| + | West |
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K Q 10 8 5 |
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10 8 |
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Q 9 8 4 |
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K 5 |
| + | East |
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7 4 3 |
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7 5 3 |
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J 10 |
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Q J 10 9 6 |
| + | South |
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A J |
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A K J 2 |
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A 7 5 3 2 |
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8 4 |
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Bridge Deal
from the deal bank
You:
North
Dealer:
North
Vulnerability: none
For use by: Intermediate s
Click on "q1" below to see question 1, and on "A1" to see the answer.
- Question
1
Your partner South opens the bidding with 1D, and West overcalls 1S.
With only 9HCP what should you (North) reply?
1NT, 2 Clubs, 2 Hearts, or Pass?
- Question
1
Your partner South opens the bidding with 1D, and West overcalls 1S.
With only 9HCP what should you (North) reply?
1NT, 2 Clubs, 2 Hearts, or Pass?
Answer
None of these, provided you know about the "Negative double". You can't bid 2 of anything with only 9 points and a 4-card suit, especially Hearts which would promise 5+ cards (you've only got 4).
1NT is the usual dustbin to use, but you don't have a stopper in the enemy suit.
And a pass would be a porky-pie, denying 6+ points.
The negative double is the one for this. It allows you to tell your partner what you would have bid - if only the enemy hadn't interfered. Here, it shows 4+ cards in the highest-ranked unbid suit, Hearts in this case, which you would've bid at the one level - and for which you would've only needed 6 HCP, which you do easily have.
- Question
2
OK, you double. The opponent following you at East then raises their overcalling partner to 2S. Then your clever partner at South responds knowingly to your negative double by bidding 3H, so he must have 4 Hearts (since he agreed with your "disguised Heart bid").
Of course, you might wonder if South would've only bid 2H, instead of 3, if the annoying enemy hadn't kept interfering.
What should you bid?
Pass, or raise to 4H?
- Question
2
OK, you double. The opponent following you at East then raises their overcalling partner to 2S. Then your clever partner at South responds knowingly to your negative double by bidding 3H, so he must have 4 Hearts (since he agreed with your "disguised Heart bid").
Of course, you might wonder if South would've only bid 2H, instead of 3, if the annoying enemy hadn't kept interfering.
What should you bid?
Pass, or raise to 4H?
Answer
Raise to 4H.
Your partner would have worked out you had a minimum 6HCP, or a Losing Trick Count of 9. Given that he's raised the bid to 3, he should hopefully have 16+ points including shape, or a LTC of 6. Now, given the suit fit, we've got 10 points including shape, and a LTC of 8.5 - but improving to 8 since the unsupported Queen is in partner's suit.
It all looks as if we have the power to go for game !
Other people's bidding
To examine how other people might have bid, look inside box #1 in the right-hand column (>>>), by clicking on the pink "+ button".
The card play
To see a suggested Opening Lead, look inside box #3 on the right (>>>).
Then make a plan! Think for a bit about how you'd play this contract.
Planning questions
If box #4 is there for this deal (>>>), see how others might have planned the play...
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1). The 5th bid (by North): Is this a double for takeout?
2). Where can extra tricks come from?
G
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