West	North	East	South	1. N deals	K 4		TT=8	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
	Pass	Pass	1	None vul	Q 10 6 4 2		1. W	K	3	10	9
2	Dbl	4	4		J 8 3 2		2. W	A	8	7	3
Pass	Pass	Pass			8 3		3. S	5	8	K	A
				J 8 6		A 3 2	4. E	7	A	9	2
12 12	6 8	6 7	16 18	K		8 7 5	5. S	Q	6	4	2
				10 9 6 5		7 4	6. S	10	J	10	3
				A K J 6 4		Q 10 7 5 2	7. N	Q	7	9	K
					Q 10 9 7 5		8. W	5	3	4	K
Bidding	Negative double				A J 9 3			Draw trump and claim
	Weak jump raise				A K Q
Play	Another stiff king wins				9
	but good result			4 South		Made 4 +420

West	North	East	South	2. E deals	Q 10 8 6 5 3		TT=5	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
		Pass	1	N-S vul	A 10 9 3		1. N	8	9	A	7
1	1	5	Dbl		4		2. S	K	5	10	4
Pass	Pass	Pass			A 7		3. S	6	A	9	2
				K 7		9	4. W	10	4	3	5
10 13	10 14	6 8	14 15	5		8 7 4 2	5. W	6	6	J	7
				A Q 10 8 6		K J 9 3 2	6. E	Q	K	2	7
				J 10 9 6 2		Q 8 5		Lose 1 more trick
					A J 4 2
					K Q J 6
					7 5
Bidding	N-S misjudge (5 cold)				K 4 3
	after direct 5 save			5 × West		Down 2 -300

West	North	East	South	3. S deals	Q 9 8 7 6		TT=7	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
			1	E-W vul	7 6		1. S	10	K	7	3
Dbl	3	3 NT	4		8 7 6		2. W	2	6	A	2
Dbl	4	4 NT	AP		J 7 6		3. E	J	3	3	7
				4		K 10	4. E	10	8	4	8
11 13	3 4	15 16	11 15	Q 5 4 3		K J 2	5. E	K	5	5	6
				Q 5 4 3 2		A K J 10 9	6. E	9	9	Q	7
				A K 2		5 4 3	7. W	3	6	K	A
					A J 5 3 2		8. S	10	4	7	J
					A 10 9 8		9. E	2	8	Q	8
					—		10. W	A!	6	4	Q
Bidding	North psyched 3				Q 10 9 8		11. W	5	9	5	9
	Their 4 was cold			4 NT East		Made 4 +630		W endplayed (lose 1)

West	North	East	South	4. W deals	4		TT=6	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
1	1	1	2	Both vul	A J 8 6 4		1. E	2	7	A	4
2	Pass	Pass	3		K J 10 9 4 3		2. W	3	4	Q	9
Pass	Pass	Pass			10		3. E	2	10	5	J!
				K J 2		Q 10 7 6 3	4. N	A	3	3	7
13 15	9 13	7 9	11 14	K 7 5 3		Q 2	5. N	K	6	6	5
				A Q 8 6 5		2	6. N	J	2	5	Q
				4		Q J 9 5 2		Concede high trump
					A 9 8 5
					10 9
					7
Bidding	Dangerous N-S misfit				A K 8 7 6 3
	well-judged to go plus			3 North		Made 3 +140

Practice 5V05 Main

Competitive Bidding II

Top by Richard Pavlicek

West	North	East	South	1. N deals	8 2		TT=10	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
	1	2	3	None vul	10 9 8 7		1. W	5	2	A	Q
4	Pass	Pass	4 NT		A K 2		2. E	9	4	8	10
Pass	5	AP			A 10 7 5		3. N	10	3	A	4
				K 7 5 3		A J 10 9 6 4		Concede high trump
6 8	11 13	8 11	15 15	4		K 3
				Q 10 8		9 7 6 3
				J 8 6 3 2		9
					Q
Bidding	Weak jump raise				A Q J 6 5 2
	Key-card Blackwood				J 5 4
Play	Played safe for 5 with				K Q 4
	danger of club ruff			5 South		Made 5 +450

