Exercise 5V41   Main

Competitive Suit Bids

by Richard Pavlicek

Do you know which suit bids are forcing in a competitive auction?

1.
WEST	North	East	South
1	2	3

Is 3 forcing?

2.
WEST	North	East	South
1	1	3

Is 3 forcing?

3.
WEST	North	East	South
1	1 NT	2

Is 2 forcing?

4.
WEST	North	East	South
1 NT	2	3

Is 3 forcing?

5.
WEST	North	East	South
1 NT	2	3

Is 3 forcing?

6.
WEST	North	East	South
2	3	3

Is 3 forcing?

7.
WEST	North	East	South
3	3	3

Is 3 forcing?

8.
WEST	North	East	South
1 2	Pass	1 NT	2

Is 2 forcing?

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9.
WEST	North	East	South
1 3	Pass	1	1

Is 3 forcing?

10.
WEST	North	East	South
1 3	1	Pass	Pass

Is 3 forcing?

11.
WEST	North	East	South
1 3	Pass	1	2

Is 3 forcing?

12.
West	NORTH	East	South
3	1	Pass	1

Is 3 forcing?

13.
West	NORTH	East	South
3	1	Pass	Pass

Is 3 forcing?

14.
West	NORTH	East	South
3	1 NT	Pass	2

Is 3 forcing?

15.
West	NORTH	East	South
2	1	1	2

Is 2 forcing?

16.
West	NORTH	East	South
3	1	1	Pass

Is 3 forcing?

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17.
West	NORTH	East	South
1	1	Dbl	1

Is 1 forcing?

18.
West	NORTH	East	South
3	1	Dbl	2

Is 3 forcing?

19.
West	NORTH	East	South
1 NT	1 Pass	1 2	Pass

Is 2 forcing?

20.
West	NORTH	East	South
2	1 Pass	Dbl 2	Pass

Is 2 forcing?

21.
West	NORTH	East	South
Pass	1 2	Dbl 3	1

Is 3 forcing?

22.
WEST	North	East	South
1 Pass	1 Pass	1 3	2

Is 3 forcing?

23.
WEST	North	East	South
1 Pass	1 Pass	Dbl 3	2

Is 3 forcing?

24.
WEST	North	East	South
1 2	1 3	1 3	2

Is 3 forcing?

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