Hand Evaluation: 10’s, 11’s & 12’s Quiz Answers

1. Pass – The hand has three flaws: a 4-3-3-3 hand pattern, no intermediates, and you would have to open a three-card suit.

2. 1♦ - Barely. The hand has no intermediates, but it does have aces and kings and you are bidding a four-card suit.

3. Pass – That Jxx does us in!

4. Pass – No convenient rebid if partner responds 1♠. A 1NT rebid with a small singleton in partner’s suit usually results in a disaster.

The clubs are not strong enough to rebid and you are only 6 HCP light of a reverse to 2♥.

5. 1♠ - Finally an 11 point hand with an easy rebid.

6. 1♠ - Most 11 point hands with 5-5 distribution open. However, if your singleton is a queen or king, pass.

7. 1♠ - When the concentration of strength is in the long suits, bid aggressively; when the concentration of strength is in the shorts suits, bid conservatively.

8. Pass – No concentration in the longs suits and no intermediates.

9. Pass – With 4-4-4-1 and a black singleton, you need 12 HCP to open.

10. 1♣ - Even though you have only an 11 point hand, you have a red singleton plus good intermediates – all you need!