How do you handle these responding hands?
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YOUR PARTNER OPENS 1♥,
you respond 1♠,
partner rebids 2♥ showing six hearts,
and now it is your turn again.
What action, if any, do you take with the following six hands?
♠ AJ843 ♥ 4 ♦ KJ974 ♣ 95
Pass. 2♠ on a five card suit is out. 3♦ showing opening bid values is also out. What’s left is the best bid in bridge, PASS!
♠ AJ932 ♥ Q7 ♦ K743 ♣ 98
3♥ You have enough to invite. That ♥Q is a big card.
♠ AQ87 ♥ 2 ♦ Q873 ♣ K843
Pass 11 HCP is enough to bid 2NT, but the singleton heart reduces the value of your hand a point or two. This could be wrong, but more often than not you will be right.
♠ A10832 ♥ K104 ♦ 2 ♣ AQ93
4♦ A slam try splinter showing a singleton diamond, three card heart support, and slam invitational values. Perfect.
♠ AQJ1074 ♥ 2 ♦ A98 ♣ 874
3♠ Invitational. With one more spade and one less club, you should jump to 4♠. 6. Pass Don’t look for trouble with a likely misfit. There’s always the next hand.
♠ J95432 ♥ – ♦ A976 ♣ Q65
Don’t look for trouble with a likely misfit. If your spades were stronger, you would say 2♠.
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