Your Bid?

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
	1	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:

		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.
		6. I hope a void after partner’s Pass, but would rather have bid 5 in my first turn.
		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.
V. Giubilo		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.
		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.
		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… ).
		Pass, because I fear 5 and I think we can defeat 5, with a possible diamond ruff.