A Blind Spot
Playing in a club qualifier for the Grand National Pairs
(doesn't that sound so much better than "North American
Open Pairs?"), this hand arose:
|
98xx
K4
AK10xx
Kx | |
| | |
|
KJ
AQJ32
xx
Q10xx | |
Declarer | Dummy |
1 | 2 |
2 | 3 |
4 | Pass |
2 was game forcing unless 3 is rebid.
How would you have bid the two hands?
T1: 3-x-A-J
T2: x-K-2-x
T3: x-x-K-A
T4: x-Q-x-x
T5: x-x-4-x
Over to you.
Answer
Jeff Goldsmith,
jeff@tintin.jpl.nasa.gov,
Aug. 15, 1996