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 What do you think is the right strain? by Bobby Wolff

What do you think is the right strain in these five bidding examples?

And what does partner's bidding show?

How high should you go?

Question 1

  Your Hand
♠ J 3
♥ K Q 10 4 3
♦ 9 3
♣ 9 8 7 6 		 
Q: 1 - What do you bid next as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
-Pass1♦Pass
1♥Pass1NTPass
?


 Your choice:
A: 2♥: While you'd prefer to have six hearts to insist on playing the major facing a one-no-trump response, circumstances may alter cases. Here, your solid heart holding suggests that facing almost any doubleton, hearts will play better than no-trump. Your hand may be virtually worthless in no-trump unless partner has the heart ace. And even facing a singleton honor, you'd like to play hearts, wouldn't you?

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 2

  Your Hand
♠ 2
♥ 6 5 4 2
♦ 10 8 4 2
♣ 10 9 8 7 		 
Q: 2 - What do you bid as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
Pass1♦1NTDouble
?


 Your choice:
A: Redouble: It would be sadistic to leave your partner in one no-trump doubled with a Yarborough. Some people play "system on" after this double. If you do, so that a call of two clubs would be Stayman, you might consider using redouble here as a rescue to a minor. Partner bids two clubs, and you pass or correct to two diamonds. If you play natural rescues, I would advocate running to two clubs initially.

Your result so far:
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Question 3

  Your Hand
♠ K 6 5 4 3
♥ 10
♦ A 8 4
♣ J 10 4 2 		 
Q: 3 - What do you bid next as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
Pass3♥DoublePass
4♠Pass5♣Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 6♣: Your partner is not cue-bidding for spades. He has a rock-crusher with clubs. Your hand is very suitable for higher things, so you must not pass now. I'm not sure if it is best to cue-bid five hearts or raise to six clubs, or whether you can risk five diamonds as an unequivocal cue-bid for clubs. I'd choose between five hearts and six clubs based on my estimate of partner's declarer play skill and his natural optimism.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 4

  Your Hand
♠ A 9 8 3
♥ K 8 6
♦ K 6 2
♣ 7 5 3 		 
Q: 4 - What do you bid as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
-1♥Double2♥
?


 Your choice:
A: 2♠: If the opponents had not raised to two hearts, you might well have jumped to two spades, but in competition, it doesn't seem to me that you have enough to take this balanced hand (including a heart king of dubious worth) beyond the two-level. You'd expect partner to advance with real extras; if he doesn't have those extras, you surely won't make game.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 5

  Your Hand
♠ 5 2
♥ A Q J 8 5
♦ Q J 7 4
♣ 6 2 		 
Q: 5 - What do you bid next as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
--1♣Pass
1♥1♠PassPass
?


 Your choice:
A: Double: Rather than bidding two diamonds, double for take-out. This allows your partner a wider choice of actions than insisting on one of your two suits. In general, double tends to be the most flexible action in competitive auctions; whenever you have decent high cards for the action you should consider doubling for take-out, assuming your hand has no other obvious direction.


Your result so far:
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