REDO THE BEGINNING
You can review the last set of problems in the June 2025 issue of Bridge Canada, along with the answers and comments of the expert panel. For the last set of problems, Keith Balcombe and Danny Miles tied for the top panelist score of 47, followed closely by Ray Hornby with 46. Sheldon Spiers, back from a short hiatus, topped the readers, followed by Fred Lerner.
Play along! Enter the Great Canadian Bidding Contest by emailing your answers to the December problems to Neil Kimmelman (editor@cbf.ca) by August 11th. The results and the analysis of the experts will be published in the December issue of Bridge Canada.
June 2025 Problems
Host: David Turner
1. IMPs. Dealer: West, Vul: N-S. As South you hold:
♠ 10 8 7 4 3 2 ♥ A K 5 ♦ 3 ♣ A K 7
| West | North | East | South |
| 1♠ | 2♦ | 2♠ | ? |
What is your call?
What do you bid?
2. Matchpoints. Dealer: South, Vul: N-S. As South you hold:
♠ A 10 3 2 ♥ A K Q 7 6 5 ♦ 4 ♣ K 8
| West | North | East | South |
| 1♥ | |||
| Pass | 1♠ | 2♣ | 4♣1 |
| 4♦ | 5♦ | Pass | 5♥ |
| Pass | 5♠ | Pass | ? |
1 Splinter
a) Do you agree with 4♣?
b) What now?
3. IMPs. Dealer: South, Vul: None. As South you hold:
♠ K Q J 3 2 ♥ 2 ♦ A K 10 9 x ♣ K J
| West | North | East | South |
| Pass | 1♣ | 1♠ | |
| Pass | 2♣ | Pass | ? |
What is your call?
What do you bid?
4. IMPs. Dealer: South, Vul: Both. As South you hold:
♠ Q 9 ♥ A K Q 9 2 ♦ K Q J 9 7 ♣ 4
| West | North | East | South |
| 1♥ | |||
| Pass | 1♠ | 2♣ | ? |
What do you bid?
What is your call
5. IMPs. Dealer: North, Vul: Both. As South you hold:
♠ 9 ♥ 6 5 ♦ J 8 7 4 2 ♣ K Q T 4 3
| West | North | East | South |
| 1♥ | Pass | 1NT | |
| Pass | 3♣ | Pass | 4♣ |
| Pass | 4♥ | Pass | ? |
What do you bid?
What is your call?