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 The 1NT Overcall by Matthias Huberschwiller

In this quiz, you will have five questions to answer based upon the 1 NT overcall.

Will you get everything right?

Good luck!

Question 1

  Your Hand
 A Q 8
 K J 3 2
 A Q 6
 7 4 2
 
Q: 1 - What do you bid as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
---1
?


 Your choice:
A: Double - You cannot overcall 1 NT without a stopper in their suit, even when it's a minor.

You'd prefer to be shorter in Clubs to double, but go for it; you have 16 points and at least 3 cards in every other suit.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 2

  Your Hand
 7 5
 A Q 3 2
 K Q 6
 A J 5 4
 
Q: 2 - What do you bid as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
---1
?


 Your choice:
A: 1 NT - A no-trump overcall shows 16-18 points, with a balanced hand and a stopper in their suit. Go for it. You don't need to have stoppers in other suits.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 3

  Your Hand
 K Q 6
 Q 8
 A 6 5
 K Q 9 7 4
 
Q: 3 - What do you bid as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
---1
?


 Your choice:
A: 1 NT - Even with a 5-card minor, you must overcall 1 NT. 2 would usually show 6 of them.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 4

  Your Hand
 K J 8 5
 A 6 5 4
 A Q
 Q 5 2
 
Q: 4 - What do you bid as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
---1
?


 Your choice:
A: Double - With shortness in Diamonds, you should prefer to make a take-out double, especially with both 4-card majors.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 5

  Your Hand
 J 10 5 4 2
 7 4
 6 5 2
 8 4 3
 
Q: 5 - What do you bid as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
-11 NTPass
?


 Your choice:
A: 2 - After a 1 NT overcall, you can play the same methods as over a 1 NT opening. Here, you should bid 2, which is not a cue-bid but a transfer to Spades.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Play this Hand

Now that you've bid five hands, let's see how your play goes.

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