Practice 5V01 Main

Competitive Bidding

by Richard Pavlicek

West

2
All Pass Rich
NORTH
Pass
Dbl
East
Pass
4 Richard
South
1
4 Board 1 K 4
Q 10 6 4 2
J 8 3 2
8 3 Trick
1 W
2 W
3 S
4 E
5 S
6 S
7 N
8 W Lead
K
A
5
7
Q
10
Q
5 2nd
3
8
8
A
6
J
7
3 3rd
10
7
K
9
4
10
9
4 4th
9
3
A
2
2
3
K
K W L
0 1
1 1
1 2
2 2
3 2
4 2
4 3
5 3
J 8 6
K
10 9 6 5
A K J 6 4 Table A 3 2
8 7 5
7 4
Q 10 7 5 2
Bidding

Play
Negative double
Weak jump raise
Another stiff king wins
but good result

Q 10 9 7 5
A J 9 3
A K Q
9
4 South 8 top tricks Draw trump and claim made 4 +420

Rich
West

1
All Pass
North

1 Richard
EAST
Pass
5
South
1
Dbl Board 2 Q 10 8 6 5 3
A 10 9 3
4
A 7 Trick
1 N
2 S
3 S
4 W
5 W
6 E Lead
8
K
6
10
6
Q 2nd
9
5
A
4
6
K 3rd
A
10
9
3
J
2 4th
7
4
2
5
7
7 W L
0 1
0 2
1 2
2 2
3 2
3 3
K 7
5
A Q 10 8 6
J 10 9 6 2 Table 9
8 7 4 2
K J 9 3 2
Q 8 5
Bidding
N-S misjudge (5 cold)
after direct 5 save

A J 4 2
K Q J 6
7 5
K 4 3
5 × West 5 top tricks Lose 1 more trick down 2 +300

Rich
West

Dbl
Dbl
North

3
4 Richard
East

3 NT
4 NT
SOUTH
1
4
All Pass Board 3 Q 9 8 7 6
7 6
8 7 6
J 7 6 Trick
1 S
2 W
3 E
4 E
5 E
6 E
7 W
8 S
9 E
10 W
11 W Lead
10
2
J
10
K
9
3
10
2
A!
5 2nd
K
6
3
8
5
9
6
4
8
6
9 3rd
7
A
3
4
5
Q
K
7
Q
4
5 4th
3
2
7
8
6
7
A
J
8
Q
9 W L
1 0
2 0
3 0
4 0
5 0
6 0
6 1
7 1
8 1
9 1
9 2
4
Q 5 4 3
Q 5 4 3 2
A K 2 Table K 10
K J 2
A K J 10 9
5 4 3
Bidding
North psyched 3
Their 4 was cold

A J 5 3 2
A 10 9 8
—
Q 10 9 8
4 NT East 7 top tricks W endplayed (lose 1) made 4 -630

WEST
1
2
All Pass Richard
North
1
Pass
East
1
Pass Rich
South
2
3 Board 4 4
A J 8 6 4
K J 10 9 4 3
10 Trick
1 E
2 W
3 E
4 N
5 N
6 N Lead
2
3
2
A
K
J 2nd
7
4
10
3
6
2 3rd
A
Q
5
3
6
5 4th
4
9
J!
7
5
Q W L
0 1
0 2
1 2
2 2
3 2
3 3
K J 2
K 7 5 3
A Q 8 6 5
4 Table Q 10 7 6 3
Q 2
2
Q J 9 5 2
Bidding
Dangerous N-S misfit
well-judged to go plus

A 9 8 5
10 9
7
A K 8 7 6 3
3 North 6 top tricks Concede high trump made 3 +140

Practice 5V05 Main

Top Competitive Bidding

Competitive Bidding II

West

4
Pass Rich
NORTH
1
Pass
5
East
2
Pass
All Pass Richard
South
3
4 NT Board 1 8 2
10 9 8 7
A K 2
A 10 7 5 Trick
1 W
2 E
3 N Lead
5
9
10 2nd
2
4
3 3rd
A
8
A 4th
Q
10
4 W L
0 1
1 1
2 1
K 7 5 3
4
Q 10 8
J 8 6 3 2 Table A J 10 9 6 4
K 3
9 7 6 3
9
Bidding

Play
Weak jump raise
Key-card Blackwood
Played safe for 5 with
danger of club ruff

Q
A Q J 6 5 2
J 5 4
K Q 4
5 South 10 top tricks Concede high trump made 5 +450

West

1
3 Rich
North

2
All Pass
EAST
Pass
2 Richard
South
1
3 Board 2 6 5
9 6
K J 9 7 5 4
A 10 3 Trick
1 N
2 W
3 S
4 E
5 E
6 S
7 N
8 E
9 N Lead
9
3
10
J
4
6
9
4
7 2nd
8
5
Q
2
Q
8
9
2
10 3rd
J
8
K
4
3
J
3
J
2 4th
A
A
A
6
6
2
5
A
7 W L
1 0
1 1
2 1
3 1
3 2
3 3
4 3
4 4
5 4
K Q 7 4 3
A 10 7 3
Q 8
J 5 Table J 10 9 8
8 4
A 2
Q 8 7 6 4
Bidding
N-S can make 4 but
too dangerous to bid

