Example #24 - Quiz

You're sitting East, playing with a pick-up partner in a 12-board ACBL-sanctioned tournament on Bridge Base Online.
Bidding is based on standard 5-c major systems like sayc or 2/1, unless stated otherwise.

Dealer E Vul All Scoring MP Lead ♣5	♠ ♥ ♦ ♣
♠ AK32 ♥ Q53 ♦ K8764 ♣ J		♠ T9 ♥ K4 ♦ AJ52 ♣ KQ987
	♠ ♥ ♦ ♣

West	North	East	South
		1♦	p
1♠	p	1NT	p
3♦	p	3NT	p
p	p

You play CJ from dummy, North contributes the C5, you overtake with the CK and fire back C8 (!!) to the C3, S2, and C2.
Plan the play.

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Example #23 - Quiz

You're sitting North, playing with a pick-up partner in a 12-board ACBL-sanctioned tournament on Bridge Base Online.
Bidding is based on standard 5-c major systems like sayc or 2/1, unless stated otherwise.

Dealer E Vul N/S Scoring MP Lead	♠ J87 ♥ 62 ♦ QT96 ♣ AQT2
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣		♠ ♥ ♦ ♣
	♠ ♥ ♦ ♣

West	North	East	South
		p	1♥
p	1NT	p	2♦
p	?

To achieve maximum appreciation of the Aruf genius we suggest you decide on your action before looking at the full hand record, presented in the next post about this board.

Example #22 - Quiz

You're sitting East, playing with a pick-up partner in a 12-board ACBL-sanctioned tournament on Bridge Base Online.
Bidding is based on standard 5-c major systems like sayc or 2/1, unless stated otherwise.

Dealer S Vul All Scoring Imp Lead	♠ ♥ ♦ ♣
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣		♠ QT ♥ K62 ♦ Q975 ♣ AJ94
	♠ ♥ ♦ ♣

West	North	East	South
			p
1♥	p	?

To achieve maximum appreciation of the Aruf genius we suggest you decide on your action before looking at the full hand record, presented in the next post about this board.

Example #21 - Quiz

You're sitting East, playing with a pick-up partner in a 12-board ACBL-sanctioned tournament on Bridge Base Online.
Bidding is based on standard 5-c major systems like sayc or 2/1, unless stated otherwise.

Dealer W Vul - Scoring MP Lead	♠ ♥ ♦ ♣
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣		♠ ♥ AQ98 ♦ KJ84 ♣ KJ842
	♠ ♥ ♦ ♣

West	North	East	South
p	1♠	?

Plan the bidding.

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Example #20 - Quiz

You're sitting East, playing with a pick-up partner in a 12-board ACBL-sanctioned tournament on Bridge Base Online.
Bidding is based on standard 5-c major systems like sayc or 2/1, unless stated otherwise.

Dealer N Vul E/W Scoring MP Lead	♠ ♥ ♦ ♣
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣		♠ KJT3 ♥ A85 ♦ AKJ9 ♣ 87
	♠ ♥ ♦ ♣

West	North	East	South
	p	1NT	2♥
3♣	p	?

To achieve maximum appreciation of the Aruf genius we suggest you decide on your action before looking at the full hand record, presented in the next post about this board.

Example #19 - Quiz

You're sitting North, playing with a pick-up partner in a 12-board ACBL-sanctioned tournament on Bridge Base Online.
Bidding is based on standard 5-c major systems like sayc or 2/1, unless stated otherwise.

Dealer N Vul N/S Scoring MP Lead ♥T	♠ KT874 ♥ A ♦ KJ74 ♣ A63
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣		♠ ♥ ♦ ♣
	♠ Q65 ♥ QJ98743 ♦ A96 ♣

West	North	East	South
	1♠	p	2♥
3♣	X	p	4♠
p	p	p

Plan the play.

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Example #18 - Quiz

The previous examples were taken from ACBL tournaments on BBO.
This one is from a teams match, just to show that Aruf was not restricting his activities to tournaments.

You're sitting North, playing with a pick-up partner in a strong teams match.
Bidding is based on standard 5-c major systems like sayc or 2/1, unless stated otherwise.

Dealer S Vul E/W Scoring Imp Lead	♠ AQ ♥ AJ9 ♦ AKQJ4 ♣ Q53
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣		♠ ♥ ♦ ♣
	♠ ♥ ♦ ♣

West	North	East	South
p	2♣	p	2♦
p	2NT	p	3♣
X	?

