Bid a hand by Matthias Huberschwiller

In each edition of Slams, you’ll find a quiz in which you have to do the full bidding sequence with one hand.

We suggest that you do the first quiz first because the things treated each time will be useful for reaching the right contract.

Now, it’s your bid!

Question 1

Your Hand
♠ Q 9 6 2
♥ J 4 3 2
♦ A K 4
♣ 6 2

Q: 1 - Your partner is dealer and opens 1♣.

What is your bid as South?

South	West	North	East
-	-	1♣	Pass
?

A: 1 ♥ – With a 4-4 in the majors, you need to start with the lower one, Hearts.

If you were 5-5, you’d need to start with Spades.

Your result so far:

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Question 2

Your Hand
♠ Q 9 6 2
♥ J 4 3 2
♦ A K 4
♣ 6 2

Q: 2 - Your partner has no Heart fit and has shown four cards in Spades.

What is your bid as South?

South	West	North	East
-	-	1♣	Pass
1♥	Pass	1♠	Pass
?

A: 3 ♠ – You have four cards in your partner’s second suit, you have found a fit in a major.

You need to show partner that you have a fit, showing also your range of points.

With the doubleton in Clubs which gives you one point for distribution, you can give your hand 11 points, which means that you are to strong for a simple raise to 2♠ (which shows 6-10 points).

Therefore, you need to raise to the three-level, showing 11-12 points (HCP plus distribution).

Your result so far:

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Question 3

Your Hand
♠ Q 9 6 2
♥ J 4 3 2
♦ A K 4
♣ 6 2

Q: 3 - Now that you have shown a Spade fit, partner hopes that he can play slam and asks for Aces with 4NT Blackwood.

What is your bid as South?

South	West	North	East
-	-	1♣	Pass
1♥	Pass	1♠	Pass
3♠	Pass	4NT	Pass
?

A: 5♦ - You have only one keycard (the ♦A).

Therefore you bid 5♦, showing one or four keycards.

Your result so far:

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Question 4

Your Hand
♠ Q 9 6 2
♥ J 4 3 2
♦ A K 4
♣ 6 2

Q: 4 - What is your bid as South?

South	West	North	East
-	-	1♣	Pass
1♥	Pass	1♠	Pass
3♠	Pass	4NT	Pass
5♦	Pass	5♠	Pass
?

A: Pass – Over your answer to RKCB, your partner has bid 5♠.

This is a firm decision to stop there. It is an IMPERATIVE. Two keycards are missing.

Remember: The one who has asked for aces becomes the captain of the sequence. He is the one who will chose the final contract. ONLY HIM. You need to respect his decision.

Your partner’s hand was:
♠ KJ54
♥ KQ6
♦ 2
♣ AKQ54

With two missing Aces, it would have been impossible to win a slam.

Your result so far:

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