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EW end up in 1NT while 3NT would have been a very good contract. | ♠ | A 9 6 5 |  | ♠ | K Q 3 | | ♥ | 8 6 5 | ♥ | A J 7 | | ♦ | 9 7 | ♦ | K Q 10 8 | | ♣ | Q 10 7 5 | ♣ | A 9 8 |
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| — | 1♦ | double | pass | | 1♠ | pass | 1NT | pass | | pass | pass | | |
'I thought you showed 13-14 HCP', West says.
'I wouldn't double with so little points if I have an unsuitable distribution for it. After all, my second bid shows that I have some length in diamonds', East says.
'Not necessarily, since you could have something like ♦Ax, a guard and still a short diamond suit', West says. Who is wrong and who is right? |
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Opener rebids his suit: five- or six-card suit?* |
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EW end up in the wrong game. | ♠ | A 5 | | ♠ | K Q J 9 | | ♥ | K Q J 8 6 | ♥ | A 3 | | ♦ | 10 3 2 | ♦ | Q J 7 4 | | ♣ | Q J 4 | ♣ | 10 9 7 |
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| 1♥ | pass | 1♠ | pass | | 2♥ | pass | 4♥ | pass | | pass | pass | pass | |
West is defeated by one trick in 4♥: NS make the ♣AK and the ♦AK (West is lucky to escape a diamond ruff...).
3NT is on ice. East: 'I thought you showed six hearts.'
West: 'Surely not, I'm showing at least five. You need at least three-card support to raise.' Who erred in the bidding? |
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EW end up in the wrong game. | ♠ | A K 5 | | ♠ | Q J 8 7 6 | | ♥ | A 8 6 5 4 | ♥ | K 2 | | ♦ | 7 | ♦ | Q 6 5 | | ♣ | K Q J 8 | ♣ | 10 5 4 |
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| 1♥ | pass | 1♠ | pass | | 2♣ | pass | 2♥ | pass | | 4♥ | pass | pass | pass |
West: ‘Why did you support my heart suit on a doubleton?’
East: ‘What else am I supposed to bid?’
West: ‘Well, 2♠ of course.’ 4♥ went down one since the heart suit was 4-2, declarer losing the two minor suit aces and two trump tricks.
4♠ would have been a piece of cake.
Who was to blame? |
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Only invitational or forcing and very strong? * |
| ♠ | A 3 | | ♠ | K Q J 8 | | ♥ | Q J 10 6 3 | ♥ | A K 7 4 | | ♦ | K 10 4 | ♦ | Q J 3 | | ♣ | Q 7 5
| ♣ | A 4 |
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| 1♥1 | pass | 1♠ | pass | | 1NT | pass | 3♥ | pass | | pass | pass | | |
1 EW open four-card majors To state it as friendly as possible: 3♥ is a safe contract. This is one contract that is not going to be defeated... Critical spirits may however remark that 6♥, bar an unlikely ruff, is cold.
East: 'I think you shouldn't have passed 3♥, it's forcing.'
West: 'I thought it was invitational.'
Who is right, who is wrong? |
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Forcing or invitational? * |
| ♠ | A J 8 7 6 | | ♠ | K Q 4 3 | | ♥ | 6 4 | ♥ | A 8 | | ♦ | K Q 7 5 | ♦ | J 4 | | ♣ | Q 8 | ♣ | A K J 6 2 |
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| 1♠ | pass | 2♣1 | pass | | 2♦ | pass | 3♠ | pass | | pass | pass | | |
1 Classical: 10+ HCP, one round forcing (not game forcing therefore, which is — by the way — getting more and more popular) Effortlessly West makes twelve tricks.
'I think my bidding was slam invitational', says East, 'so it was game forcing.'
'I thought 3♠ was a limit bid', says West, 'invitational for game.'
Who was wrong? |
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To give preference for partner's suit or to bid one's own suit? * |
| ♠ | A J 8 6 3 | | ♠ | 4 | | ♥ | 6 4 | ♥ | K J 10 8 5 3 | | ♦ | K Q 7 2 | ♦ | J 6 | | ♣ | A 5 | ♣ | Q 8 6 2 |
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| 1♠ | pass
| 1NT | pass | | 2♦ | pass | 2♥ | pass | | 2♠ | pass | pass | pass |
2♠ ends up down three. East would have made 2♥... 'How could you...' (click here to read Ed Hoogenkamp's opinion about this opening sentence of the post mortem) '...pass 2♠ having a singleton spade?' says West. 'I, on the other hand, really couldn't pass 2♥. After all, how was I to know you had such a long heart suit? I think you should have rebid 3♥ over my 2♠.'
'I thought I had shown a lot of hearts already', says East. Who was wrong? |
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