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 How strong is partner? by Bobby Wolff

How strong do you evaluate your hand?

How strong is partner?

Is this sequence forcing?

And, most importantly, what should your call be with these five hands?

Question 1

  Your Hand
♠ K J 8 5 3
♥ A 7 3
♦ Q 7
♣ Q 6 2 		 
Q: 1 - What do you bid next as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
-1♦Pass1♥
1♠2♣2♦Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 2♠: When your partner has two equivalent cue-bids available (two diamonds and two hearts), the higher cue-bid should show four trumps, and the lower should show three. It is technically possible that your partner has six diamonds here, but let's not confuse "technically possible" with the more normal hand type we see here. I'd bid two spades since I have nothing to spare for my earlier action.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 2

  Your Hand
♠ A 6 5
♥ A K J 8 7
♦ A 9 8 4
♣ 6 		 
Q: 2 - What do you rebid as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
1♥Pass1♠Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 2♦: Those controls make the hand almost worth forcing to game with a jump to three diamonds, but you do have only a 16-count, no matter how you upgrade it. I think a simple call of two diamonds should suffice, planning to raise spades at your next turn if partner corrects to two hearts. Over any other continuation but a pass, a spade call at your third turn will be natural and game-forcing.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 3

  Your Hand
♠ Q 10 9
♥ J 10 8 4 3
♦ A J 5
♣ K 7 		 
Q: 3 - What do you bid next as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
--1NTPass
2♦Pass2♥Pass
3NTPass4♣Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 4♥: This unusual auction by your partner describes a hand with a maximum and three hearts, plus a source of tricks in clubs, hoping for you to have a hand with some slam interest. You do not have that hand, so sign off in four hearts. Imagine the heart three were the queen, and you might do more.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 4

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


 Your choice:
A: 2♥: Your cue-bid has set up a forcing auction as far as suit agreement. So you can bid two hearts now, knowing that partner must bid again. His raise to three hearts or a rebid of two no-trump would not be forcing, but you would bid on of course. For the record, facing a passed hand, you might need to do more if you wanted to force to game with an appropriate hand of your own.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 5

  Your Hand
♠ K J 3
♥ 10 5 2
♦ A Q 4
♣ A 10 8 4 		 
Q: 5 - What is your call as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
-PassPass3♥
?


 Your choice:
A: Pass: You may feel like you are being stolen from, but you just do not have the shape to double for takeout. You must pass as smoothly as possible, relying on your partner to re-open with short hearts or real shape of his own. As a passed hand, he should bid in either scenario, regardless of whether he is close to an opening bid here.

Your result so far:
Open Question

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