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[Event "Newton Individuals, Jan 5, 2013"]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "19"]
[West ""]
[North ""]
[East ""]
[South ""]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "S:K643.K952.543.85 9.AQ73.JT.KQT432 T75.J86.AQ96.J76 AQJ82.T4.K872.A9"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer ""]
[Contract ""]
[Result ""]
{

Playing in an individual event, you cannot defend yourself against all your
partners.  Take the East hand, and see if you can do better than my partner. 
Trust me, you cannot do worse.  Fill in the blanks below, and select your
rebid:


2\C --  promises ___ or more clubs and at most ___ spades.    Circle one: 
minimum  invitational   forcing

1NT (instead) --  promises ___ or more clubs and ___ to ___ spades.    Circle
one:  minimum  invitational


Your rebids after opener's 2\C:

2\D --  promises ___________ in diamonds and ___ or more spades.    Circle one:
 weak   inv   forcing-1-round

2\H --  promises ___________ in hearts and ___ or more spades.    Circle one: 
weak   inv   forcing-1-round

2\S --  promises ___ or more spades, usually with ___ to ___ clubs.    Circle
one:  weak   inv   forcing-1-round

2NT --  promises ___________ in diamonds and hearts.    Circle one:  weak   inv
  forcing-1-round

3\C --  promises ___ clubs or more and ___ or more spades.    Circle one:  weak
  inv   forcing-1-round

3\S --  promises ___ or more spades.  Circle one:  weak   inv   forcing-1-round

3NT -- promises ___ or more spades.  I'll give you a freebee:  this one is to
play.

4\C -- promises ____ support.  Circle one:  weak   invitational   forcing


I have seen this auction messed up by several novice, intermediate, and even
better players recently.  Learn this!

<i>- Pete Matthews</i>}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[Hidden "NSW"]
[Auction "S"]
Pass 1C Pass 1S
Pass 2C Pass +

[Event "=====  Solution  ====="]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "19"]
[West ""]
[North ""]
[East ""]
[South ""]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "S:K643.K952.543.85 9.AQ73.JT.KQT432 T75.J86.AQ96.J76 AQJ82.T4.K872.A9"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer ""]
[Contract ""]
[Result ""]
{The correct auction for this deal is shown above.  3NT by West is the normal
contract.

2\C --  promises <u>six</u> or more clubs and at most <u>three</u> (usually fewer) spades in
a <u>minimum</u> hand.  Occasionally partner will have only five clubs, but that is
his problem:  he should not open a bare minimum with the need to rebid a 5-card
minor.  Weak responders usually <b><i>pass</i></b> this bid, even (or especially) when void
in clubs, and much of the time with two clubs.

1NT (instead) --  promises <u>three</u> or more clubs and <b><u>two</u></b> to <u>three</u> spades (no
singleton) in a <u>minimum</u> hand.  In an Individual, I discuss this with novice
partners, so I can rebid my 5-card major safely - I have been burned.

2\D --  promises <u>a stopper</u> in diamonds and <u>four</u> or more spades,
<u>forcing-one-round</u>.

2\H --  promises <u>a stopper</u> in hearts and <u>four</u> or more spades,
<u>forcing-one-round</u>.  (5+ spades, if 4+ hearts.)

2\S --  promises <b><u>six</u></b> or more spades, usually with <u>zero</u> to <u>one</u> clubs, <b><u>weak</u></b>.  (At
matchpoints, a doubleton club is more likely.)  Opener usually passes, but may
proceed with an unusually good fit for spades, expecting a singleton club.  2\S
was the bid my partner selected, and I have seen this elsewhere recently. 
Partner made 3\S.

2NT --  promises <u>stoppers</u> in diamonds and hearts, <u>invitational</u>.  A club honor
is a big plus.

3\C --  promises <u>two</u> or more clubs and <u>four</u> or more spades, <u>invitational</u>.  A
club honor is a big plus.

3\S --  promises <u>six</u> or more spades in an <u>invitational</u> hand.

3NT -- promises <u>four</u> or more spades.  Opener usually passes.

4\C -- promises <u>club</u> support, <u>forcing</u>.

Experienced players would usually play 3\D and 3\H as splinter bids (0-1 cards
in the bid suit) in support of clubs, since two of each suit is natural and
forcing.}
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[OptimumScore "EW 1370"]
[Auction "S"]
Pass 1C Pass 1S
Pass 2C Pass 2D
Pass 2NT Pass 3NT
AP
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  2
N  S  2
N  H  3
N  D  3
N  C  1
S NT  2
S  S  2
S  H  3
S  D  3
S  C  1
E NT 10
E  S 10
E  H  9
E  D 10
E  C 12
W NT 10
W  S 10
W  H  9
W  D 10
W  C 12
