You can review the problems of the last contest in Bridge Canada magazine, with the experts’ answers and comments. Brian DeLong was the top reader score with 44. The reader with the best February-April combined score, and winner of $100 in mad money, is Ashot Harutyunyan. 2nd place goes to Sheldon Spiers. Three panelists had perfect scores of 50, Francine Cimon (encore, felicitation!), Zyg Marcinski and Ray Hornby.
Play along! Enter the Great Canadian Bidding Contest by emailing your answers to the June problems to Neil Kimmelman (editor@cbf.ca) by May 15th.
June Problems
Host: David Turner
1. IMPs. Dealer: South, Both Vul. As South, you hold:
♠ 8 6 4 2 ♥ A K 7 ♦ 8 ♣ J 9 8 5 3
| West | North | East | South |
| Pass | |||
| Pass | 1♣ | 1♥ | Dbl |
| 2♥ | 3♦ | Pass | ? |
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a) Do you agree with the double? If no, what would you have bid?
b) What now?
2. IMPs. Dealer: East, E-W Vul. As South, you hold:
♠ A 8 7 6 ♥ — ♦ A Q 8 2 ♣ A Q 5 4 2
| West | North | East | South |
| Pass | 1♣ | ||
| Pass | 2♣1 | Pass | 2♠2 |
| Pass | 3NT3 | Pass | 4♦4 |
| Pass | 5♣5 | Pass | ? |
1 Forcing to 3♣, no major.
2 Natural length, some extras, not Game forcing.
3 Could have bid 2NT with 15+ HCPs.
4 Length slam try (4♣ would have been Minorwood).
5 Presumably no ♠K or ♥A.
a) Do you agree with 2♠? If no, what would you have bid?
b) What now?
3. IMPs. Dealer: East, Both Vul. As South, you hold:
♠ J 8 6 3 ♥ Q 4 ♦ A 9 8 2 ♣ 10 8 4
| West | North | East | South |
| Pass | Pass | ||
| 1♣ | 1♥ | 3♣1 | Pass |
| Pass | Dbl | Pass | ? |
1 Weak.
What now?
4. MPs. Dealer: North, Neither Vul. As South, you hold:
♠ A K ♥ K Q 9 2 ♦ A 6 5 ♣ A 8 7 6
| West | North | East | South |
| 1♦ | Pass | 1♥ | |
| Pass | 1♠ | Pass | 2♣1 |
| Pass | 3♣ | Pass | ? |
1 4th suit game forcing.
What is your call?
5. IMPs. Dealer: South, Both Vul. As South, you hold:
♠ A Q 8 3 ♥ 4 ♦ A 9 ♣ K J 10 9 6 3
| West | North | East | South |
| 1♣ | |||
| Pass | 1♥ | Pass | 1♠ |
| Pass | 2♦1 | Pass | 3♣ |
| Pass | 3♥ | Pass | 3NT |
| Pass | 4♣ | Pass | 4♦ |
| Pass | 6NT | Pass | ? |
1 4th suit game forcing.
Had enough? Or too much already?