Bidding
You hold: ♠ AK83 ♥ KQ43 ♦ 7 ♣ K1062
Dealer: South
Auction
W
N
E
S
1♣
1NT
Pass
Pass
?
Your hand
♠
AK83
♥
KQ43
♦
7
♣
K1062
What’s your call?
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So what’s the correct answer
Because I pretty much suck at bidding (Barnyard Convention) I’d play this straightforward and simply raise my partner’s bid by bidding 2 Clubs.
your partner passed
I like bidding quizzes that test bidding judgment. I dislike bidding quizzes that test knowledge of obscure partnership agreements that you can’t expect non-experts to have. I have not seen this particular one at the table before and I’m not even sure how to play it. What’s 1D? If you’re promising majors, then shouldn’t partner be transferring to put the strong hand on lead? Without prior discussion, you might as well retain the natural meaning of double, the 18-19 HCP hand, and pass with this awkward hand.
First, I would want to know what the opps range is for the 1N overcall. Assuming it is 15-18, then I want to pass. My points are sitting on the wrong side of the power. My partner is sharing 10hcps with the my RHO, so can’t expect a lot of help. Pass and play good defense.
Double for sure
2 clubs means both major
Partner knows I have no 5 card. No trump is not an option. Spade option is open.
I jumped to 3 clubs, telling my partner, that I have 5 clubs, partner can name his/her suit, if partner responds with 3 diamonds, I would go to 3NT to game! –
N and S hands balanced together
After 1c oppening my partner expects majors. With pcs in H and pcs in S my bid was H. It could meant 4H + higher coluor 4S.
My actual bid would be to double, but I had trouble locating that call on the chart.
How can you make a sensible bid without knowing vulnerability and scoring method (ie IMPs vs Matchpoints etc).