Advanced Practice 3B05 by Richard Pavlicek

Responses to Suit Bids (2)


Arrange a deck of cards and play out each deal as shown.

1. 1 NT by South

None Vul
S Q 8 4
H A Q 7 5
D A J 6 5 3
C J
S A 7 3
H J 9 8 6 4
D 9 2
C A 7 6		[W - E]S K J 10 2
H 10
D Q 10 7 4
C Q 5 3 2
Lead: H 6S 9 6 5
H K 3 2
D K 8
C K 10 9 8 4

West

Pass		North
1 D
Pass		East
Pass
Pass		South
1 NT

Top Tricks:5
Trick
1. W
2. N
3. W
4. S
5. E
6. W
7. E
8. E		Lead
H 6
C J!
H J
C 10
S 2
S 7
S J
S 10		2nd
Q
3
5
6
5
Q
9
C 4		3rd
10
K!
C 2
D 3
A
K
3
H 4		4th
2
A
K
Q
4
6
8
D 5
Win the rest — Made 1 — N-S +90

Bidding:Resp to 1 of a suit
Rebid after 1 NT resp
Play:Overtaking play
Communication/entries
Defense:Choose lead (NT)
Protect dummy’s suit

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2. 3 NT by East

N-S Vul
S A Q 10 6
H J 10 9 8 4
D 10 6
C 7 6
S 9 8 4 3
H 5 3
D A K Q 8 2
C A 3		[W - E]S K 2
H A Q 2
D J 9 7 5
C K 8 5 2
Lead: C QS J 7 5
H K 7 6
D 4 3
C Q J 10 9 4

West

1 S
3 D
Pass		North

Pass
Pass
Pass		East
1 D
1 NT
3 NT		South
Pass
Pass
Pass

Top Tricks:8
Trick
1. S
2. S
3. W
4. W
5. W
6. E
7. E
8. S
9. S		Lead
C Q
C 4
D A
D K
D 2
C K
C 8!
C J
S J		2nd
3
A
6
10
H 4
9
10
H 3
8		3rd
6
7
5
7
J
S 3
S 4
H 9
A		4th
2!
5
3
4
S 5
H 8
S 6
H 2
2
Win the rest — Made 3 — E-W +400

Bidding:Resp to 1 of a suit
Rebid by responder
Play:Holdup play
Throw-in play

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3. 6 S by North

E-W Vul
S A K Q 8 4 2
H 3
D A 10 8 4
C K 7
S 6
H A J 9 2
D Q J 6
C 10 6 5 3 2		[W - E]S J 5 3
H 8 7 6
D 9 7 5
C Q J 8 4
Lead: C QS 10 9 7
H K Q 10 5 4
D K 3 2
C A 9

West

Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass		North

2 S
4 NT
6 S		East

Pass
Pass
Pass		South
1 H
3 S
5 D
Pass

Top Tricks:10
Trick
1. E
2. N
3. N
4. N
5. N
6. W
7. S
8. S
9. N
10. N		Lead
C Q
S A
S K
S Q
H 3
C 6
H Q
H 4
S 8!
S 4!		2nd
9
5
3
J
6
7
2
9
C 8
C J		3rd
2
7
9
10
K
4
D 4
S 2
H 5
D 2		4th
K
6
C 3
C 5
A
A
7
8
C 10
?
West is squeezed — Made 6 — N-S +980

Bidding:Resp to 1 of a suit
Blackwood convention
Play:Automatic squeeze
Defense:Protect dummy’s suit

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4. 4 S by West

Both Vul
S 6 4 3
H 5
D Q 10 8 5
C Q 10 8 5 3
S A Q J 9 8
H K 7 2
D J 2
C A 7 4		[W - E]S K 7 2
H 9 8 6 4 3
D A 9 3
C K 2
Lead: H 5S 10 5
H A Q J 10
D K 7 6 4
C J 9 6

West
1 S
3 H
4 S		North
Pass
Pass
Pass		East
2 H
3 S
Pass		South
Pass
Pass
Pass

Top Tricks:8
Trick
1. N
2. S
3. S
4. N
5. E
6. W
7. W
8. E
9. W
10. W
11. E		Lead
H 5
H Q
H J
D 5!
S 2
S J
C 4
H 8
C A
C 7
H 9		2nd
3
7!
K
A
5
6
5
10
8
10
D 4		3rd
A
C 3
S 4
7
Q
7
K
S 8
2
S K
D J		4th
2
4
6
2
3
10
6
D 8
9
J
C Q
Win the rest — Made 4 — E-W +620

Bidding:Resp to 1 of a suit
Rebid after 2-over-1
Play:Read enemy lead
Subdue enemy ruff
Defense:Try for a ruff

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