West	North	East	South	2. E deals	6 5		TT=6	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
		Pass	1	N-S vul	9 6		1. N	9	8	J	A
1	2	2	3		K J 9 7 5 4		2. W	3	5	8	A
3	AP				A 10 3		3. S	10	Q	K	A
				K Q 7 4 3		J 10 9 8	4. E	J	2	4	6
12 12	8 10	7 9	13 14	A 10 7 3		8 4	5. E	4	Q	3	6
				Q 8		A 2	6. S	6	8	J	2
				J 5		Q 8 7 6 4	7. N	9	9	3	5
					A 2		8. E	4	2	J	A
					K Q J 5 2		9. N	7	10	2	7
					10 6 3			Lose 1 more trick
Bidding	N-S can make 4 but				K 9 2
	too dangerous to bid			3 West		Down 1 -50

West	North	East	South	3. S deals	A 10		TT=7	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
			Pass	E-W vul	4		1. E	8	9	Q	A
1	2	2	4		K J 6 5		2. N	Q	9	3	8
4	5	Pass	Pass		K Q J 6 5 4		3. N	6	3	A	2
Dbl	AP			K Q 7 5 2		8 6 4	4. S	3	K	10	4
				A K J 10 9		Q 8 7 5 3	5. W	K	4	5	2
13 16	14 17	8 10	5 6	7		A Q 9 8	6. W	A	J	7	6
				8 2		9	7. N	4	9	10	9
					J 9 3		8. S	J	2	6	6
					6 2		9. S	4	7	J	Q
Bidding	Weak jump raise				10 4 3 2		10. E	A	2	5	5
	Double of 5 well-judged				A 10 7 3			Claim the rest
	as E-W make only 4			5 × North		Down 2 -300

West	North	East	South	4. W deals	7		TT=7	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
Pass	1	3	4	Both vul	Q 8		1. S	K	5	8	2
4	5	Pass	6		K Q 4		2. S	A	6	Q	4
Pass	Pass	6	Dbl		A K 10 9 7 4 3		3. S	Q	6	3	4
AP				J 10 3 2		K Q 9 8 6 5 4	4. E	5	A	3	7
				10 6 5		4 2	5. S	7	J	Q	2
7 8	14 16	5 9	14 17	A J 10 9		8 5 3 2	6. N	A	6	2	J
				J 6		—		Lose 1 more trick
					A
					A K J 9 7 3
					7 6
Bidding	Minus 1100 not pretty				Q 8 5 2
	but better than 1370			6 × East		Down 4 -1100

Practice 5V09 Main

Competitive Bidding III

Top by Richard Pavlicek

West	North	East	South	1. N deals	J 5 4 2		TT=6	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
	1	2	2 NT	None vul	J		1. N	J	A	8	4
3	Pass	Pass	Dbl		Q J 10 3		2. E	A	6	4	3
Pass	Pass	Pass			A Q J 3		3. E	9	2	K	10
				9 6		K 8 7 3	4. W	7	J	5!	2
6 8	12 13	11 13	11 13	K 7 6 4		A 9 5 3 2	5. N	A	7	8	4
				K 8 7 5 4		A 9	6. N	Q	2	6	9
				9 4		7 5	7. E	3	10	K	2
					A Q 10		8. W	5	Q	5	10!
					Q 10 8		9. E	9	Q	6	4
Bidding	Michaels cue-bid				6 2		10. S	K	7	3	3
	Down 1 is a good result				K 10 8 6 2		11. W	8	5	7	10
	as N-S make 3 NT			3 × West		Down 1 -100		Lose last 2 tricks

West	North	East	South	2. E deals	7 5 3 2		TT=10	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
		Pass	1	N-S vul	J 7 5 3		1. W	A	7	6	Q
2	3	4	4		K Q 8 5 4		2. W	K	3	8	10
Pass	Pass	5	5		—		3. W	6	4	2	A
AP				8		4	4. S	A	8	2	4
				A K 9 4 2		8 6		Claim the rest
10 12	6 9	7 10	17 20	J 6		10 9 7 3 2
				Q 7 6 5 4		A K 9 3 2
					A K Q J 10 9 6
					Q 10
Bidding	Michaels cue-bid				A
	Rich inferred I must be				J 10 8
	short in clubs			5 South		Made 5 +650

West	North	East	South	3. S deals	7		TT=6	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
			Pass	E-W vul	A 9 8 6 3		1. S	5	2	A	4
1	1	1	2		A 2		2. N	A	7	4	5
3	Pass	4	AP		J 10 6 5 2		3. N	2	Q	K	3
				A K 9 6		Q 8 5 4 2	4. S	9	6	7	J
13 15	9 12	10 12	8 8	2		K Q 10 4	5. N	9	10	J	9
				10 6 5 3		Q J 7		Draw trump and claim
				A Q 8 7		4
					J 10 3
					J 7 5
					K 9 8 4
Defense	Diamond ruff a spoiler				K 9 3
	of our decent game			4 East		Down 1 -100

