queen   Answers to Your Bid

This web page discusses the problem hands supplied on Tony's Bridge Page - Your Bid.

Hand 1: East's hand was: 

S x
H 9x
D AKQJ10xxx
C xx
East was showing a wish to play in 5D. West passed and 5D made 11 tricks. However it could have been beaten with HA and a ruff, plus the SA. 5H would make 11 tricks because the defenders cannot engineer a ruff: (North holding SA... Hx Dx C...; and South S... HAx Dxx C...).

The problem with the bidding comes if the 5D bid was agreeing hearts with a hand such as: 

S xx
H Axxx
D AKxxx
C xx
I'm afraid that after the Opponents pre-empt to the 5-level these clever bids have to go out of the window and you have to resort to natural bidding; hence 5D/5H/6D/6H! to play.

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