Practice 3B01
Main
Responses to Suit Bids
by Richard Pavlicek
West
3
!
NORTH
Pass
Pass
East
1
4
South
Pass
All Pass
Board 1
Q 9 8 2
J 9 7 5
A Q 3
J 10
Trick
1 S
2 E
3 N
4 W
5 E
6 N
7 W
8 W
9 E
10 W
11 W
Lead
3
4
J!
6
6
10
K
4
2
K
4
2nd
4
8
2
5
7
3
3
7
10
2
8
3rd
J
10!
7
K
9!
6
8
3
10
6
J
4th
A
Q
K
8
A
A
J
9
9
5
5
W L
1 0
1 1
2 1
3 1
3 2
4 2
5 2
6 2
7 2
8 2
9 2
K 10 4
6 4
K 10 9 2
A K 5 4
A J 7 6 3
A K 2
6 4
8 3 2
Bidding
Play
Defense
Resp to 1 of a suit
Follow up major raise
Finessing technique
Timing the play
Choose lead at suit
5
Q 10 8 3
J 8 7 5
Q 9 7 6
4
East
8 top tricks
Lose 1 trump trick
made 4 -420
West
Pass
Pass
All Pass
North
2
!
3
EAST
Pass
Pass
Pass
South
1
3
4
Board 2
A K 7
J 10 8 4
Q 10 4 3
8 2
Trick
1 W
2 S
3 N
4 N
5 S
6 E
7 E
Lead
8
2!
K
7!
K
K
6
2nd
3
3
8
Q
3
5
7
3rd
J
A
6
6
4
3
5
4th
A
5
4
9
A
4
10
W L
1 0
2 0
3 0
4 0
4 1
4 2
4 3
J 10 9 4 3
5 3
8
K 10 9 6 3
Q 8 5
A 2
K J 6 2
J 7 5 4
Bidding
Play
Defense
Resp to 1 of a suit
Rebid after 2-over-1
Elimination technique
Choose lead at suit
6 2
K Q 9 7 6
A 9 7 5
A Q
4
South
8 top tricks
West is endplayed
made 4 +620
West
Pass
Pass
North
1
!
2 NT
East
Pass
All Pass
SOUTH
1
2
Board 3
A Q 10 7
J 9 7 6
3 2
A 10 2
Trick
1 E
2 W
3 E
4 N
5 W
6 E
7 N
8 S
Lead
3
6
7
6!
8
8
7
5!
2nd
4
10
6
2
2
3
4
4
3rd
K
Q
J
Q
9
J
K
9
4th
2
5
A
K
7
Q
2
A
W L
0 1
0 2
1 2
1 3
1 4
2 4
3 4
3 5
J 9 2
K 10 8 4
J 5
K J 8 6
8 5 4
A 3 2
Q 10 4
Q 9 7 3
Bidding
Play
Defense
Resp to 1 of a suit
Rebid by responder
Play for best chance
Read enemy lead
Third-hand play
Return partner’s suit
K 6 3
Q 5
A K 9 8 7 6
5 4
2 NT North
6 top tricks
Win the rest
made 2 +120
WEST
1
3 NT
North
Pass
All Pass
East
3
!
South
Pass
Board 4
A 10 8 4 3
10 6 5 3 2
Q 6
3
Trick
1 N
2 W
3 E
4 W
5 N
6 W
7 E
8 W
9 W
Lead
4
2
2
3
3
8!
4
K
4
2nd
7
6
6
Q
4
2
7
6
3
3rd
Q
K
J
!
5!
Q
A
10
5
7
4th
K
9
3
10
A
J
5
9
2
W L
1 0
2 0
3 0
3 1
4 1
5 1
6 1
7 1
8 1
K J 6
A J 9
8 4 3 2
K J 10
7
8 7 4
A K 7 5
A 8 5 4 2
Bidding
Play
Defense
Resp to 1 of a suit
Follow up minor raise
Avoidance finesse
Avoidance duck
Choose lead at notrump
Shift to another suit
Q 9 5 2
K Q
J 10 9
Q 9 7 6
3 NT West
5 top tricks
Cash 2 more winners
made 4 -630
Practice 3B05
Main
Top
Responses to Suit Bids
Responses to Suit Bids II
West
All Pass
NORTH
1
East
Pass
South
1 NT!
Board 1
Q 8 4
A Q 7 5
A J 6 5 3
J
Trick
1 W
2 N
3 W
4 S
5 E
6 W
7 E
8 E
Lead
6
J!
