Exercise 5B17 Main


Wielding the Ax


 by Richard Pavlicek

Fill in the missing calls for West and East.

Enter calls like this: P X R 1H 2C 3N 4S 6D

1. None vul
S J 10 9 6 5
H A 8 3
D A K 2
C 4 3
Table S Q 8 3
H J 10 9 2
D 9 6 3
C A Q 8

1 NTPass
 

2. N-S vul
S J 2
H A Q 8
D K Q 9 6
C A 10 8 3
Table S Q 10 6 3
H J 10 7
D A 4 2
C 9 7 2

2 SPass
 

3. E-W vul
S A 2
H K J 9 3
D A K 9 5 4
C 3 2
Table S Q 8 6 4 3
H 5 2
D 10 3
C A Q 7 6

Pass2 H
 
Pass

4. Both vul
S A Q 8 7 5
H 4 3 2
D K Q 8 4 3
C
Table S 6 2
H K J 7 6
D J 10 5
C A 10 8 6

1 NTPass
 
Pass

Quit

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5. None vul
S 3
H A 8 7
D K Q 9 6 5
C A Q 8 2
Table S K J 10 8 7 4
H Q 6 5
D 10 3 2
C 3

Pass2 C
 
PassPass
 

6. N-S vul
S A K J 8 3
H A 6 5 4
D 2
C J 9 7
Table S 10 7
H J 10 3
D K J 9 6 5
C A 8 2

2 DPass
 
Pass

7. E-W vul
S 3
H A J 9 7
D A Q J 8
C A 10 9 3
Table S K 10 6 5
H Q 8 4
D 6 4 2
C J 6 5

1 SPass
 
PassPass
 

8. Both vul
S A J 4 2
H K 9 4
D K J 10 9 7 6
C
Table S K 8 3
H Q 10 8
D A 5
C Q J 6 5 3

2 CPass
 
PassPass
 

Quit

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9. None vul
S 9
H A 8 4
D 8 7 6 3
C K J 10 9 7
Table S Q 10 8 7 5
H J 10 7
D Q 10 2
C 8 4

2 NT3 C
 
3 D3 NT
 
Pass

10. N-S vul
S J 10 7 6
H 10 7 4
D 6 5 4
C Q 5 4
Table S 4 3
H A K 5
D K Q J 10 8
C A 8 2

1 NTPass
 

11. E-W vul
S K Q J 9 7
H A 6 5 4
D
C 6 5 3 2
Table S 6 2
H J 10 9 8
D J 10 3 2
C Q 7 4

1 D1 S
 
1 NT3 NT
 
Pass

12. Both vul
S Q J 10 9 4
H 3
D J 9 7 6 4
C J 10
Table S A 8 5 3
H 9 6 4
D
C 9 7 6 5 3 2

1 D1 H
 
4 H5 C
 
6 H

Quit

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© 2007 Richard Pavlicek