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 How strong is your hand? by Bobby Wolff

How strong is your hand? And how do you best show it to partner?

Test your skills with these five questions.



Question 1

  Your Hand
♠ K 10 8
♥ A 5
♦ J 7 4
♣ Q J 10 9 3 		 
Q: 1 - What do you bid next as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
-1♦1♥Pass
2♣Pass2♦Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 2♥: Your partner's cue-bid asks you to describe your hand. You have delayed heart support and should simply bid two hearts now. There is no need to look for no-trump or to feel you need to do more with your 11-count. Your partner should know you have values and heart tolerance.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 2

  Your Hand
♠ J
♥ J 2
♦ K J 10 5 4
♣ A K Q 8 2 		 
Q: 2 - What do you bid next as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
1♦Pass1♥Pass
2♣Pass2♠Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 3♣: A simple call of three clubs shows your basic hand shape. However, if you consider, as I do, that you have too much slam potential for this call, then jump to four clubs to emphasize the good suits and extra shape. Once partner bids the fourth suit, it is highly unlikely here that three no-trump will be the right final contract.


Your result so far:
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Question 3

  Your Hand
♠ 9
♥ 9 8 6 3 2
♦ A K 8 7
♣ Q 10 5 		 
Q: 3 - What do you answer as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
PassPass1♠Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 1NT: Were you tempted to respond two hearts? You shouldn't yield to such temptation. To respond at the two-level as a passed hand, you need some combination of a sixth card in your long suit, or more spade tolerance, or a better hand. With no fit for spades, do not encourage partner to rebid his suit unless he really wants to.


Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 4

  Your Hand
♠ A 9 7 6 2
♥ A 6 3
♦ 9 4
♣ K 5 3 		 
Q: 4 - What do you bid next as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
--1♦Pass
1♠Pass2♣Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 2NT: There is no easy way to show your fifth spade and simultaneously invite game. The best you can do is to rebid two no-trump and hope that your partner will bid out his shape if he has three spades, or rebid his minors as appropriate. Facing a minimum opening bid, two no-trump may be as good a partscore as any.


Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 5

  Your Hand
♠ K 6 4
♥ J 10 5 2
♦ A Q 9 8 2
♣ 3 		 
Q: 5 - What do you answer as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
--1♠Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 3♠: Jump to three spades to show a limit raise. Your ruffing value suggests you raise spades directly and get your hand off your chest at one go. It would not be unreasonable to force to game by bidding two diamonds, then raising spades, and I would do that with the diamond king instead of the queen.



Your result so far:
Open Question

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