J
10
2
7
J
10
2nd
Q
3
5
6
5
Q
9
4
3rd
10
K!
2
3
A
K
3
4
4th
2
A
K
Q
4
6
8
5
W L
1 0
1 1
2 1
2 2
2 3
2 4
2 5
2 6
A 7 3
J 9 8 6 4
9 2
A 7 6
K J 10 2
10
Q 10 7 4
Q 5 3 2
Bidding
Play
Defense
Resp to 1 of a suit
Rebid after 1 NT resp
Overtaking play
Communication/entries
Choose lead at notrump
Protect dummy’s suit
9 6 5
K 3 2
K 8
K 10 9 8 4
1 NT South
5 top tricks
Win the rest
made 1 +90
West
1
!
3
North
Pass
Pass
EAST
1
1 NT
3 NT
South
Pass
Pass
All Pass
Board 2
A Q 10 6
J 10 9 8 4
10 6
7 6
Trick
1 S
2 S
3 W
4 W
5 W
6 E
7 E
8 S
9 S
Lead
Q
4
A
K
2
K
8!
J
J
2nd
3
A
6
10
4
9
10
3
8
3rd
6
7
5
7
J
3
4
9
A
4th
2!
5
3
4
5
8
6
2
2
W L
0 1
1 1
2 1
3 1
4 1
5 1
5 2
5 3
5 4
9 8 4 3
5 3
A K Q 8 2
A 3
K 2
A Q 2
J 9 7 5
K 8 5 2
Bidding
Play
Resp to 1 of a suit
Rebid by responder
Holdup play
Throw-in play
J 7 5
K 7 6
4 3
Q J 10 9 4
3 NT East
8 top tricks
Win the rest
made 3 -400
West
Pass
Pass
Pass
North
2
!
4 NT
6
East
Pass
Pass
All Pass
SOUTH
1
3
5
Board 3
A K Q 8 4 2
3
A 10 8 4
K 7
Trick
1 E
2 N
3 N
4 N
5 N
6 W
7 S
8 S
9 N
10 N
Lead
Q
A
K
Q
3
6
Q
4
8
!
4!
2nd
9
5
3
J
6
7
2
9
8
J
3rd
2
7
9
10
K
4
4
2
5
2
4th
K
6
3
5
A
A
7
8
10
?
W L
1 0
2 0
3 0
4 0
4 1
5 1
6 1
7 1
8 1
0 0
6
A J 9 2
Q J 6
10 6 5 3 2
J 5 3
8 7 6
9 7 5
Q J 8 4
Bidding
Play
Defense
Resp to 1 of a suit
Blackwood convention
Automatic squeeze
Protect dummy’s suit
10 9 7
K Q 10 5 4
K 3 2
A 9
6
North
10 top tricks
West is squeezed
made 6 +980
WEST
1
3
4
North
Pass
Pass
All Pass
East
2
!
3
South
Pass
Pass
Board 4
6 4 3
5
Q 10 8 5
Q 10 8 5 3
Trick
1 N
2 S
3 S
4 N
5 E
6 W
7 W
8 E
9 W
10 W
11 E
Lead
5
Q
J
5!
2
J
4
8
A
7
9
2nd
3
7!
K
A
5
6
5
10
8
10
4
3rd
A
3
4
7
Q
7
K
8
2
K
J
4th
2
4
6
2
3
10
6
8
9
J
Q
W L
0 1
0 2
0 3
1 3
2 3
3 3
4 3
5 3
6 3
7 3
8 3
A Q J 9 8
K 7 2
J 2
A 7 4
K 7 2
9 8 6 4 3
A 9 3
K 2
Bidding
Play
Defense
Resp to 1 of a suit
Rebid after 2-over-1
Read enemy lead
Subdue enemy ruff
Try for a ruff
10 5
A Q J 10
K 7 6 4
J 9 6
4
West
8 top tricks
Win the rest
made 4 -620
Practice 3B09
Main
Top
Responses to Suit Bids
Responses to Suit Bids III
West
3
!