No bids were alerted and we don't know if 3C is Stayman or Puppet, but you may assume N-S knew.

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Example #17 - Quiz

You're sitting East, playing with a pick-up partner in a 12-board ACBL-sanctioned tournament on Bridge Base Online.
Bidding is based on standard 5-c major systems like sayc or 2/1, unless stated otherwise.

Dealer W Vul N/S Scoring Imp Lead	♠ ♥ ♦ ♣
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣		♠ QT ♥ T6 ♦ Q765 ♣ JT873
	♠ ♥ ♦ ♣

West	North	East	South
1♥	p	?

To achieve maximum appreciation of the Aruf genius we suggest you decide on your action before looking at the full hand record, presented in the next post about this board.

Example #16 - Quiz

You're sitting East, playing with a pick-up partner in a 12-board ACBL-sanctioned tournament on Bridge Base Online.
Bidding is based on standard 5-c major systems like sayc or 2/1, unless stated otherwise.
To achieve maximum appreciation of the Aruf genius we suggest you decide on your action before looking at the full hand record, presented in the next post about this board.

Dealer E Vul E/W Scoring Imp Lead	♠ ♥ ♦ ♣
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣		♠ K9 ♥ J754 ♦ 5 ♣ AJ8643
	♠ ♥ ♦ ♣

West	North	East	South
		p	p
1♦	p	?

To achieve maximum appreciation of the Aruf genius we suggest you decide on your action before looking at the full hand record, presented in the next post about this board.

Example #15 - Quiz

You're sitting North, playing with a pick-up partner in a 12-board ACBL-sanctioned tournament on Bridge Base Online.
Bidding is based on standard 5-c major systems like sayc or 2/1, unless stated otherwise.

Dealer E Vul All Scoring MP Lead	♠ A962 ♥ A52 ♦ AK84 ♣ 95
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣		♠ ♥ ♦ ♣
	♠ ♥ ♦ ♣

West	North	East	South
		1♥	p
2♣	p	2♥	p
2NT	?

To achieve maximum appreciation of the Aruf genius we suggest you decide on your action before looking at the full hand record, presented in the next post about this board.

Example #14 - Quiz

You're sitting North, playing with a pick-up partner in a 12-board ACBL-sanctioned tournament on Bridge Base Online.
Bidding is based on standard 5-c major systems like sayc or 2/1, unless stated otherwise.

Dealer W Vul N/S Scoring Imp Lead	♠ AJ85 ♥ J876 ♦ 986 ♣ 92
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣		♠ ♥ ♦ ♣
	♠ ♥ ♦ ♣

West	North	East	South
p	p	1NT	p
2♣	p	2♥	3♦
p	?

To achieve maximum appreciation of the Aruf genius we suggest you decide on your action before looking at the full hand record, presented in the next post about this board.

Example #13 - Quiz

You're sitting East, playing with a pick-up partner in a 12-board ACBL-sanctioned tournament on Bridge Base Online.
Bidding is based on standard 5-c major systems like sayc or 2/1, unless stated otherwise.

Dealer N Vul - Scoring MP Lead	♠ ♥ ♦ ♣
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣		♠ 94 ♥ A74 ♦ AKQ7543 ♣ 2
	♠ ♥ ♦ ♣

West	North	East	South
	p	1♦	p
1♠	p	3♦	p
4NT	p	5♣	p
5♦	p	?

To achieve maximum appreciation of the Aruf genius we suggest you decide on your action before looking at the full hand record, presented in the next post about this board.

Example #12 - Quiz

You're sitting North, playing with a pick-up partner in a 12-board ACBL-sanctioned tournament on Bridge Base Online.
Bidding is based on standard 5-c major systems like sayc or 2/1, unless stated otherwise.

Dealer E Vul All Scoring MP Lead	♠ KQ876 ♥ T75 ♦ A ♣ AJ43
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣		♠ ♥ ♦ ♣
	♠ ♥ ♦ ♣

West	North	East	South
		p	1♥
p	1♠	p	2♠
p	3♣	p	3♠
p	?

To achieve maximum appreciation of the Aruf genius we suggest you decide on your action before looking at the full hand record, presented in the next post about this board.

Example #11 - Quiz

You're sitting North, playing with a pick-up partner in a 12-board ACBL-sanctioned tournament on Bridge Base Online.
Bidding is based on standard 5-c major systems like sayc or 2/1, unless stated otherwise.

