You | Partner |
2NT (18-19) | 4NT |
? |
CHO | RHO | YOU | LHO |
Pass | Pass | ||
| Pass | ? | |
What's your plan?
LHO | CHO | RHO | YOU |
Pass | Pass | Pass? | |
| Pass | Pass | ? |
a) Do you pass the first time?
b) How about now?
CHO | RHO | YOU | LHO |
Pass | Pass | ? | |
YOU | LHO | CHO | RHO |
Pass | Pass | ||
Dbl* | Pass | ||
Pass | Pass | Pass | |
? |
Dbl promised some values, but denied as many as four spades.
Partner | You |
? |
What's your plan?
Q532 104 AK98542 ---- | ||
A AKQJ8753 --- 9852 |
North | East | South | West | |||
Pass | Pass | |||||
Pass | Pass | |||||
Pass | Pass | |||||
Dbl | Pass | Pass | ||||
Pass | Pass | |||||
Pass | 7NT | Dbl | ||||
All Pass |
Clubs broke: -1400.
Apportion the blame between North and South for this debacle of more than fleeting magnitude.
J1063 K9642 --- K1064 | ||
Q97 J Q987652 J9 | ||
Partner | Declarer | You | Dummy | |||
All Pass |
You lead the
Signals are standard.
Over to you.
xx Jx K1098xx Q10x | ||
AJ10 9xx Jxx Jxxx |
KQ9x AK10 Qxx Kxx | |
xxxx Qxxxx A Axx |
South | West | North | East | ||
1NT | Pass | Pass | |||
All Pass |
1NT was 10-12 systemically, but not announced.
If 1NT was strong,
1NT was not announced.
How do you rule? Be careful, this may be a little trickier than it looks.