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 Opponents make your life difficult? by Bobby Wolff

What will you bid in these five examples where your opponents make your life difficult?





Question 1

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


 Your choice:
A: 1♠: Even though you seem to be right at the minimum end of your range for a response, you absolutely cannot afford to pass here. With the boss suit, you must introduce it into the auction right now, or else you may never find your side's best fit.


Your result so far:
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Question 2

  Your Hand
♠ K 9 7
♥ K 6 5 3
♦ 5
♣ K Q 6 4 2 		 
Q: 2 - What do you bid as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
Pass1♥Pass1♠
?


 Your choice:
A: 2♣: Your hand may not be quite worth an overcall, but the advantage of bidding two clubs is that you get partner off to the right lead against either a heart or no-trump overcall. When you are in doubt, one thing to take into account with an overcall is whether you really want that suit led, and DON'T want any other suit led.


Your result so far:
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Question 3

  Your Hand
♠ Q 9 8 4
♥ Q J
♦ A 7
♣ Q J 9 7 3 		 
Q: 3 - What do you bid as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
-1♦Double1♥
?


 Your choice:
A: 2♦: Be careful! You would like to cuebid to set up a game-force here, but many people would play a bid of two hearts as natural. A cuebid of two diamonds is unambiguously forcing and should get partner to bid a four-card spade suit if he has one. If he doesn't, you can head for three no-trump.


Your result so far:
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Question 4

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


 Your choice:
A: 2♣: Although I've expressed my distaste for overcalling in a five-card suit at the two-level, there are exceptions. A very chunky suit in an overcall that takes up the maximum space is perfectly forgivable. Here you make both major suits more difficult for West to bid, and making the opponents' life hard is always laudable. Vulnerable, I'd think twice, though, if facing a passing partner.

Your result so far:
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Question 5

  Your Hand
♠ 10 9
♥ Q 7 2
♦ Q 10 2
♣ Q J 9 8 3 		 
Q: 5 - What do you bid as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
-2♦DoublePass
3♣Pass3♠Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 3NT: You have a decent diamond stop and enough bits and pieces to make the no-trump game the most attractive option, so bid three no-trump. Note that this is a suggestion to play no-trump, not a command. Your partner can bid on with significant extra shape, or really short diamonds.


Your result so far:
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