1) support his Spades with only 3-cards. That's allowed, but not here as you have no short suits. (2) pass - that's not allowed, because your partner could have 16+ points and a 5-card Spade suit and you would miss game. (3) 1 NT is the right bid. You are balanced too, and you have stoppers in the unbid suits.
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- Question 2
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Your partner opened one Spade. The enemy passed. You have this hand:
Q 7 4 J 10 7 6 Q J 8 K 10 6
You replied 1NT, see previous question (Quiz no. B 0043 question 1). Your partner jumped to 4 Spades. What should you now bid ?1. pass
2. 4 NT
3. 5 Clubs
4. 5 Diamonds
5. 5 Hearts
6. 5 Spades
7. 6 Spades
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- Question 2
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Your partner opened one Spade. The enemy passed. You have this hand:
Answer Q 7 4 J 10 7 6 Q J 8 K 10 6
You replied 1NT, see previous question (Quiz no. B 0043 question 1). Your partner jumped to 4 Spades. What should you now bid ?
1 . pass
You promised a 9-loser hand, 6-9 HCP. Partner obviously did his sums, has a 5-loser hand, or has a maximum of 19 HCP as implied by his first bid, and opted for a shut-out bid for game, 4 Spades. In effect saying that Slam is not possible. You have nothing to add, having described your hand quite well in the first bid.
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- Question 3
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Your partner opened one Spade. The enemy passed. You have this hand:
Q 9 3 4 3 10 8 3 K Q 8 5 4
With your 8-loser 7 HCP hand, what should you bid ?1. pass
2. 1 NT
3. 2 Clubs
4. 2 Diamonds
5. 2 Hearts
6. 2 Spades
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- Question 3
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Your partner opened one Spade. The enemy passed. You have this hand:
Answer Q 9 3 4 3 10 8 3 K Q 8 5 4
With your 8-loser 7 HCP hand, what should you bid ?
6 . 2 Spades
Your clubs would be nice and worth bidding but you do not have enough HCP to bid at the two level. Bidding No Trumps is dangerous with your very weak heart suit. What if partner leaves you in 1NT ? This time you have a shortage in a suit, Hearts of course, so you can support your partner's Major with only 3 cards. With any luck, you'll be able to use your small Spades to ruff the odd heart trick. Note that this hand is much better than the hand for Quiz no. B 0043 question 1, even though you have 2 fewer HCP. The Losing Trick Count however is better (8 versus 9), which is another indication of its use for a suit contract.
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- Question 4
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Your partner opened one Diamond. The enemy passed. You have this hand
Q 9 3 4 3 Q 8 3 K 10 8 5 4
With your 8-loser 7 HCP hand, what should you bid ?1. pass
2. 1 Heart
3. 1 Spade
4. 1 NT
5. 2 Clubs
6. 2 Diamonds
7. 2 Hearts
8. 2 Spades
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- Question 4
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Your partner opened one Diamond. The enemy passed. You have this hand
Answer Q 9 3 4 3 Q 8 3 K 10 8 5 4
With your 8-loser 7 HCP hand, what should you bid ?
4 . 1 NT
This is difficult. You can't support your partner's diamonds with a 3-card suit because it's a minor suit. (You could have supported a 1 Spade bid however). You can't bid 2 Clubs with only 7 points, even if you give yourself an extra point for the 5-card suit. You are not allowed to pass, in case your partner decides to divorce you when he reveals his 19 HCP hand. You'll have to bid 1NT. However, don't worry too much. You partner will be able to work out that you are likely to be long in Clubs, at least 4-cards, given that you denied having 4-cards in all the other suits.
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- Question 5
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You have this nice hand, with 14 HCP and 6 losers. You obviously open 1 Heart with a 6-card Major suit.
K Q 5 K J 10 7 5 2 A 9 J 5
Your partner replies 1 NT, promising 6-9 points, typically 9 losers. What should you now bid, or should you pass ?1. pass
2. 2 Hearts
3. 2 NT
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- Question 5
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You have this nice hand, with 14 HCP and 6 losers. You obviously open 1 Heart with a 6-card Major suit.
Answer K Q 5 K J 10 7 5 2 A 9 J 5
Your partner replies 1 NT, promising 6-9 points, typically 9 losers. What should you now bid, or should you pass ?
