CAMPIONATI ASSOLUTI SQUADRE LIBERE E SIGNORE
Salsomaggiore April 30th – May 3rd 2015
May 3 2015
This is a Bidding Test published in the second Championship Bulletin. You will be able to compare your answer with some of the best italian and french players:
MP, All Vulnerable. You are South and receive:
10 9 4 
8 5 
3 
K 10 9 6 5 3 2
The bidding:
| West | North | East | South |
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4 |
Pass | |
| Pass | Doblo | Pass | 4 |
| 5 |
Pass | Pass | ? |
After thinking your answer. Below you can find some of the best players from Italy and two players from France answers:
These are the experts answers:
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6. It seems that my partner has a hand like: 6-4-3-0 or 5-5-3-0 or 5-4-4-0, if not he would have said 4 over the 4-Pass-Pass. The Pass is certainly forcing, so with 0 points in hearts, and a seven cards suit with a TOP honor and a singleton, I can not do anything different to report it. He can bid 7 or say 6. |
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6. I hope a void after partner’s Pass, but would rather have bid 5 in my first turn. |
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6! My partner partner has shown enough to double 4, but has not doubled the 5th level, so there are many chances that he is void in hearts. |
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As the quiz has been proposed I say 5, but I do not feel happy to do so, after having said 4. I would rather say 5, after bidding 5 in the first round of the auction. |
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6. The Pass over 5 is forcing (for me). My partner showed strengt6h and I have a seven cards suit that I didnt show yet. |
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5. Honestly I do not know exactly what to do !! So I do not risk to interpret the Pass of my partner. If he has club complement, we will able to make 5 (and N/S hearts), if he has his values in his diamonds we will be down. I’m not going to act shy – stating Pass – therefore I throw 5 – knowing that I’m risking – for two reasons: these doubles at this high levels are to lose or to win, especially because I dont have the courage to attack with my singleton diamond (when there could be two spades and a club trick… ). |
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Pass, because I fear 5 and I think we can defeat 5, with a possible diamond ruff. |
