Exercise 5E29 Main


Balancing Acts


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

1 HPassPass
 
PassPass
 
Pass

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

1 SPassPass
 
Pass

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

1 CPassPass
 
PassPass
 

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

1 DPassPass
 
PassPass
 

Quit

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

1 DPassPass
 
PassPass
 

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

1 HPassPass
 
PassPass
 

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

1 HPass2 H
 
PassPass
 
3 H

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

1 DPass2 D
 
PassPass
 
3 D

Quit

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

1 SPass2 S
 
PassPass
 
Pass

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

1 HPass2 H
 
PassPass
 
Pass

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

1 CPass1 H
 
2 HPass
 
Pass

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

1 CPass1 H
 
2 C2 H
 
Pass

Quit

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© 2012 Richard Pavlicek