2 . 2 Hearts
Don't pass. Partner might only have 6 points, and the chances are that there are holes everywhere. So 1NT is likely to go down seriously. With a 1 NT reply, your partner will not have a void in Hearts, even though you bid it, so at least you will have 7 trumps.
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- Question 6
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Partner opened 1 Heart. You have the following 7-HCP, 8-loser hand, with a shortage in Clubs.
8 6 5 2 K Q 6 Q 9 4 3 8 6
What should you bid ?1. pass
2. 1 Spade
3. 1 NT
4. 2 Clubs
5. 2 Diamonds
6. 2 Hearts
7. 2 Spades
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- Question 6
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Partner opened 1 Heart. You have the following 7-HCP, 8-loser hand, with a shortage in Clubs.
Answer 8 6 5 2 K Q 6 Q 9 4 3 8 6
What should you bid ?
2 . 1 Spade
You could support partner's Major with a 3-card suit, 6-9 points and a short suit. But there's a better bid. You have a 4-card Spade suit, and your partner might have one too. So bid it. Your bid is forcing for one round (you changed suit), so you will also find out about the length of his Hearts.
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- Question 7
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Partner opened 1 Spade. You have this 7-loser hand
Q 8 2 9 4 K Q 7 2 Q J 3 2
What should you bid ?1. pass
2. 1 Spade
3. 1 NT
4. 2 Clubs
5. 2 Diamonds
6. 2 Hearts
7. 2 Spades
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- Question 7
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Partner opened 1 Spade. You have this 7-loser hand
Answer Q 8 2 9 4 K Q 7 2 Q J 3 2
What should you bid ?
4 . 2 Clubs
With 10 HCP, 7-losers, you are too strong to support your partner's Major with a 3-card suit. Bid your minors, starting up the line of course as you have two 4-card suits.
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- Question 8
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Partner opened 1 Spade. You have an opening hand too. It's a nice 13-HCP 6-loser hand.
A Q 7 2 Q J 8 K J 7 6 3 2
What should you bid ?1. pass
2. 2 Clubs
3. 2 Spades
4. 3 Spades
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- Question 8
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Partner opened 1 Spade. You have an opening hand too. It's a nice 13-HCP 6-loser hand.
Answer A Q 7 2 Q J 8 K J 7 6 3 2
What should you bid ?
2 . 2 Clubs
If you had an 8-card fit in Spades, then you'd want to bid 3 or 4-Spades to show your strength, or even 2NT if you're very sophisticated and you both use the Jacoby 2NT convention. But you don't yet know if you have an 8-card fit. Here, just force your partner to rebid by bidding your longest suit at the lowest level. His next bid will tell you if he has 5 Spades.
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- Question 9
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Partner opened 1 Spade. You have this 6-HCP 8-loser hand, with a huge hole in Diamonds
K 10 6 J 8 2 6 Q 9 7 5 4 3
What should you bid ?1. pass
2. 1 NT
3. 2 Clubs
4. 2 Diamonds
5. 2 Hearts
6. 2 Spades
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- Question 9
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Partner opened 1 Spade. You have this 6-HCP 8-loser hand, with a huge hole in Diamonds
Answer K 10 6 J 8 2 6 Q 9 7 5 4 3
What should you bid ?
6 . 2 Spades
You only have 6 HCP, but you must bid. NT is a big problem in view of the Diamonds. Bidding Spades is right, and will also stop the opposition from bidding the expected 2-Diamonds.
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- Question 10
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Partner opened 1 Spade. You have this 6-HCP 8-loser hand, with a huge hole in Spades
7 Q 9 3 9 8 4 K J 9 5 3 2
What should you bid ?1. pass
2. 1 NT
3. 2 Clubs
4. 2 Diamonds
5. 2 Hearts
6. 2 Spades
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- Question 10
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Partner opened 1 Spade. You have this 6-HCP 8-loser hand, with a huge hole in Spades
Answer 7 Q 9 3 9 8 4 K J 9 5 3 2
What should you bid ?
2 . 1 NT
Well, your huge hole in Spades is in the bid suit. And at least you have one of them, so there might be some communication. Your hand is not balanced, but 1NT is still the right bid.
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