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51 - JULY 2024

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1(♠)-DBLE-? [PART 2]

When you are not playing transfers, what would you make of this auction: 1♠-Dble-2? What sort of hand would you expect responder to hold? Is 2 non-forcing, forcing for one round, or game-forcing (as it would be without the double)? Which of these hands would you expect partner to hold?

HAND A
♠ 6
972
 QJ10973 
♣ K72

HAND B
♠ 108 

 QJ7
 KQ1073 

♣ K72 

HAND C
♠ K8 

92
 AQJ87 

♣ K752

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Marc Smith was in the Great Britain team that won the European Junior Teams Championship in 1985. His 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know (co-authored with Barbara Seagram) has sold more than 300,000 copies.

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