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2011
A Q J 8 3 K 9 4 K Q J 7 5
1.
1 . You have 16 high-card points
plus 1 length point for the fifth club.
Show the spade suit. 1 is not forcing.
Partner could have as few as 6 points.
A Q 6 2 J 6 5 4 9 5 A K 8
2.
2 . Raise partner’s suit to the two
level with four-card support and a
minimum opening bid. The raise is
not forcing.
6 2 K 4 K Q 5 A K J 10 8 6
3.
3 . With 16 high-card points plus
2 length points for the six-card club
suit, you have too much to simply
rebid 2 . Make a jump rebid to 3 ,
showing 17–18 points. This is highly
invitational, but not forcing.
K 8 A K J 5 K Q Q J 10 7 4
4.
4 . With four-card support for
partner’s major and a hand worth 21
points...19 high-card points plus 1
dummy point for each doubleton...
take the partnership to game. The
double jump to 4 is not forcing.
A J 6 Q 7 K 9 4 A K J 8 4
5.
2NT. You have a balanced hand
with 18 high-card points plus 1 point
for the fifth club.A jump to 2NT shows
18–19 but is not forcing.
A K J 6 Q 5 7 4 A K Q 6 2
6.
2 . With 19 high-card points plus
1 for the fifth club, you have too
much to make a non-forcing rebid of
1 . The jump shift to 2 shows 19
or more and is forcing to game.
A 4 Q J 7 5 K 4 K Q 8 6 3
7.
3 . 15 high-card points plus 1
dummy point for each doubleton is
enough for a jump raise of partner’s
suit. The jump is only invitational.
9 4 K 3 A K 7 3 A Q J 10 4
8.
2 . You have 17 high-card points
plus 1 length point for the fifth club.
The bid of a second suit at the two
level that is higher-ranking than the
first is a reverse, showing about 17
or more points. It is forcing.
K J 8 5 K 8 6 3 A Q 8 6 2
9.
1NT.With only 13 high-card points
and 1 length point, you aren’t strong
enough to reverse into 2 . Rebid
1NT, non-forcing, showing aminimum
‘balanced’hand...it’s almost balanced.
K 4 9 A J 7 3 K Q 7 6 5 3
10.
2 . Again, you aren’t strong
enough to bid 2 with only 13 high-
card points plus 2 length points.
Settle for a non-forcing rebid of 2 .
Answers to Quizzical Pursuits
Bidding Quiz
Playing Detective
Bridge Trivia
Literary Reference
1.
East.
West would not lead away
from the A against a suit contract.
2.
West.
East would have played the
Q, only as high as necessary, if
holding the Q as well as the K.
3.
East.
Since West has the Q,
West would have led the Q with a
holding headed by the Q–J.”
4/5/6.
West.
If East has the A–K–J,
West must hold all the other missing
high cards to have enough strength
to open the bidding. The full deal
must be something like this:
7.
On gaining the lead, play the K
followed by the J to trap West’s
‘known’ Q. You lose only two
spades, one diamond, and one club.
Questions on Page 17
At the other table, the Italian North-
South pair of Giorgio Belladonna
and Benito Garozzo had a long and
complicated auction to arrive at the
terrible grand slam contract of 7 ,
missing the K!
Belladonna shook his head when
the dummy came down, afraid the
Italians had just lost the championship.
However, when he led a club and
played the Q, the finesse worked.
And when he played the A, the
K came tumbling down. The lucky
grand slam made, and the Italians
were once again world champions!
Famous Deal
This is from Ernest Hemmingway’s
A F
AREWELL TO
A
RMS
(1929).
1)
Ely Culbertson (1930).
2)
Louis Watson (1934).
3)
S J Simon (1945).
4)
Charles Goren (1949).
5)
Alfred Sheinwold (1962).
6)
Victor Mollo (1965).
7)
Audrey Grant & Eric Rodwell
(1984).
N
ORTH
(D
UMMY
)
10 4
A 9 8 5
K Q J 7
Q 9 5
W
EST
E
AST
Q 8 7 5 2
A K J
Q 6 4
3 2
A 6 3
9 5 4 2
A 8
7 4 3 2
S
OUTH
(Y
OU
)
9 6 3
K J 10 7
10 8
K J 10 6
N
W
E
S
C
ONTRACT
:
3
N
ORTH
(B
ELLADONNA
)
A K 10 9
—
A 9 7
J 9 8 6 3 2
W
EST
E
AST
4 3
7 6 5 2
Q 10 8 7
K 4 3 2
Q 10 6 4
J 5 3
7 5 4
K 10
S
OUTH
(G
AROZZO
)
Q J 8
A J 9 6 5
K 8 2
A Q
N
W
E
S
Contract:
7 !
N
W
E
S
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