You can review the last set of problems in the March 2025 issue of Bridge Canada, along with the answers and comments of the expert panel. For that set of problems, David Grainger was the top panelist, with a perfect score of 50. Also, congrats to Rasim Sari and Mihai Radu, 1-2 in reader scores.
Play along! Enter the Great Canadian Bidding Contest by emailing your answers for the June problems to Neil Kimmelman (editor@cbf.ca) by May 9th. The results and the analysis of the experts will be published in the June issue of Bridge Canada.
June 2025 Problems
Host: Zygmunt Marcinski
1. IMPs, E-W vulnerable. As South, you hold:
♠ K Q 10 9 5 3 ♥ Q J 9 4 ♦ A 2 ♣ 4
| West | North | East | South |
| 1♦ | Pass | 1♠ | |
| 2♣ | Pass | Pass | ? |
What do you bid?
2. IMPs, neither vulnerable. As East, you hold:
♠ 10 ♥ 10 8 2 ♦ A K Q 6 5 3 2 ♣ 10 2
| West | North | East | South |
| 1♣1 | 1♦ | Dbl | |
| 2♣ | 2♦ | ? |
1 Two plus clubs.
What do you bid?
3. IMPs, N-S vulnerable. As South, you hold:
♠ A 10 6 4 ♥ A K 10 9 8 7 ♦ 10 7 ♣ 9
| South | West | North | East |
| Pass | Pass | Pass | 1♥ |
| Pass | 1♠ | 2♦ | ? |
What do you bid?
4. IMPs, both vulnerable. As South, you hold:
♠ A Q 9 7 ♥ Q J 9 7 5 3 ♦ 4 ♣ A K
| South | West | North | East |
| 1♥ | 2♦ | Pass | Pass |
| Dbl | Pass | 2♥ | Pass |
| ? |
What do you bid?
5. IMPs, both vulnerable. As East, you hold:
♠ K 7 3 2 ♥ J 9 5 ♦ 8 4 ♣ 7 5 3 2
| West | North | East | South |
| 2♣1 | Pass | 2♦2 | |
| Pass | 4♥3 | Pass | 6♣ |
| Pass | Pass | Pass |
1 11-16, either six plus clubs or unbalanced with five clubs and one or two side four card suits.
2 Artificial ask, at least invtational.
3 Five plu hearts, equal/longer clubs
What do you lead?