A Bidding Problem published in the second 2016 Italian Open and Ladies Teams Championships Bulletin. You will be able to compare your answer with Bocchi, Bilde, Brenner, Bessis…

Italy; 2016 Open and Ladies Teams Championships

Salsomaggiore 22 – 25 Abril 2016

April 24, 2016

This Bidding Problem was published in the second Italian Open and Ladies Teams Championships Bulletin. You will be able to compare your answer with some of the best italian and international players:

IMPs, N/S Vulnerable. You are South:

J 9 7 2   J 9 7 4   9 7 6 3 2

The bidding starts:

West	North	East	South
		Pass	Pass
1	Dbl	1	Pass
2	Dbl	3	?

After thinking your answer. Below you can find some of the best world players answers:

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These are the answers:

Norberto Bocchi		Norberto Bocchi:   4. I think, having passed before, 4describes the hand well.
Thomas Bessis		Thomas Bessis   4. A bit optimistic, but describes my hand pretty well. It also has the advantage of putting pressure on opponents, which could make the mistake of defending to 5 while we could go down in 4.
Dennis Bilde		Dennis Bilde   Dbl. I hope it’s an Italian double and my partner will not pass ☺
Diego Brenner		Diego Brenner   Dbl. Competitive. Over 3 or 3 I can pass, because with the double I have described my hand.
Andrea Buratti		Andrea Buratti      Pass. It is easy for my partner to have a balanced hand.
Fabio Lo Presti		Fabio Lo Presti   4. Showing that I am very short and the other two, with longer diamond. My hand should be more or less as mine, I didn