Commonsense Bidding by William S. Root

Author:William S. Root [Root, William S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-77448-4
Publisher: Crown
Published: 2010-11-10T00:00:00+00:00

Partner should have a seven-card diamond suit headed by the king, so with the expected spade lead you have nine tricks. The 3 NT bid is right regardless of vulnerability; any other bid will most likely lead to an unmakable suit contract.

When you have a powerful hand but are uncertain whether or not to bid a game, or which game to bid, your first step should be a cue-bid of the opponent’s suit. In the following example, assume that the vulnerability is favorable:

Since the vulnerability is favorable, your partner may have a very poor hand (such as Q-J-10-X-X-X X-X X-X X-X-X), in which case his next bid should be 3 and then you should pass. With something extra, partner should find some bid other than 3 and you will reach a 4 contract. With any other vulnerability you could depend on partner having a better hand, so you should bid 4 directly; there would be no point in cue-bidding 3 .

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