P1, the Forehand, holds the Call, and P2 has passed. You are P3. Your hand: VII, V, IV, K
, Q, C, 1, K
, K
, J.
P2
10 cards
Pass
P1Forehand10 cards
holds the Call
P410 cards
Your hand
What do you bid?
Answer
Bid No-Trump. You hold exactly five sure no-trump winners: the K, the Q and the C, which counts only because the K and the Q are beside it, and the lone K and K, which nothing can trump in No-Trump. Four Hearts give the length and three Taroks are few. Your count of 6 is far from a Solo, and if you pass you are out of the bidding.
, the Q and the C, which counts only because the K and the Q are beside it, and the lone K and K, which nothing can trump in No-Trump. Four Hearts give the length and three Taroks are few. Your count of 6 is far from a Solo, and if you pass you are out of the bidding.Rule: A sure no-trump winner is a color card that no other player can beat in its suit: a King, or a lower card when you also hold every higher card of that suit.