Dealer W Vul All Scoring MP Lead	♠ T94 ♥ AK9543 ♦ 86 ♣ J8
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣		♠ ♥ ♦ ♣
	♠ ♥ ♦ ♣

West	North	East	South
1♣	1♥	1♠	2♥
p	p	3♥	p
4♦	p	5♣	p
p	?

To achieve maximum appreciation of the Aruf genius we suggest you decide on your action before looking at the full hand record, presented in the next post about this board.

Example #10 - Quiz

You're sitting North, playing with a pick-up partner in a 12-board ACBL-sanctioned tournament on Bridge Base Online.
Bidding is based on standard 5-c major systems like sayc or 2/1, unless stated otherwise.

Dealer N Vul All Scoring MP Lead	♠ ♥ AJ93 ♦ QT64 ♣ AJ983
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣		♠ ♥ ♦ ♣
	♠ ♥ ♦ ♣

West	North	East	South
			1♥
p	?

To achieve maximum appreciation of the Aruf genius we suggest you decide on your action before looking at the full hand record, presented in the next post about this board.

Example #9 - Quiz

You're sitting South, playing with a pick-up partner in a 12-board ACBL-sanctioned tournament on Bridge Base Online.
Bidding is based on standard 5-c major systems like sayc or 2/1, unless stated otherwise.

Dealer S Vul All Scoring Imp Lead	♠ ♥ ♦ ♣
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣		♠ ♥ ♦ ♣
	♠ JT543 ♥ K4 ♦ KJT2 ♣ K2

West	North	East	South
			p
p	1♣	p	?

To achieve maximum appreciation of the Aruf genius we suggest you decide on your action before looking at the full hand record, presented in the next post about this board.

Example #8 - Quiz

You're sitting East, playing with a pick-up partner in a 12-board ACBL-sanctioned tournament on Bridge Base Online.
Bidding is based on standard 5-c major systems like sayc or 2/1, unless stated otherwise.

Dealer W Vul E/W Scoring MP Lead ♦J	♠ ♥ ♦ ♣
♠ AQ9 ♥ T864 ♦ 8653 ♣ K3		♠ JT7 ♥ AK52 ♦ KQ42 ♣ AJ
	♠ ♥ ♦ ♣

West	North	East	South
p	p	1NT	p
2♣	p	2♥	p
3♥	p	4♥	p
p	p

North takes DA, returns D10, and your Q is ruffed with H3.
South leads S5 and the 9 in dummy wins. You try H10: J, A, and the 9 from South. When you cash HK, South pitches a small S.

Plan the play.

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Example #7 - Quiz

You're sitting North, playing with a pick-up partner in a 12-board ACBL-sanctioned tournament on Bridge Base Online.
Bidding is based on standard 5-c major systems like sayc or 2/1, unless stated otherwise.

Dealer S Vul All Scoring MP Lead ♥Q	♠ AK87 ♥ 432 ♦ 9873 ♣ 98
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣		♠ ♥ ♦ ♣
	♠ QJ92 ♥ A ♦ KJ64 ♣ KJ72

West	North	East	South
			1♣
p	1♠	p	3♠
p	p	p

Plan the play.

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Example #6 - Quiz

You're sitting North, playing with a pick-up partner in a 12-board ACBL-sanctioned tournament on Bridge Base Online.
Bidding is based on standard 5-c major systems like sayc or 2/1, unless stated otherwise.

Dealer N Vul E/W Scoring MP Lead	♠ 43 ♥ J2 ♦ 7642 ♣ AKQT4
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣		♠ ♥ ♦ ♣
	♠ ♥ ♦ ♣

West	North	East	South
	p	p	2♣
p	2♦	p	2♥
p	3♣	p	3♦
p	3♠	p	4♣
p	?

You self-alerted your 3S bid as 'asking stoper' [sic].

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Example #5 - Quiz

You're sitting North, playing with a pick-up partner in a 12-board ACBL-sanctioned tournament on Bridge Base Online.
Bidding is based on standard 5-c major systems like sayc or 2/1, unless stated otherwise.

Dealer S Vul All Scoring Imp Lead	♠ A6 ♥ A8 ♦ AJ87632 ♣ 73
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣		♠ ♥ ♦ ♣
	♠ ♥ ♦ ♣

West	North	East	South
			1♣
1♥	?

To achieve maximum appreciation of the Aruf genius we suggest you decide on your action before looking at the full hand record, presented in the next post about this board.