Jul 20, 2016 | What would Patty do?
West North East South Pass Pass 1♣ Pass 1♠ Pass 4♠ All Pass Opening Lead was the A♦. The hand record says that I can make 4♠, but I don’t see it. Is this one of those times you were telling us about that the hand record expects you to do...
Nov 8, 2015 | What would Patty do?
North 1[spade] ? South 1 NT Bid 2[diamond] . Generally with a good, distributional hand you should choose to bid your second suit rather than rebid your first suit. You could certainly bid 3[spade] (showing 15+ to 18- HCPs and 6+ spades), but then you have...
Nov 8, 2015 | What would Patty do?
North 1[heart]2[diamond]3[heart]5[heart]6[club]All Pass South 2[club]3[diamond]4 N 5 N 7[diamond] This is a much more challenging hand if you don’t play 2/1 Game Force. Without 2/1 Game Forcing, after the bidding starts 1♥ – 2♣ – 2♦, South has a difficult bid....
Nov 8, 2015 | What would Patty do?
North 1[spade] ? South 1[diamond] 1 N Should I bid Two-Way Checkback and sign-off at 2 [diamond]? (this question could have been asked of a standard auction also….should I bid 2 [diamond] since I know partner has four diamonds) No,...
Sep 28, 2015 | What would Patty do?
North Pass 1[heart] ? South 1[club] 2[club] What should I bid after Opener’s 2 [club] rebid? I didn’t want to leave him there with a singleton. You are correct that having a singleton in partner’s suit is very, very bad. However, bidding is...
Aug 31, 2015 | What would Patty do?
West Pass Pass All pass North 1[heart] 3[heart] East Pass Pass South 1[diamond] 3[diamond] 4[heart] The question was ‘What should North bid after South’s jump to 3[diamond]?’ Even though your hearts are poor, you do have...
Aug 15, 2015 | What would Patty do?
North 1[diamond] ? South 1[heart] I opened 1[diamond], my partner bid 1[heart] and my RHO passed. I hold: [spade]4 [heart]AQ7 [diamond]AQJ93 [club]KJ73 What should I bid? Should I raise hearts? Bid 2[club]. This hand has the potential to be a fabulous...
Aug 13, 2015 | What would Patty do?
North 2[heart] South ? Everyone is Vulnerable. My partner opened 2[heart] and my RHO passed. I hold: [spade]74 [heart]K9743 [diamond]Q9653 [club]3 What should I bid? Bid 4[heart]. This is a hand that you need to bid quickly to a high level. The...
Aug 12, 2015 | What would Patty do?
West Pass Pass Pass Pass North 1[heart] 2[club] 4N 6N East Pass Pass Pass All pass South 1[diamond] 1[spade] 2[diamond] 5[club] I get a lot of questions asking ‘What should I bid?’, most of those questions involve figuring out how to...
Aug 11, 2015 | What would Patty do?
West Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass All pass North 1[spade] 2[heart] 3[diamond] 4[spade] 5[heart] East Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass South 1[diamond] 2[club] 3[club] 4[club] 4N 6[diamond] New players will find this hand very difficult…..because you...