NORTH
Pass
Pass
East
1
4
South
Pass
All Pass
Board 1
8 7 4
Q J 7 3
Q 9 4
J 10 9
Trick
1 N
2 S
3 E
4 E
5 E
6 W
7 S
8 W
9 W
10 E
11 W
Lead
J
3
A
K
2
Q
7
J
2
4
10!
2nd
Q
4
5
6
3
4
9
7
4
8
?
3rd
A
9
2
6
K
6
10
7
A
6
4th
2
K
3
7
8
A
5
5
10
J
W L
0 1
1 1
2 1
3 1
4 1
4 2
5 2
6 2
7 2
8 2
K Q J 10 9 6
2
5 3 2
6 4 2
2
A K 10 4
A K 8 7 6
K Q 5
Bidding
Play
Resp to 1 of a suit
Weak jump response
3
is ideal (1
okay)
Obtain early discard
Positional squeeze
A 5 3
9 8 6 5
J 10
A 8 7 3
4
West
9 top tricks
North is squeezed
made 5 -450
West
Pass
Pass
Pass
North
1
!
2 NT
4
EAST
Pass
Pass
Pass
All Pass
South
1
2
3
Board 2
K J 8 7
3 2
J 8 6 4 3
K J
Trick
1 E
2 S
3 E
4 S
5 N
6 S
7 N
8 N
Lead
3!
2
5
5
4
6
K
J
2nd
A
5
Q
2
10
3
6
10
3rd
4
3
9
J
!
2
K
4
10
4th
7
9
8
4
7
8
7
8
W L
1 0
1 1
2 1
3 1
4 1
5 1
6 1
7 1
9 4
Q 9 8 7
Q 7 5
Q 9 3 2
10 6 5 3
J 6 5
A K 10 9
8 4
Bidding
Play
Defense
Resp to 1 of a suit
Opener’s reverse bid
Bypass bad diamond suit
Seven-card trump fit
Combine chances
Choose lead at suit
A Q 2
A K 10 4
2
A 10 7 6 5
4
North
8 top tricks
Win 3 more tricks
made 4 +620
West
Pass
Pass
All Pass
North
1 NT!
3
East
Pass
Pass
SOUTH
1
3
4
Board 3
9 7 2
J 10 4 3
8 2
J 10 7 4
Trick
1 W
2 S
3 S
4 E
5 S
6 N
7 S
8 N
9 S
Lead
5!
A
3
9
4
2
5
7
Q
2nd
3!
6
10
K
!
7
5
Q
J
2
3rd
7
2
8
8
10
A
J
2
4
4th
A
9
K
4
4
3
6
10
8
W L
1 0
2 0
2 1
3 1
4 1
5 1
6 1
7 1
8 1
K 10 8 3
5
Q 10 7 6
A 9 6 2
Q J 6 5 4
9 8 7
K 9
K Q 5
Bidding
Play
Defense
Resp to 1 of a suit
Tactical 1 NT keeps E-W
from reaching 4
Establish side suit
Avert overruff
Choose lead at suit
A
A K Q 6 2
A J 5 4 3
8 3
4
South
7 top tricks
Win 2 more tricks
made 4 +420
WEST
1
2
3
4
North
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
East
2
!
2
3
6
South
Pass
Pass
Pass
All Pass
Board 4
7 4
A Q 7 5
Q 7 6 5 4
3 2
Trick
1 S
2 W
3 E
4 E
5 W
6 E
7 W
Lead
2
3!
K
6
8!
9
K
2nd
A
4
8
10
5
Q
7
3rd
4
A
5
10
9
K
2
4th
3
2
7
7
3
6
4
W L
1 0
2 0
3 0
4 0
5 0
6 0
6 1
5 3
10 6 4
A K J 10 9 8
K 10
A K J 9 6
2
3
A Q J 9 6 5
Bidding
Play
Defense
Shape-showing bid
Don’t jump with 2-suiter
Read enemy lead
Establish side suit
Choose lead vs slam
Q 10 8 2
K J 9 8 3
2
8 7 4
6
East
10 top tricks
Win the rest
made 6 -1370
Practice 3B13
Main
Top
Responses to Suit Bids
Responses to Suit Bids IV
West
2
!
