Long Beach Regional, 8/96

From a KO match in Long Beach:
  1. both vul,  S:Kxx H:10xx D:K9x C:KQxx
    Partner You
    1S:1NT!
    2C:?
    choices:
    1. show a good 3-card limit raise
    2. show a bad 3-card limit raise
    3. show a game forcing raise with no slam interest
    4. other

  2. both red,  S:KQ10x H:109xx D:J10x C:10x
    CHO RHO YOU LHO
    1C: 1S: Pass?Pass
    2D: Pass2NT? Pass
    3C: Pass?
    a) do you pass the first time?
    b) do you bid 2NT the second time? (Is 2NT natural?)
    c) what now?

  3. dealer, favorable,  S:J10xxx H:AKQ D:Q10x C:xx

    Your opening NT range is 10-12. What is your choice of opening bids?

PS: we won, so none are "complaint" or "should have been" hands...hah! :)
Answers
Jeff Goldsmith, jeff@tintin.jpl.nasa.gov, Aug. 21, 1996