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Mon 28^th N-S 1^st Hans V & Lars G 62% 2^nd Dave & Holger 60%

E-W 1^st Kees Pr. & Paul Sav. 58% 2^nd Agne & britta 55%

Wed 30^th N-S 1^st Olefur & Stefan = Sally & Charlene 57%

E-W 1^st Dave & Terry 67% 2^nd Holger & Lars G 66%

Fri 1^st N-S 1^st Bengt & Terry 65% 2^nd Gastone & Jean-Charles 60%

E-W 1^st Michel & Holger 65% 2^nd Agne & Britta 61%

Bidding Quiz Standard American is assumed unless otherwise stated.

Hand A Hand B With Hand A you choose to open 1NT. Partner bids 2♣ and

you bid 2♦. Partner then jumps to 3♠, what do you do?

♠ A85 ♠ KQ752

♥ A32 ♥ A With Hand B you open 1♠ and LHO overcalls 2♥. This is

♦ K73 ♦ AJ2 passed round to you, what do you do?

♣ A732 ♣ AQ62

Hand C Hand D With Hand C Partner opens 1♠ and RHO overcalls 2♥, what

do you bid?

♠ 109 ♠ A6

♥ K10852 ♥ K4 With hand D you open 1♣, LHO overcalls 1♦ and partner bids 1♠.

♦ K10963 ♦ J874 You bid 1NT and partner bids 2♥, what do you do?

♣ 9 ♣ A7643

Hand E Hand F With Hand E partner opens 1NT. (a) What do you bid?

Suppose you choose 2♣ and partner responds 2♦,

♠ KJ1094 ♠ AJ875 (b) What do you bid now?

♥ KQ108 ♥ Q1074

♦ J8 ♦ 6 With Hand F you open 1♠ and LHO overcalls 2♦. This is

♣ K9 ♣ AK4 passed round to you, what do you bid?

Bidding Sequence quiz

G 1NT pass 2♣ pass What is 3♠? Is it forcing?

2♦ pass 3♠

H 1♥ 1♠ 2♠ What is 2♠?

J 1♣ 1♦ 2♦ What is 2♦?

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The automatic re-opening double – pt 1 Board 23 from Wednesday 30^th