3
5
NORTH
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
East
1
2
4 NT
6
South
Pass
Pass
Pass
All Pass
Board 1
K 10 7 5 2
J 7 2
J 10
7 5 3
Trick
1 S
2 E
3 W
4 W
5 W
6 W
7 W
8 S
9 W
Lead
4
2
K
A
K
A
!
9
7
2
2nd
J
4
3
10
J
7
2
8
5
3rd
K
9
6
3
4
J
6!
2
Q
4th
A
5
3
5
6
6
Q
9
8
W L
1 0
2 0
3 0
4 0
5 0
6 0
6 1
7 1
8 1
J
5 4 3
A K 9 8 2
A K 10 9
A 8
A Q 9 6
4 3
Q J 8 6 2
Bidding
Play
Resp to 1 of a suit
Blackwood convention
Set up dummy’s suit
Loser-on-loser play
Q 9 6 4 3
K 10 8
Q 7 6 5
4
6
East
9 top tricks
Claim the rest
made 6 -920
West
Pass
Pass
North
1
!
4
EAST
Pass
Pass
All Pass
South
1
3
Board 2
7 6
A K 9 8
J 6 5 4 3
8 4
Trick
1 E
2 W
3 N
4 S
5 S
6 S
7 S
8 S
9 N
10 S
11 N
Lead
10
5!
4
A
K
A
K
2
5
3
6
2nd
2
A
8
2
6
4
9
10
9
9
3rd
K
2
4
4
8
6
7
8
10
K
!
4th
3
3
7
5
J
3
8
Q
A
Q
W L
0 1
1 1
2 1
3 1
4 1
5 1
6 1
7 1
8 1
9 1
J 10 9 4
5
A K 7
Q 10 9 6 2
Q 8 3
Q 7 6 2
Q 10 9 8
J 5
Bidding
Play
Defense
Resp to 1 of a suit
Rebid by opener
Crossruff
Avert overruff
Shift to trumps
A K 5 2
J 10 4 3
2
A K 7 3
4
North
7 top tricks
Win 1 more trick
made 4 +620
West
Pass
All Pass
North
4
!
East
4
SOUTH
1
5
Board 3
J
A 9 7 6 4
9 7 4 3
10 6 3
Trick
1 W
2 E
3 S
4 N
5 S
6 N
7 S
8 N
Lead
2
K
K
4
7
7
8
9
2nd
J
A
10
J
4
Q
10
9
3rd
K
2
A
J
4
Q
6
2!
4th
3
3
5
5
5
6
6
10
W L
0 1
1 1
2 1
3 1
4 1
5 1
6 1
6 2
10 4 2
10
10 8 6 5 2
K 7 5 4
A K Q 9 6 5
5
K Q J
J 9 8
Bidding
Play
Weak jump raise
Combat sacrifice bid
Unclear which side makes
so South bids 5
Elimination technique
Ruff/discard endplay
8 7 3
K Q J 8 3 2
A
A Q 2
5
South
8 top tricks
West is endplayed
made 5 +450
WEST
Pass
2 NT
North
Pass
Pass
East
1
3 NT
South
Pass
All Pass
Board 4
A K 8 5 3
Q 10 5
9 7 5
9 8
Trick
1 N
2 E
3 N
4 N
5 N
6 N
7 E
8 W
Lead
5
J!
A
?
8
3
9
7
9
2nd
10
6
4
4
6
A
J
10
3rd
2
9
7
3
6
10
K
A
4th
4
K
Q
2
2
3
5
?
W L
1 0
1 1
1 2
1 3
1 4
2 4
3 4
0 0
Q 9 4
K 9 2
A K 4 3
5 3 2
J 10
A 8 7 4
Q 2
A K 7 6 4
Bidding
Play
Passed hand response
Limit jump response
Combine chances
Automatic squeeze
7 6 2
J 6 3
J 10 8 6
Q J 10
3 NT West
7 top tricks
South is squeezed
made 3 -600
Practice 3B17
Main
Top
Responses to Suit Bids
Responses to Suit Bids V
West
2
!
