BIDDING OPPOSITE A STRONG HAND [PART 1]
The auction will often cause your hand to become stronger or weaker than a mere count of the high cards suggests. This month, we look at a situation that many inexperienced players find difficult – bidding bad hands. How often do you hear a lament along the lines of ‘I couldn’t bid, I only had 1/2/3 points’?
Suppose that with the opponents only vulnerable you pick up one of my regular rubber bridge hands…
♠ Q5
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♦ J872
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