The Great Canadian Bidding Contest: December 2025 Problems

You can review the last set of problems in the September 2025 issue of Bridge Canada, along with the answers and comments of the expert panel.

Play along! Enter the Great Canadian Bidding Contest by emailing your answers for the June problems to Neil Kimmelman (editor@cbf.ca) by December 9^th. The results and the analysis of the experts will be published in the December issue of Bridge Canada.

December 2025 Problems

Host: Mike Hargreaves

1. IMPs, both vulnerable. North is the dealer. As South, you hold:

♠ 5 2   ♥ Q  ♦ A K Q J 9 3  ♣ 10 8 5 4

¹ Promises at least 4-5 in spades and clubs, respectively.
² 4^th suit forcing.

a) Do you agree with 2xHx? If not, what would you have bid?
b) What do you bid over 3xCx?

2. IMPs, N-S vul. Southe is the dealer. As East, you hold:

♠ A Q 6 3 2   ♥ –  ♦ A K Q 7 6 5 3  ♣ 8

¹ Natural, game force.
² Promises some values. 2NT would have been a form of Lebensohl.

a) Do you agree with 1xDx?
b) Do you agree with 2xSx?
c) Do you agree with 3xSx?
d) What now?

3. Matchpoints. West is the dealer, both vuln. As South, you hold:

♠ J 10 6  ♥ A K J 4 2  ♦ 5 3  ♣ A 8 7

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 is the dealer, N-S vul. As South you hold: xSxJ6 xHxJ53 xDxAQJ10 xCxAK42

¹ Negative

What do you bid?

5. IMPs, both vulnerable. As East, you hold:
—-North is the dealer, neither Vul. As South you hold xSxAK2 xHxQJ6 xDxA987654 xCx-.

♠ K 7 3 2    ♥ J 9 5  ♦ 8 4   ♣ 7 5 3 2

What do you lead?