Problems from the San Bernardino Regional

1. both vul

   	J9x Qx 42 AJ98xx
   	Q10xx A10x AKJ98x —

   West	Dummy	East	Declarer
   —	—	1NT	Dbl*
   2*	Pass	2	3
   Pass	Pass	3	Pass
   Pass	4	All Pass

   Dbl showed a 4-card major and a longer minor
   2 showed hearts

   T1: 8-x-K-x
   T2: A-x-x-x
   T3: 7-10-x-x
   T4: x-x-K-A
   T5: A-10-x-x
   T6: x-x-Q-x
   T7: A-x-10-x
   T8: x-x-?
   

2. Both vul

    AQ8x K10 xxx KJ10x

   LHO	CHO	RHO	You
   1	2	Dbl	?

   a) what do you bid at IMPs?
   b) what if it were matchpoints?

3. 	xxx KQ10x Kx AKQx
   	AQ9x x AQJxxx xx

   Dummy	Declarer
   1NT	2
   2	3 (doesn't promise spades)
   4	6
   Pass

   Opening lead is the J. Plan the play.

4. West	East
   1	2
   2	2NT
   3	3NT
   4	...

   System is 2/1 game forcing unless responder rebids his suit, so 2NT is artificial and game forcing. E/W play Flannery, which can be 4-6 with a minimum; they tend not to respond 1 with only four cards in the suit.

   What are West's likely (possible?) shapes? Give an example hand.

5. You be the judge. On each of the following hands, allocate the blame for reaching the wrong contract. Given the first two bids, how ought the hands be bid?

   a)

   AK AKxxx Qxx AQx		x xx Axxx K109xxx

   West	East
   2	3 (Goren)
   4	4
   4	6
   7	Pass

   b)

   AKx AKx KQx AQxx		Q10x x A10xxxxx J10

   West	East
   2	3 (Goren)
   4	5
   6NT	Pass

   (Goren: 5+ card suit, not necessarily to two of the top three honors, but not awful. Values worth an ace and a king.)