NORTH
Pass
All Pass
East
1
South
1
Board 1
10 5 3
Q J 10
Q 8 7 6
9 8 4
Trick
1 S
2 S
3 S
4 E
5 W
6 S
7 E
8 E
Lead
K
A
J?
7
2!
K?
A
7!
2nd
6
8
9
5
4
3
6
10
3rd
3
5
10
K
J
8
2
5
4th
4
Q
3
10
Q
A
J
9
W L
0 1
0 2
1 2
2 2
2 3
3 3
4 3
4 4
9 8 6
K 4 2
A J 4
6 5 3 2
Q 4
A 9 8 7 3
K 9 5
A J 7
Bidding
Play
Defense
Cope with overcall
Resp to 1 of a suit
Combine chances
Set up dummy’s suit
Make declarer ruff
A K J 7 2
6 5
10 3 2
K Q 10
2
East
7 top tricks
Lose 1 trump trick
made 2 -110
West
Pass
All Pass
North
2 NT!
EAST
Pass
Pass
South
1
6 NT
Board 2
A Q 3
A 8 2
K Q 4
10 9 6 3
Trick
1 E
2 N
3 W
4 N
5 S
6 N
7 S
8 N
9 S
10 S
11 S
Lead
J
2
Q
3
6
4
2
3
K
Q
J!
2nd
4
3
A
2
3
5
8
2
5
8
?
3rd
5
4!
9
K
Q
A
K
A
6
9
4th
A
7
5
9
7
7
6
4
7
8
W L
1 0
1 1
2 1
3 1
4 1
5 1
6 1
7 1
8 1
9 1
9 5
Q J 10 7
8 7 3
J 8 5 4
J 10 8 7 2
9 3
10 9 6 5
7 2
Bidding
Play
Defense
Resp to 1 of a suit
Slam decision
Combine chances
Automatic squeeze
Choose lead vs slam
When to split honors
K 6 4
K 6 5 4
A J 2
A K Q
6 NT North
11 top tricks
West is squeezed
made 6 +1440
West
Pass
All Pass
North
3
!
East
Pass
SOUTH
1
4
Board 3
K Q 10
A K 3
8 7 6 4 2
K 8
Trick
1 W
2 S
3 N
4 N
5 N
6 S
7 N
8 S
9 W
10 W
Lead
6
2
A
K
3
4
2
3!
K
J
2nd
8
3
5
7
10
5
J
Q
6
7
3rd
Q
K
2
8
Q
K
A
4
10
7
4th
A
6
6
4
9
2
9
10
5
3!
W L
1 0
2 0
3 0
4 0
5 0
6 0
7 0
7 1
7 2
7 3
—
J 9 6 4
K Q 9
J 9 7 6 5 3
J 9 8 7 6
10 7 5
J 10
Q 10 2
Bidding
Play
Resp to 1 of a suit
Follow up major raise
Trump endplay
A 5 4 3 2
Q 8 2
A 5 3
A 4
4
South
11 top tricks
East is endplayed
made 4 +420
WEST
1
3
4
North
Pass
Pass
All Pass
East
2 NT!
3 NT
South
Pass
Pass
Board 4
A 10 4 2
5
K 9 8 7
Q 10 8 3
Trick
1 N
2 E
3 E
4 N
5 W
6 E
7 W
8 W
9 W
Lead
3
Q
!
5
8
7!
3
A
!
Q
9
2nd
A
3
9
9
4
2
7
8
10
3rd
7
6
J
K
K
J
10
3
2
4th
5
2!
A
6
2
5
4
7
8
W L
1 0
2 0
2 1
3 1
4 1
5 1
6 1
7 1
8 1
K J 8 7 6
A Q J 9 6
6 5
5
Q 5
K 10 3
Q J 4 3
A J 9 2
Bidding
Play
Defense
Resp to 1 of a suit
Opener’s third bid
Establish side suit
Avert overruff
Holdup play
Make declarer ruff
9 3
8 7 4 2
A 10 2
K 7 6 4
4
West
6 top tricks
Cash 2 more winners
made 4 -620
Practice 3B17
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