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Mon 7th    N-S     1st    Bjorn & Knud                57%       2nd    Jim & Nigel                          57%

                E-W     1st    Dave & Terry                 63%       2nd    Derek & Gerard                   59%

Wed 9th    N-S     1st    Willy & Guta                  65%       2nd    Phil & Tomas                       64%

                E-W     1st    Gererd & Derek             65%       2nd    Britta & Kenneth                  58%

Fri  11th    N-S     1st    Olaf & Oli O                  65%       2nd    Gene & Paul Sc.                   53%

                E-W     1st    Dave & Royd                 72%       2nd    Alan & Kaare                       61%

                           

 

Bidding Quiz                           Standard American is assumed unless otherwise stated.

 

                             

Hand A           Hand B           What do you open with Hand A?

 

♠ Q                  ♠ AKJ73          With Hand B partner opens 1♦ and RHO overcalls 1♠

♥ 1073             ♥ Q7                (a) What do you bid? (b) Suppose you pass, partner doubles

♦ AKQJ1097  ♦ 873               and this is passed round to LHO who bids 2♥. This is passed round

♣ 52                ♣ 1053             to you, what do you do now?

 

Hand C           Hand D           With Hand C you open 1NT and partner raises to 2NT, what

do you do?

♠ A105            ♠ AJ9762                               

♥ AKQ10        ♥ Q109            With Hand D you open 1♠, LHO overcalls 2♦, partner bids 2♥

♦ 103              ♦ 2                   and RHO bids 3♦, what do you bid?

♣ Q1072         ♣ AQ9

 

Hand E            Hand F            With Hand E partner opens 1NT, what do you do?

 

♠ J4                 ♠ K2

♥ 7643             ♥ AJ532          With Hand F you open 1♥ and partner raises to 2♥. RHO

♦ 762              ♦ Q32              then overcalls 2♠, what do you do?

♣ AK65           ♣ K32

 

 

Bidding Sequence quiz          

                 

G     2NT   pass   3♣     pass       (a) What is 3♣?

3♥      pass   3NT                 (b) How many ♠’s does responder have?               

H     2NT   pass   3♣     pass       What is 3NT?

        3NT  

 

 When your hand Improves                                                   Board 25 from Monday 7th

 

 
Hand evaluation is not just a matter of adding up points. Shape and a fit with partner are very important and the value of your hand may change with the bidding. Here is a typical example where West's hand improved to such an extent during the auction that he was able to confidently bid game with a combined 23 points.
 

Dealer:             ♠ 84                                               West(D)     North         East            South

North               ♥ 52                                               -                 pass           pass           pass

E-W vul           ♦ AJ764                                         1♠              2♦             2♥    (1)      3♦

                        ♣ K1084                                       4♥    (2)      all pass