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 How strong do you evaluate your hand? by Bobby Wolff

Looking at the auction so far, how strong do you evaluate your hand?

And do you already know what strain you'd like to play in?

See how you fare.

Question 1

  Your Hand
♠ K 10 9 6
♥ 10 3 2
♦ Q 5 3
♣ K Q 4 		 
Q: 1 - What is your call as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
---1♣
Pass1♥2♥Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 3♣: Your partner's two-heart call is best played as natural here, plus a good hand. A one-no-trump call should similarly be natural, with double and two no-trump taking care of hands with high-card and shape respectively, with the other two suits. I would drive this hand to game, planning to cue-bid three clubs, then probably bid three no-trump to offer a choice of games.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 2

  Your Hand
♠ 5
♥ 9 5
♦ A 10 9 4 3
♣ A K Q 8 4 		 
Q: 2 - What do you bid next as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
1♦Double1♠Pass
2♣Pass2♠Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: Pass: Some problems can be boiled down to a simple question. Here, that question is: Do you trust your partner? You showed the minors, and partner expressed a strong preference for playing spades. Do you have any reason to overrule him, other than your singleton spade? I don't think so. Pass and (silently) blame your partner if he is wrong.

Your result so far:
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Question 3

  Your Hand
♠ 8 3
♥ A K Q 7
♦ 8 6 5 4
♣ 9 6 5 		 
Q: 3 - What do you bid next as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
-Pass1♣Pass
1♥Pass2♦Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 2NT: This hand appears to be a simple raise of diamonds, but is that call forcing or invitational? For simplicity's sake, I suggest that after a reverse, responder's raise of either of opener's suits be played as forcing. This in turn means that weak hands must do something else. You can play two no-trump as artificial and weak, or you can play the cheaper of fourth suit and two no-trump as weak; both methods work.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 4

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


 Your choice:
A: 3♠: Today's feature is more about judgment than system, but if we assume this hand is (barely) worth a slam try in diamonds, we must have methods to show a diamond one-suiter and still stay safely low while using transfers to the major. I recommend using three spades as a transfer to three no-trump. Following that, bids in the minors show one-suited slam tries, and bids in the majors show both minors.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 5

  Your Hand
♠ 3 2
♥ K Q 6
♦ A Q J 7
♣ 10 5 4 2 		 
Q: 5 - What is your call as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
-1♣1♠Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 1NT: Although you have an opening bid of sorts, this feels like a hand on which to go low, not high. You have no fit for partner and no real stopper in the opponents' suit, so I would counsel a call of one no-trump rather than looking higher in no-trump or advancing with a cue-bid. This hand just doesn't seem worthy of a real invitation to game.

Your result so far:
Open Question

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