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wackojack:
A:  3 !D
Partner could have something like ♠Jx, ♥ Ax, ♦AKxx, ♣AKxxxx where we want to be in 5♦.  Or partner could have 18+ with just long clubs.  Partner must have a doubleton ♠ simply because if opps had a 9 card fit they surely would have raised spades.  Could it be ♠Jx or a low doubleton?  I think 3♦ would cover all bases. Maybe partner would next bid 3♠ with ♠Jx looking for 3NT, or raise diamonds with ♦AKxx, or just repeat clubs with just long clubs. 

B: 5NT
2 places to play. The only bid that gets anywhere near describing my hand.

C:
Double
We have a good chance of making 3+ tricks here.

D: 1 !D
A 1♦ overcall should be on 5 good diamonds and an opening bid.  So I go for 3N.

E: 3 !H
This is a gamble on partner having 5 hearts or at least J10xx

F: 6NT
Give partner a min opener ♠AQxxx, ♥Axxx, ♦xx, ♣ Jx  and we have 12 tricks in clubs or no trumps. I trust that 3♠ is forcing but I want to either play in no trumps or clubs to protect my K♦.  So 3♠ gets me nowhere.  I am not selling out with 3NT.  We could just about be missing 2 aces partner having ♠AQJxx, ♥QJxx, ♦Qx, ♣xx so I cannot blast 6NT. 
Is there a way out?  If I bid 4NT, that would (I assume ) be keycard in ♥s so that is out. 
What about 4♣?  I don’t think that will get me anywhere.  In principle I will bid what I would bid at the table and not what I think the panel will bid.  So 6NT it is.

G: Double
Awkward if partner has say ♠xx, ♥KQx, ♦AKxx, xxxx.  Say you double.  Partner would likely bid 2♣ and then you would have to correct to 2♥ non forcing.  Lots could go wrong but double is the least of evils.

H:  J !H
WTP?   

wackojack:
SOLUTIONS FOR:
jack Goody
England

PROBLEM A: 3 Diamonds
PROBLEM B: Double
PROBLEM C: 5 Notrump
PROBLEM D: 3 Notrump
PROBLEM E: 3 Hearts
PROBLEM F: 6 Notrump
PROBLEM G: Double
PROBLEM H: Heart Jack

blubayou:
.CONFIRMATION#24047156MCQU[]
[SOLUTIONS FOR:Jock McQuade 3 Bag End Hobbiton OR 97030 U.S.A

PROBLEM A: 3 Diamonds
PROBLEM B: 5 Hearts
PROBLEM C: Double
]PROBLEM D: 3 Diamonds
PROBLEM E: 3 Hearts
PROBLEM F: 6 Notrump
PROBLEM G: 1 Notrump
PROBLEM H: Diamond 4

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ccr3:
Your Solutions for the April 2024 Contest 
-------------------
PROBLEM A: 3 Notrump
PROBLEM B: Double
PROBLEM C: Double
PROBLEM D: 3 Notrump
PROBLEM E: 2 Hearts
PROBLEM F: 4 Diamonds
PROBLEM G: 1 Notrump
PROBLEM H: Spade Jack

Masse24:

--- Quote from: wackojack on February 29, 2024, 06:13:02 PM ---
F: 6NT
Give partner a min opener ♠AQxxx, ♥Axxx, ♦xx, ♣ Jx  and we have 12 tricks in clubs or no trumps. I trust that 3♠ is forcing but I want to either play in no trumps or clubs to protect my K♦.  So 3♠ gets me nowhere.  I am not selling out with 3NT.  We could just about be missing 2 aces partner having ♠AQJxx, ♥QJxx, ♦Qx, ♣xx so I cannot blast 6NT. 
Is there a way out?  If I bid 4NT, that would (I assume ) be keycard in ♥s so that is out. 
What about 4♣?  I don’t think that will get me anywhere.  In principle I will bid what I would bid at the table and not what I think the panel will bid.  So 6NT it is.

--- End quote ---

Not so sure about 4NT being RKC for hearts. Though I do agree the game-force has been established. 3 !C should do that. To play it as only a one-round force would be strange.
If we wanted to agree spades we had a cuebid available in the previous round.
To agree hearts now we have 4 !D.
So 4NT is, I think, quantitative with no fit.

Which is probably what I should have chosen. But I chickened out and went low with 3NT due to the lack of a fit.

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