What’s your call?
| 1NT | ||||
| 2♣ | 2♦ | 2♥ | 2♠ | 2NT |
| 3♣ | 3♦ | 3♥ | 3♠ | 3NT |
| 4♣ | 4♦ | 4♥ | 4♠ | 4NT |
| 5♣ | 5♦ | 5♥ | 5♠ | 5NT |
| 6♣ | 6♦ | 6♥ | 6♠ | 6NT |
| 7♣ | 7♦ | 7♥ | 7♠ | 7NT |
| Pass |
1NT by Weinstein. “I hate 2♥; I can live with pass.”
Falk: “I hate to bid on the controlless hand, but we could so easily have game or a partscore in hearts. It’s not like 1♠ is a guaranteed plus score, so I will keep the ball in the air.”
Hampson says, “I have a slow hand with just enough high-card points to think game is possible, so I make the cheapest natural bid.”
Sanborn, too: “1NT gives us the best chance of getting to the right strain.”
Boehm prefers 1NT because “as a passed hand, partner may think that 2♥ implies spade tolerance. Anyway, these soft values seem notrump oriented.”
Stack, seeing 8 HCP, feels entitled to bid, and the bid he selects is 1NT. “Passing with this hand has no appeal as it is too conservative.”
Kennedy, on the other hand, sees a whole lot of nothing. “Pass. With so few high cards and a misfit with partner, it seems prudent to stay out of the auction.”
Rigal passes. “Time to come alive later. The absence of aces and kings always has a depressive effect on my desire to bid.”
Same for Lawrence. “1NT and 2♥ are reasonable, but both make me nervous.”
Pass by Lee. “I would normally bid 1NT with this type of hand, but this hand is so soft that I will go low.”
Robinson selects 2♥. “I’m a passed hand so my hearts can’t be that good.”
