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Another couple of bidding questions, from a match point session.
You are South
1. Dealer N Nil Vul
The biding has been:

South	West	North	East
-	-	1	1
?

Your bid holding

742

T98643

AT

J2

Thanks for all your answers to what were not easy questions. Not everyone was in agreement, and nobody, unsurprisingly, agreed with me on the very first problem. Here is what most of our panelists thought:

You are South each time and match points.

1. Dealer East NS Vul
The bidding has been:

South	West	North	East
-	-	-	1
?

Your bid holding

J9632

AKT2

AK43

You are South each time and match points.

1. Dealer East NS Vul
The bidding has been:

South	West	North	East
-	-	-	1
?

Your bid holding

J9632

AKT2

AK43

This series will review deals from RealBridge as played at the Hutt Bridge Club. This one was also played in X-Clubs sessions on 21/02/22. Playing on line is a bit different to the real thing, some things you can do and some you can’t. One thing you can do on line is ask for an “Undo”. Playing the wrong card at the table just can’t be undone.

This deal provided the players with a bit of a chuckle.
Dealer S Nil Vul

	QJT52 86 74 AJ72
AK9643 32 8 QT94		8 AK7 AJ932 K865
	7 QJT954 KQT65 3

As I will be away for a week, I guess I had better not keep you in suspense about the “Evil Doubles”. In competitive bidding, when three suits have been bid or implied, a double of opponents’ suit shows either two or four cards in the unbid suit and either ace or king. There is good reason for this being so specific. Three or five cards seldom present an opportunity for a ruff for the defence and there are other ways to bid a hand that does not meet this very specific requirement. So, let’s take a look at the deal from No.6 and see what might happen after an Evil double.

Dealer N Nil Vul

	A JT653 AQT2 532
T752 A97 J954 AT		KQ864 42 876 KJ8
	J93 KQ8 K3 Q9764