How NOT to Win a STAC Game
Test your luck on this collection from the mid-May Sectional Tournaments at Clubs. On each problem, you hold the hand displayed in the diagram. My opponents' actions earned them a zero on each of these boards. I am confident that you can do better.
North dealer, Both vulnerable:
What is your call?
North dealer, E-W vulnerable:
Doubtless you would have bid differently at your first turn; but now you have to go from here. Your partner's raise was preemptive. What's your pleasure?
East dealer, None vulnerable:
Again, you might have better facilitated the auction by starting with
a 3♣ preempt; but what would you do now?
East dealer, None vulnerable:
North's negative double was ill-advised, as it risked losing a
5-3 fit; a 3♠ advance, or perhaps a cuebid of
4♦ (either 5-5 in the majors or a big club fit),
would have been better. In any case, the ♦K
is led. Plan the play.