| Vulnerability: Neither
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- ♠ A 9 6 5 3
- ♥ -
- ♦ K 7 5 2
- ♣ Q 9 5 2
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- ♠ 10 7
- ♥ 7 6 4
- ♦ A 10 9 3
- ♣ A K J 10
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- ♠ K Q J 4
- ♥ A 10 9
- ♦ Q J 6
- ♣ 8 7 4
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- ♠ 8 2
- ♥ K Q J 8 5 3 2
- ♦ 8 4
- ♣ 6 3
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| Dealer: West (Both Pairs bidding Simplex)
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| 2♥ (1)
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| Dbl (2)
| 2NT (3)
| Dbl (4)
| 3♥
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| 3♠ (5)
| Pass
| 4♠
| end
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Notes when West is Dealer:
- P2: 6 HCP, 7-card suit, this can only be opened at the 2-level.
- P0, P1, P11: With 9 HCP, a five-card suit and nine cards in his two longest suits, North has enough to open 1♠, but this bid has been taken away from him.
- P16. With 12 HCP and three trumps opposite West's presumed six, East has enough to bid the Simplex 2NT, showing a good raise to at least the three-level.
- P11: With his four-card spade holding, East was planning to bid 2♠ (or possibly 3♠. Double makes it clear that a spade bid was taken away by East's 2NT, and also suggest a penalty double.
- With 3-9 HCP, West makes a minimum rebid.
- The spades have to be shown!
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| Dealer: North (1) (Both Pairs bidding Simplex)
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| 1♠ (2)
| 1NT (3)
| 2NT (4)
| Dbl (5)
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| 3♠ (6)
| Pass (7)
| Pass (8)
| end
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Notes when North is Dealer:
- P14
- P0, P1: With 9 HCP, a five-card suit and nine cards in his two longest suits, North has enough to open 1♠.
- P8, P5. East has 12 HCP and no 5+ card suit.
- P16: The Simplex 2NT: South has four-card spade support and 13 HCP.
- P11: With 6 HCP and a 7-card suit, West was going to respond 2♥ to East's 1NT.
- With less than 14 HCP, North makes a minimum rebid.
- East has already bid his hand.
- With no shortages, South's safest course is to pass.
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| Dealer: East (1) (Both Pairs bidding Simplex)
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| -
| 1NT (2)
| Dbl (3)
| 2♥ (4)
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| 2♠ (5)
| 3♥ (6)
| Pass (7)
| end
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Notes when East is Dealer:
- P14
- P8. East has 12 HCP and no 5+ card suit.
- P8, P11: South has 13 HCP and no 5+ card suit, so wanted to open 1NT himself.
- P2: With 6 HCP and a 7-card suit, West responds naturally to East's 1NT.
- With less than 12 HCP, North responds to the double with his cheapest 4+ card suit.
- P10: East shows 3-card support for West's presumed 6-card suit by bidding to their Total Trump level.
- P10: If South knew North had five spades, he would bid 3♠.
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| Dealer: South (1) (Both Pairs bidding Simplex)
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| -
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| 1NT (2)
| 2♥ (3)
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| Dbl (4)
| 2NT (5)
| Pass (6)
| 3♥ (7)
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| 3♠ (8)
| end
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Notes when South is Dealer:
- P14
- P8, P11: South has 13 HCP and no 5+ card suit, so wanted to open 1NT himself.
- P2: With 6 HCP and a 7-card suit, West makes this natural overcall.
- P11, P2: With just five spades, North cannot bid them at the 2-level on the 1st round. He wanted to bid [[2{{Cs]] Redshift]] but West has taken that away from him.
- P16: East shows 3-card support for West's presumed 6-card suit and 10+ HCP by bidding the Simplex 2NT.
- South would have relayed his cheapest 3+ card suit (2♦), but does not need to. North will get another chance to bid.
- West makes a minimum response to the Simplex 2NT.
- North has 9 HCP and a further 5 shortage points from his heart void. These 14 points must be worth a 3-level bid.
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