Grand National Pairs '96 Problems

1. favorable, you hold

    AJ9xx Kxx AJxxx ---

   RHO opens 3. What's your plan?

   While I've never seen anyone play this, perhaps it'd be nice to have the following methods:
   4 = diamonds and a major, 4 = majors.
   What do you think?

2. none vul, you hold
   

    K9xx Jxx K K109xx

   CHO	RHO	YOU	LHO
   1	1	1NT?	2
   Pass	Pass	Dbl?	Pass
   3	Pass	?

   a) would you have bid 1NT?
   b) would you have doubled?
   c) what do you do now?
   d) if partner had passed the double, what would you have led?

   Does it matter that partner had a (Good/)Bad 2NT available at his previous turn?

3. favorable, you hold, playing 12-14 1NT
   

    Kx Kx AJ109xx Kxx

   YOU	Partner
   1?	1
   1NT?	2NT!
   3NT?	Pass

   2NT! = fewer than 4 diamonds, invitational values, balanced, at most 3 spades, at most 4 hearts. (usually)

   RHO leads the Q out of turn.

   a) would you have bid 1?
   b) would you have bid 1NT?
   c) would you have bid 3NT?
   d) you have five choices after the lead. They are:
   

   1. accept the lead, put down the dummy, and let partner play the hand
   2. accept the lead, partner puts down the dummy, life continues
   3. bar a spade lead
   4. require a spade lead from the correct hand
   5. make the Q a penalty card.
   Which do you choose?

4. unfavorable, you hold
   

    AKQ10x Q9xx A AJ9

   Dealer. What's your plan?

5. 	AQ10xx Jx 9xxx Ax
   6xx Axx AJ J7xxx

   Dummy	Declarer
   1	1NT (nf)
   Pass

   T1: x-x-8-Q
   T2: J-x-x-x
   T3: x-x-Q-K
   T4: 10-x-x-A
   T5: x-x-10-?
   What's your plan?