West	North	East	South	4. W deals	A J 9 8 2		TT=5	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
1	1	1 NT	Dbl	Both vul	J 10 6 2		1. E	5	2	K	2
Pass	2	3	4		Q 7 5 4		2. N	7	J	2	9
Pass	Pass	Pass			—		3. E	6	8	10	6
				6 4 3		Q 10 7 5	4. N	4	K	6	A
11 12	8 11	9 9	12 12	8 7 4		Q 3	5. W	A	10	7	Q
				A 9		K J	6. N	J	3	A	4
				A K 10 4 3		J 9 7 6 5	7. S	K	7	2	Q
					K		8. S	9	8	8	9
					A K 9 5			Claim the rest
					10 8 6 3 2
Bidding	Aggressive bid pays off				Q 8 2
	(with a little luck)			4 North		Made 5 +650

Practice 5V13 Main

Competitive Bidding IV

Top by Richard Pavlicek

West	North	East	South	1. N deals	A Q J 6 4		TT=6	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
	1	2	2	None vul	Q 10 9		1. E	A	2	K	9
4	4	Pass	Pass		6		2. E	J	5	3	10
Pass					A Q 8 3		3. W	Q	6	8	2
				3		K 9 8	4. E	8	10	4	Q
9 11	15 17	11 14	5 7	K		A J 8 7 6 4 3	5. S	2	3	A	9
				K Q 10 9 8 4 3		—	6. N	Q	K	5	8
				J 10 5 2		K 7 4	7. E	7!	7	9	3
					10 7 5 2		8. S	A	10	8	3
					5 2		9. S	6	J	Q	K
					A J 7 5 2			Claim the rest
Bidding	Luckily we didn’t have				9 6
	to play this one			4 North		Down 2 -100

West	North	East	South	2. E deals	10 2		TT=5	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
		Pass	1	N-S vul	Q		1. S	4	6	Q	K
Pass	1 NT1	Pass	2		A 5 2		2. E	K	A	3	2
Pass	Pass	2	Pass		Q 10 8 7 5 3 2		3. S	J	A	10	3
Pass	3	Pass	Pass	J 9 7 6 3		K 8 5 4	4. N	2	A	6	9
3	Pass	Pass	Dbl	A 8 6 2		K 3	5. E	3	8	Q	A
AP				Q 7 6		10 9 4 3	6. N	5	10	J	6
				9		A J 4	7. S	Q	6	3	4
7 9	8 9	11 12	14 16		A Q		8. S	K	7	2	4
					J 10 9 7 5 4			Claim the rest
					K J 8
Bidding	1 NT forcing				K 6
	E-W caught speeding			3 × East		Down 2 -300

West	North	East	South	3. S deals	J 9 8 3 2		TT=3	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
			Pass	E-W vul	A Q 10 7 5		1. W	K	A	2	3
1 NT	2 1	3 NT	4		K		2. N	K	3	2	A
Pass	Pass	Dbl	AP		Q 3		3. W	A	3	5	6
				A 10 4		Q 7 6 5	4. W	7	Q	K	9
15 16	12 12	8 8	5 6	K		J 8 2	5. E	J	Q	4	2
				A 8 7 4		J 3	6. S	4	4	Q	8
				A 10 8 7 4		K J 5 2	7. N	5	J	6	8
					K		8. E	5	K	A	3
					9 6 4 3			Claim the rest
					Q 10 9 6 5 2
Bidding	1 NT best description				9 6
	2 showed both majors			4 × South		Down 2 -300

West	North	East	South	4. W deals	A 5		TT=5	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
1	2	Dbl	4	Both vul	10		1. N	A	7	J	5
4	5	Pass	Pass		A J 6 3		2. N	Q	9	2	5
5	Dbl	AP			A Q 10 8 6 3		3. W	A	10	3	2
				Q 9 7 6 2		K J	4. W	K	3	4	6
11 14	15 19	8 9	6 7	A K Q 8 5		J 9 7 4 3	5. W	2	5	K	4
				9 4		K 10 8 7	6. E	J	3	6	A
				5		9 7	7. N	A	7	5	4
					10 8 4 3			Claim the rest
Bidding	Negative double				6 2
	Weak jump raise				Q 5 2
	5 a good save (off 1)				K J 4 2
	but West misjudged			5 × West		Down 1 -200

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