A 2
K Q J 5 2
10 6 3
K 9 2
3 West 6 top tricks Lose 1 more trick down 1 +50

West

1
4
Dbl Rich
North

2
5
All Pass
East

2
Pass Richard
SOUTH
Pass
4
Pass Board 3 A 10
4
K J 6 5
K Q J 6 5 4 Trick
1 E
2 N
3 N
4 S
5 W
6 W
7 N
8 S
9 S
10 E Lead
8
Q
6
3
K
A
4
J
4
A 2nd
9
9
3
K
4
J
9
2
7
2 3rd
Q
3
A
10
5
7
10
6
J
5 4th
A
8
2
4
2
6
9
6
Q
5 W L
1 0
2 0
3 0
3 1
3 2
4 2
5 2
6 2
6 3
6 4
K Q 7 5 2
A K J 10 9
7
8 2 Table 8 6 4
Q 8 7 5 3
A Q 9 8
9
Bidding

Weak jump raise
Double of 5 well-judged
as E-W make only 4

J 9 3
6 2
10 4 3 2
A 10 7 3
5 × North 7 top tricks Claim the rest down 2 -300

Richard
WEST
Pass
4
Pass
All Pass
North
1
5
Pass Rich
East
3
Pass
6
South
4
6
Dbl Board 4 7
Q 8
K Q 4
A K 10 9 7 4 3 Trick
1 S
2 S
3 S
4 E
5 S
6 N Lead
K
A
Q
5
7
A 2nd
5
6
6
A
J
6 3rd
8
Q
3
3
Q
2 4th
2
4
4
7
2
J W L
0 1
0 2
1 2
1 3
1 4
2 4
J 10 3 2
10 6 5
A J 10 9
J 6 Table K Q 9 8 6 5 4
4 2
8 5 3 2
—
Bidding
Minus 1100 not pretty
but better than 1370

A
A K J 9 7 3
7 6
Q 8 5 2
6 × East 7 top tricks Lose 1 more trick down 4 +1100

Practice 5V09 Main

Top Competitive Bidding

Competitive Bidding III

Rich
West

3
All Pass
NORTH
1
Pass Richard
East
2
Pass
South
2 NT
Dbl Board 1 J 5 4 2
J
Q J 10 3
A Q J 3 Trick
1 N
2 E
3 E
4 W
5 N
6 N
7 E
8 W
9 E
10 S
11 W Lead
J
A
9
7
A
Q
3
5
9
K
8 2nd
A
6
2
J
7
2
10
Q
Q
7
5 3rd
8
4
K
5!
8
6
K
5
6
3
7 4th
4
3
10
2
4
9
2
10!
4
3
10 W L
1 0
2 0
3 0
3 1
3 2
4 2
5 2
6 2
6 3
7 3
8 3
9 6
K 7 6 4
K 8 7 5 4
9 4 Table K 8 7 3
A 9 5 3 2
A 9
7 5
Bidding

Michaels cue-bid
Down 1 is a good result
as N-S make 3 NT

A Q 10
Q 10 8
6 2
K 10 8 6 2
3 × West 6 top tricks Lose last 2 tricks down 1 +100

West

2
Pass
All Pass Richard
North

3
Pass
EAST
Pass
4
5 Rich
South
1
4
5 Board 2 7 5 3 2
J 7 5 3
K Q 8 5 4
— Trick
1 W
2 W
3 W
4 S Lead
A
K
6
A 2nd
7
3
4
8 3rd
6
8
2
2 4th
Q
10
A
4 W L
0 1
0 2
1 2
2 2
8
A K 9 4 2
J 6
Q 7 6 5 4 Table 4
8 6
10 9 7 3 2
A K 9 3 2
Bidding

Michaels cue-bid
Rich inferred I must be
short in clubs

A K Q J 10 9 6
Q 10
A
J 10 8
5 South 10 top tricks Claim the rest made 5 +650

Richard
West

1
3
North

1
Pass Rich
East

1
4
SOUTH
Pass
2
All Pass Board 3 7
A 9 8 6 3
A 2
J 10 6 5 2 Trick
1 S
2 N
3 N
4 S
5 N Lead
5
A
2
9
9 2nd
2
7
Q
6
10 3rd
A
4
K
7
J 4th
4
5
3
J
9 W L
0 1
0 2
0 3
0 4
1 4
A K 9 6
2
10 6 5 3
A Q 8 7 Table Q 8 5 4 2
K Q 10 4
Q J 7
4
Defense
Diamond ruff a spoiler
of our decent game

