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WN E S
Pass
Pass Pass 1NT Pass
2® Pass 2´ Pass
?
3´. The five-four spade fit
combined with the two doubletons is worth a
couple of points and so makes the hand worth
inviting game. Partner can choose whether to pass
or go on to 4´.
WN E S
1´ Pass
?
1NT. Hands with nine high card
points are borderline two-level
change-of-suit responses. If you play a non-jump
2NT rebid by opener as forcing, you need a good
nine to make a two-level response. Here, while the
diamonds are nice, the singleton in partner's suit
and terrible spot cards elsewhere make the hand a
poor nine not a good nine.
WN E S
1™
?
2t. Most of the time when you
have a two-suited hand you do
best to show both suits (here with
an unusual 2NT) because this makes it easier for
partner to judge a competitive auction. This time,
with all your strength in one suit, you simply
show it.
WNES
3t Dble
?
4t. You have too few top cards to
expect to make 5t and too many
defensive values to want to bid 5t as a sacrifice.
Since you know that North is going to bid after
South's take-out double, you bid as high as you are
willing to go before the opponents have located
their fit.
WNES
1´ Pass 2´ Pass
?
4´. If you value the hand using
the Losing Trick Count, you will
count the diamond suit as more
than two losers but the heart suit as not a full loser.
Valuing the hand as worth five losers, it is worth
potting game. If you make a trial bid, this may help
the opponents with the opening lead or subsequent
defence.
WNES
1™ 1´ Pass
?
2™. This cue bid of opener's suit
says nothing about your holding
in the suit. It merely indicates
that you have three-card support for partner's
overcalled suit and that you are too strong for a
simple raise. r
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Hand 1
´ A 9 6 4 2
™ J 8 6 3
t A 2
® 6 2
Hand 2
´ K
™ 7 3 2
t K J 9 8 4
® Q 5 3 2
Hand 3
´ 6 5 2
™ -
t A K Q 8 3
® 10 9 6 5 2
Hand 4
´ K 10 6 4 3
™ Q J 3
t A Q 7 6
® Q
Hand 5
´ A Q 9 8 3
™ A Q
t Q 7 5 2
® A 5
Hand 6
´ Q J 5
™ J
t 7 6 4 3 2
® A K J 6