Problems from the Glendale Sectional Swiss '96

All IMPs, short matches
  1. favorable, you hold

     S:Axxx H:J10xx D:Kxxx C:J

    CHO RHO YOU LHO
    1NT (12-14) Pass 2C: Dbl
    2H: Pass?

    Do you bid 2C:? What now?

  2. both red, you hold

     S:AJxx H:AQxx D:QJ C:9xx

    LHO CHO RHO YOU
    PassPass2S: Pass
    Pass2NT Pass?

  3. both red

    S: K9xx
    H: xx
    D: Jx
    C: AKQ8x    		S: AJx
    H: Kx
    D: AKQxx
    C: 109x

    Our auction went:

    WestEast
    1C: 2D: (strong)
    2S: 2NT
    3NT Pass

    a) apportion the blame for missing the good slam
    b) how would you bid these hands?

  4. unfavorable, you hold

     S:KJx H:Kxx D:8xxx C:KQ9

    Playing Bergen Raises (all of them) what do you respond to 1S:?

  5. none vul, you hold

     S:AKQxx H:Axx D:xxx C:QJ

    LHO CHO RHO YOU
    1C: 1D: Pass1S:
    Pass2D: Pass3C:
    Pass3D: Pass?

    Overcall style is 8+, standardish and freewheeling. What's your plan? Is 3D: forcing? Is your call?

  6. favorable, you hold

     S:x H:xxx D:K98xx C:AJxx

    Partner You
    1C: 1D: (up-the-line style)
    1NT (13-16) ?

    What's your plan?

  7. none vul, you hold

     S:A H:95432 D:xxxx C:10xx

    Partner opens 2NT (19-20). What's your plan?

I guess this is enough for a one-day event :)
Answers
Jeff Goldsmith, jeff@tintin.jpl.nasa.gov, Oct. 18, 1996