Problems from the Queen Mary Regional 2/96

  1. IMPs, short matches, both vul, you hold

     S:AQ109x H:xx D:Axxx C:xx

    CHORHOYOULHO
    PassPass2S:4C:
    Pass4H:All Pass

    4C: = H:+C:

    What's your lead?

  2. IMPs, short matches, no one vul, you hold

     S:AQxx H:--- D:KQxx C:AQ10xx

    YOULHOCHORHO
    1C:1H:1NT2H:
    2S:?Pass3C:1Pass
    3D:?Pass3NTPass
    ?

    1 2NT is all bad hands
    ? Do you?

    What now?
    How would you really bid this hand?

  3. MPs, no one vul, you hold

     S:AK9 H:Q83 D:Q87654 C:A

    a) dealer, playing 15-17 NTs, what's your action?
    b) playing 10-12 NTs, your auction begins 1D:-1H:; ?

    Now what?

Answers
Jeff Goldsmith, jeff@tintin.jpl.nasa.gov, Feb. 29, 1996