All In One – Lesson 4

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13. Pass. Your hand strength is plenty, but the suit quality is not good enough to bid. Partner will protect your side or you might choose to bid later if the auction dies early, but for right now you should pass.

14.2NT. To describe a balanced hand too strong to open 1NT, first open with a suit and then jump rebid in notrump. The proper rebid with this 19 point hand is 2NT. This is not signoff. The descriptions of signoff, forcing, and invitational are used to categorize responder’s bids, not opener’s bids.

15. 1♠. When partner makes a takeout double your job is to choose the longest suit from among the unbid suits.

With 0-8 points simply bid the suit at the lowest level. Bid 1♠. Beginners are taught 0-10 points for this bid, but advancing players should limit it to 0-8 points.

16. 4♠. With a big fit and an enormous amount of distribution you should bid what partner can likely make, 4♠. Your hand has a minimum amount of defense and a great deal of offensive potential. Partner could hold as little as the AQxxx of spades and doubleton club and make ten tricks in spades.