J 10 3
J 7 5
K 9 8 4
K 9 3
4 East 6 top tricks Draw trump and claim down 1 +100

WEST
1
Pass
All Pass Richard
North
1
2
East
1 NT
3 Rich
South
Dbl
4 Board 4 A J 9 8 2
J 10 6 2
Q 7 5 4
— Trick
1 E
2 N
3 E
4 N
5 W
6 N
7 S
8 S Lead
5
7
6
4
A
J
K
9 2nd
2
J
8
K
10
3
7
8 3rd
K
2
10
6
7
A
2
8 4th
2
9
6
A
Q
4
Q
9 W L
1 0
1 1
2 1
2 2
3 2
4 2
5 2
6 2
6 4 3
8 7 4
A 9
A K 10 4 3 Table Q 10 7 5
Q 3
K J
J 9 7 6 5
Bidding
Aggressive bid pays off
(with a little luck)

K
A K 9 5
10 8 6 3 2
Q 8 2
4 North 5 top tricks Claim the rest made 5 +650

Practice 5V13 Main

Top Competitive Bidding

Competitive Bidding IV

Richard
West

4
NORTH
1
4 Rich
East
2
All Pass
South
2 Board 1 A Q J 6 4
Q 10 9
6
A Q 8 3 Trick
1 E
2 E
3 W
4 E
5 S
6 N
7 E
8 S
9 S Lead
A
J
Q
8
2
Q
7!
A
6 2nd
2
5
6
10
3
K
7
10
J 3rd
K
3
8
4
A
5
9
8
Q 4th
9
10
2
Q
9
8
3
3
K W L
0 1
0 2
0 3
1 3
2 3
2 4
3 4
4 4
4 5
3
K
K Q 10 9 8 4 3
J 10 5 2 Table K 9 8
A J 8 7 6 4 3
—
K 7 4
Bidding
Luckily we didn’t have
to play this one

10 7 5 2
5 2
A J 7 5 2
9 6
4 North 6 top tricks Claim the rest down 2 -100

West

Pass
Pass
Pass
3
All Pass Richard
North

1 NT¹
Pass
3
Pass
EAST
Pass
Pass
2
Pass
Pass Rich
South
1
2
Pass
Pass
Dbl Board 2 10 2
Q
A 5 2
Q 10 8 7 5 3 2 Trick
1 S
2 E
3 S
4 N
5 E
6 N
7 S
8 S Lead
4
K
J
2
3
5
Q
K 2nd
6
A
A
A
8
10
6
7 3rd
Q
3
10
6
Q
J
3
2 4th
K
2
3
9
A
6
4
4 W L
1 0
1 1
1 2
2 2
2 3
2 4
2 5
2 6
J 9 7 6 3
A 8 6 2
Q 7 6
9 Table K 8 5 4
K 3
10 9 4 3
A J 4
Note 1
Bidding
forcing
1 NT forcing
E-W caught speeding

A Q
J 10 9 7 5 4
K J 8
K 6
3 × East 5 top tricks Claim the rest down 2 +300

Richard
West

1 NT
Pass
North

2 ¹
Pass Rich
East

3 NT
Dbl
SOUTH
Pass
4
All Pass Board 3 J 9 8 3 2
A Q 10 7 5
K
Q 3 Trick
1 W
2 N
3 W
4 W
5 E
6 S
7 N
8 E Lead
K
K
A
7
J
4
5
5 2nd
A
3
3
Q
Q
4
J
K 3rd
2
2
5
K
4
Q
6
A 4th
3
A
6
9
2
8
8
3 W L
1 0
1 1
1 2
1 3
2 3
3 3
3 4
3 5
A 10 4
K
A 8 7 4
A 10 8 7 4 Table Q 7 6 5
J 8 2
J 3
K J 5 2
Note 1
Bidding
artificial
1 NT best description
2 showed both majors

K
9 6 4 3
Q 10 9 6 5 2
9 6
4 × South 3 top tricks Claim the rest down 2 -300

WEST
1
4
5 Richard
North
2
5
Dbl
East
Dbl
Pass
All Pass Rich
South
4
Pass Board 4 A 5
10
A J 6 3
A Q 10 8 6 3 Trick
1 N
2 N
3 W
4 W
5 W
6 E
7 N Lead
A
Q
A
K
2
J
A 2nd
7
9
10
3
5
3
7 3rd
J
2
3
4
K
6
5 4th
5
5
2
6
4
A
4 W L
0 1
1 1
2 1
3 1
4 1
4 2
4 3
Q 9 7 6 2
A K Q 8 5
9 4
5 Table K J
J 9 7 4 3
K 10 8 7
9 7
Bidding

Negative double
Weak jump raise
5 a good save (off 1)
but West misjudged

10 8 4 3
6 2
Q 5 2
K J 4 2
5 × West 5 top tricks Claim the rest down 1 +200

Practice 5V13 Main

Top Competitive Bidding