ericba2006

Bid 5♣. If your partner has too many losers or too many wasted points, she'll go back to 5♥, which is highly safe by your standards (since your 5♣ bid only shows a second-round stopper and you have a void, it's OK to raise your points a little.), If she doesn't, she will bid 5♦, asking you for more (if you had more then she'd go straight to slam).

What do you use for a strong hand like this? Would you open A) 2♣(NAT), B) 1♣(PRECISE), or C) other? Respond ASAP. ♠ AKQJxxx ♥ Ax ♦ x ♣ Axx

Well mainly I prefer using 3♣ as Puppet Stayman.2NT opener can respond like this: 2NT - 3♣ - ? 3♦ = one 4-card major (3C bidder can bid one major to show the other) 3♥/3♠ = 5 cd suit 3NT = no 4-card major

Well I guess with this strong a hand but a stiff ♦, I would probably pass. Bidding with this hand is just too dangerous, besides, who can make a sensible choice of bids with this kind of hand?? A takeout double? Awful. I may do this once in a while, but not when I have a singleton (thus no support) or a void in a side suit. Picture the scene. If you double OPP's 1♣ bid and your partner has 6 or 7 diamonds, what a nice fit in diamonds, he may think. If he has enough to bid game, he would bid either 3NT or 5♦, both of them might go down if he's facing a minimum hand, but with your hand, 3NT is almost guaranteed to make, while 5♦ can hardly be made even down three. A 1NT bid? No way. If you overcall 1NT you have to promise either a stopper or a 4-card suit in ALL FOUR suits. Now you just can't assume that partner has a diamond stopper. So you have to pass. When the 1♣ bid is passed around to fourth seat, your PD can consider a 1NT balancing bid which promises only 10 points (In my system) and a balanced hand. Anyway, the correct auction is probably: West North East South 1C Pass Pass 1NT Pass 2C Pass 2D Pass 3NT All Pass

Hey Pete, you may make if you just go up with the ♥K. If you do, then you'll surely make the contract. Your mistake and East's mistake neutralized each other, leaving you with 4♠ =.

Suppose you're sitting East and you have this hand: AKQxxxx KJxx A Qx And the bidding went something like this: West North East South pass pass ? Should I have had this hand, I will definitely open 2C. What is your preference: 1C 1S 2S