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Answer 34

Three possible hands are given for South, but only one is consistent with their bids. Which one? What would the others hands have bid differently? Neither side is vulnerable.

North		East		South		West
1 ♠ 2 ♦		Pass Pass		1 NT 2 ♥		Pass

Hand a)

♠ Q 2
♥ K J 7 3 2
♦ 7 4
♣ J 9 6 2

Hand b)

♠ 3
♥ Q 10 9 6 3 2
♦ 10 8
♣ A J 5 2

Hand c)

♠ 2
♥ A K 7 3 2
♦ J 9 5
♣ 9 8 7 5

Answer:

(b) is correct. Your 1NT showed a hand that failed the Rule of 14 – the points in the hand plus the number of cards in the long suit not getting to 14. In practice this “dustbin” 1NT response will contain 6-9 points (with nine the least likely point-count). You would respond 1NT with all three hands. However your 2♥ bid is not a suggestion (to play there) with five fair cards – it is almost a command (to pass) with six cards – otherwise you’d go with ♦/♠.
So Hand (a) should give a preference to 2♠;
Hand (c) should pass 2♦.
Only Hand (b) would bid 2♥ – the correct answer.

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