Answer: 1NT\n\nExplanation: You have 17 high card points. In most bridge bidding systems, an opening bid of 1NT shows a balanced hand within a range of 16 to 18 points.
What should South bid?
0
Answer: Pass\n\nExplanation: West has only 8 high card points and no interest in suggesting his side should play the hand.
What should West bid?
0
Answer: Pass\n\nExplanation: With only 4 high card points, North can have no real expectation of making more than 7 tricks in No Trumps, so North should pass.
What should North bid?
0
Answer: Pass\n\nExplanation: While the hand is slightly better than average, with no long suit of his own, East should pass, as bidding would be very dangerous.
What should East bid?
0
5
5
5
-1
0
0
52
0
52
44
Answer: 6s\n\nExplanation: Most players follow the rule of leading the fourth best card of their longest and strongest suit while playing against no-trump, so in this case West leads 6s.
What should West lead?
40
51
52
28
27
35
39
49
47
50
Answer: Qs\n\nExplanation: West overtakes with Qs in case East has only two spades. From here, West has guaranteed winners with remaining three spades.
What should West play?
43
48
45
41
1
46
15
16
5
42
3
14
22
18
17
21
25
33
30
36
31
29
34
37
32
38
2
4
8
7
Answer: 8c\n\nExplanation: You should not cash in the Ad now because then West would be able to make the last two tricks with the Ac and Qd, so you must play a club now.
What should South play?
13
6
9
19
20
23
26
10
24
12
11
6
7
1
1
1
1
South made 1NT exactly and so scores 40 points below the line. These 40 points would count
towards making the 100 points needed to make a game.
