Review Question Answers – EP

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Review Questions

North/South Hands

North ♠ 10 ♥ A, J, 10, 7, 3 ♦ A, J, 9, 6, 5, 3 ♣ 6		South ♠ A, J, 9, 7, 2 ♥ K ♦ 10, 4 ♣ A, Q, J, 9, 2

3 NT

4 ♥

4 ♠

5 ♦

The North hand has 10 HCP and 14 points overall. The South hand has 15 HCP and 16 points. The combined points in the two hands are 25 HCP and 29 points.<

They have stoppers in all 4 suits. Distribution is not balanced.

The best suit is ♦ with 8 cards.

Based on points and an unbalanced distribution, 5 ♦ is recommended.

2. What would be a good bid for this pair of hands?

East/West Hands

West ♠ A, Q, 8, 4, 3 ♥ 4, 2 ♦ K, Q, 2 ♣ K, 10, 5		East ♠ 6, 5 ♥ Q, 9, 8, 6, 5 ♦ 8, 7 ♣ 8, 7, 4, 3

Pass

1 ♥

1 ♠

1 NT

The West hand has 14 HCP and 15 points overall. The East hand has 2 HCP and 4 points. The combined points in the two hands are 16 HCP and 19 points.

They have stoppers in all 4 suits. Distribution is balanced.

There is no 8-card suit.

Based on points, pass is the recommended bid, but the hand might end up playing 1 ♠.

3. What would be a good bid for this pair of hands?

North/South Hands

North ♠ K, 5 ♥ A, K, 6, 5, 2 ♦ A, K, 6 ♣K, Q. 10		South ♠ Q, 2, 3 ♥ 8, 4 ♦ 10, 9, 4 ♣ A, J, 6, 3, 2

2 NT

3 NT

4 ♥

5 ♣

The North hand has 22 HCP and 23 points overall. The South hand has 6 HCP and 7 points. The combined points in the two hands are 28 HCP and 30 points.

They have stoppers in all 4 suits. Distribution is balanced.

There is an 8-card ♣ suit.

Based on points, 3 NT or 5 ♣ are recommended bids, and 3 NT is a safe bet with 9 sure winners.

4. What would be a good bid for this pair of hands?

North/South Hands

North ♠ J, 10, 5, 2 ♥ A, 2 ♦ A, 5 ♣A, 10, 5, 4, 3		South ♠ Q, 9, 8, 4 ♥ K, J, 9 ♦ K, Q, 10 ♣ K, 6, 2

3 NT

4 ♠

5 ♣

6 ♠

The North hand has 13 HCP and 15 points overall. The South hand has 14 HCP and 14 points. The combined points in the two hands are 27 HCP and 29 points.

They have stoppers in all 4 suits. Distribution is pretty balanced.

♠ and ♣ are both 8-card suits.

Based on points, 3 NT, 4 ♠, or 5 ♣ are recommended bids, but 4 ♠ is the safest bet.

5. Which of these suits contains a stopper?

J,10

Q,5,6

The Ace is a stopper, and the Queen has enough protection to be a stopper.

The Jack and King are not protected enough to be stoppers.

The surest stopper is the Ace.

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