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 A mix of situations by Bobby Wolff

Just as in real life, these five questions are a mix of situations that may not occur very often and seemingly standard situations.

What would you do?

Test yourself.

Question 1

  Your Hand
♠ K 7 3 2
♥ K Q 5
♦ K Q 6 5
♣ K 6 		 
Q: 1 - What is your call as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
1NTPass5NTPass
?


 Your choice:
A: 6♦: An unusual sequence, no doubt, and one that can be played in two ways. My preference is to use this as simply a choice of slams, by a hand without a four-card major. Here, your hand looks extremely suitable for play in diamonds, so I would bid six diamonds. If partner is interested only in clubs as opposed to no-trump, he can revert to six no-trump.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 2

  Your Hand
♠ Q 5 4
♥ Q 9 6 4
♦ K 10 7 3
♣ Q 6 		 
Q: 2 - What do you bid next as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
-Pass1♠Pass
2♠PassPassDouble
?


 Your choice:
A: Redouble: After making a constructive raise initially, you may feel like you have nothing in hand for the auction. But my view is that you are happy to double the opponents in either red suit. And if partner wants to double a club contract, you can encourage him to do so by redoubling. That puts the onus on your partner to take further action, if appropriate.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 3

  Your Hand
♠ K J 10 7
♥ 10 7
♦ A Q 9 5
♣ J 10 4 		 
Q: 3 - What do you bid as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
Pass1♣1♥Double
?


 Your choice:
A: Redouble: Had your RHO raised clubs, you would have doubled for takeout; and had he bid one spade, you might have been tempted to try one no-trump. Indeed, you still might quite reasonably do that. But you also have the option as a passed hand to redouble to show values, which also tends to suggest something like a doubleton in support of partner. With more trumps, you would raise directly.


Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 4

  Your Hand
♠ 9 2
♥ 10 3 2
♦ A K J 10 7
♣ A K 9 		 
Q: 4 - How do you open that hand as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
?


 Your choice:
A: 1NT: Ely Culbertson, who initially espoused the theory that a no-trump opener should have all suits guarded, might turn over in his grave were he to read this answer. But I would open one no-trump here with only limited qualms. I would rather have more in one or both of the spade and heart suits, but describing the basic nature of the hand never gets you far off base.


Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 5

  Your Hand
♠ A 6
♥ K 8 3
♦ K J 5
♣ Q J 10 8 4 		 
Q: 5 - And how do you open this hand as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
--PassPass
?


 Your choice:
A: 1NT: I don't often upgrade a 14-count into a strong no-trump, but if ever there were a hand that cried out to be treated as 15 points, this is it. There are two reasons for this: The first is that your solid club intermediates offer a lot of playing strength. Second, you are not averse to pre-empting the opponents out of the majors, and a no-trump opener works better than a one-club opener -- especially in third seat.

Your result so far:
Open Question

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