Control Cue-bids by Matthias Huberschwiller

In this quiz, it will be time to cue-bid your controls, to check that you are not missing an Ace-King in one suit.

Will you get everything right?

Good luck!

Question 1

Your Hand
♠ A K J 9 5 2
♥ A 3
♦ Q J 8
♣ 10 2

Q: 1 - What do you bid as South?

South	West	North	East
1♠	Pass	2 NT	Pass
3♠	Pass	4♣	Pass
?

*2NT was a game-forcing four-card Spade raise

A: 4♥ - Your partner has started to cue-bid his controls. He has a Club control. You have a Heart control, but not a Diamond control.

Cue-bid 4♥ to show a Heart control and no Diamond control.

Your result so far:

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Question 2

Your Hand
♠ A K J 9 5 2
♥ A 3
♦ Q J 8
♣ 10 2

Q: 2 - What do you bid as South?

South	West	North	East
1♠	Pass	2 NT	Pass
3♠	Pass	4♦	Pass
?

*2NT was a game-forcing four-card Spade raise

A: 4♠ - Your hand is the same, but your partner has not started with the same cue-bid.

He bypassed 4♣, so he is denying a Club control. You don't have one either, so you need to stop in 4♠. You are missing the Ace and King of Clubs, so a slam is not possible.

Your result so far:

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Question 3

Your Hand
♠ Q J 10 5
♥ A 2
♦ K 5
♣ A Q 10 5 3

Q: 3 - What do you bid as South?

South	West	North	East
1♣	Pass	1♠	Pass
3♠	Pass	4♣	Pass
?

A: 4 NT - You control the remaining suits (Diamonds and Hearts), so you can bid Blackwood.

There is no notion of a control in the trump suit. Keycard Blackwood will solve that problem.

Your result so far:

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Question 4

Your Hand
♠ 6 5
♥ A K Q 5
♦ A Q J 10 8
♣ 6 2

Q: 4 - What do you bid as South?

South	West	North	East
1♦	Pass	1♥	Pass
3♥	Pass	4♣	Pass
?

A: 4♥ - When Hearts are trumps, the first cue-bid is 3♠. Your partner does not control Spades and neither do you, so you need to stop in 4♥.

Your result so far:

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Question 5

Your Hand
♠ A Q J 9 8 5
♥ J 4
♦ 5 3 2
♣ A K

Q: 5 - What do you bid as South?

South	West	North	East
1♠	Pass	4♦	Pass
?

A: 5♣ - Your partner's 4♦ bid is a Splinter, showing shortness in Diamonds and game-going values.

You want to play a slam, but with no control in Hearts and a control in Clubs, you need to bid 5♣ (since you cannot bid 4♣), to try and find out if your partner controls Hearts.

Your result so far:

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