Practice 5A01
Main
Negative Doubles
by Richard Pavlicek
West
Dbl
4
NORTH
Pass
2
All Pass
East
1
2
South
1
Pass
Board 1
J 7
Q J 6 2
J 9 8 3
K 8 7
Trick
1 S
2 S
3 E
4 E
5 W
6 W
7 S
8 E
9 E
10 W
11 E
Lead
Q
10
K
2
A
K
6?
Q
5
5
7
2nd
2
3
4
9
3
8
4
4
8
2
9
3rd
8
7
3
A
!
2
4
K
10
8
6
5
4th
9!
A
7
J
6
Q
5
J
9
J
6
W L
0 1
1 1
2 1
3 1
4 1
4 2
5 2
6 2
7 2
8 2
9 2
A 10 8 3
7 5
A K 10
5 4 3 2
K 6 5 2
K 3
Q 7 5 4 2
A 9
Bidding
Play
Defense
Negative double
Competitive auction
Holdup play
Establish side suit
Attitude signal
Play
Q 9 4
A 10 9 8 4
6
Q J 10 6
4
East
7 top tricks
Win the high trump
made 4 -420
West
2
Pass
North
Dbl
3 NT
EAST
Pass
Pass
All Pass
South
1
3
!
Board 2
K Q 4 3
3
K 8 5 2
9 7 6 3
Trick
1 E
2 W
3 W
4 N
5 S
6 S
7 S
8 S
9 N
10 N
Lead
7
A
Q
3
K
Q
A
2
Q
8!
2nd
3
5
K
2
9
7
8
J
9
10
3rd
9
!
5
8
A
3
6
3
K
4
6
4th
2!
4
2
8
5
7
5
6
6
10
W L
0 1
0 2
1 2
2 2
3 2
4 2
5 2
6 2
7 2
7 3
J 8 7
9 8
A Q J 10 9 6
K J
10 9 6 5
J 10 7 5 2
7
10 8 5
Bidding
Play
Negative double
Cue-bid general force
Throw-in play
Play
A 2
A K Q 6 4
4 3
A Q 4 2
3 NT North
7 top tricks
W endplayed (lose 1)
made 3 +600
West
1
Pass
North
Dbl
3
!
East
Pass
All Pass
SOUTH
1
2
Board 3
K 8 7 3
A J 8 4
8 6 2
K 2
Trick
1 W
2 W
3 W
4 W
5 N
6 S
7 S
8 N
9 S
10 S
11 N
Lead
K
A
Q
2
4!
A
6
8
A
4
J
2nd
2
6
8
A
K
3
5
9
6
9
J
3rd
7
3
10
3
5
2
K
7
3
K
5!
4th
4
10
J
7
5
4
9
6
2
J
Q
W L
0 1
0 2
0 3
1 3
2 3
3 3
4 3
5 3
6 3
7 3
7 4
10 9 6
Q 6 5 2
A K Q 9 5
3
Q J 2
K 10 9 3
7 3
J 10 9 4
Bidding
Play
Negative double
Rebid by responder
Elopement play
Play
A 5 4
7
J 10 4
A Q 8 7 6 5
3
South
9 top tricks
Win the rest
made 3 +110
WEST
1
3
North
1
Pass
East
Dbl
4
South
Pass
All Pass
Board 4
K Q J 7 5
5
Q 10 6 2
A 10 5
Trick
1 N
2 E
3 W
4 W
5 E
6 W
7 E
8 W
9 W
10 W
Lead
K
4!
K
5
2
8
4
A
Q
J
2nd
A
3
6
10
3
Q
6
7
5
10
3rd
4
A
7
K
!
J
10
9
2
3
10
4th
6
2
9
7
5
8
5
7
8
9
W L
1 0
2 0
3 0
4 0
5 0
6 0
7 0
8 0
9 0
10 0
6
A Q J 9
A K J 8 5
4 3 2
A 10 3 2
K 10 4 2
7 4
Q 8 6
Bidding
Play
Negative double
Rebid by opener
Establish side suit
Use trumps as entries
Play
9 8 4
8 7 6 3
9 3
K J 9 7
4
West
7 top tricks
Lose the rest
made 4 -620
Practice 5A05
Main
Top
Negative Doubles
Negative Doubles II
West
Pass
All Pass
NORTH
1
3
!
East
2
Pass
South
Dbl
4
Board 1
A K J 2
A K 7 5 4
J 6
9 2
Trick
1 E
2 E
3 E
4 N
5 N
6 N
7 W
8 S
9 N
10 S
11 N
12 N
Lead
K
A
Q
A
K
4
J
6
5
7
J
7
2nd
2
3
7
3
10
J
2
3
Q
9
7
3rd
8
4
2
9
3
5
5
K
Q
A
9
4th
6
J
2
6
8
8
A
4
4
5
10
W L
0 1
0 2
1 2
2 2
3 2
3 3
4 3
5 3
6 3
7 3
8 3
10 9 8 3
8 6 2
8 4
J 10 6 4
4
Q J 10 3
A K Q 10 5
Q 7 5
Bidding
Play
Defense
Negative double
Rebid by opener
Delay drawing trumps
Establish side suit
Make declarer ruff
Play
Q 7 6 5
9
9 7 3 2
A K 8 3
4
North
8 top tricks
Win the rest
made 4 +420
West
Dbl
5
North
2
Pass
EAST
1
4 NT!
6
South
1
Pass
All Pass
Board 2
Q 10 9 3
3 2
Q 9 8 7 6 5
8
Trick
1 S
2 S
3 E
4 E
5 W
6 W
7 E
8 W
9 E
10 E
Lead
K
A
A
!
4
Q
4!
5
8
A
K
2nd
6
7
9
10
8
5
J
Q
10
3rd
10
3
8
3
6
K
J
7
2
4th
2
5
2
3
2
9
6
4
7
W L
0 1
1 1
2 1
3 1
4 1
5 1
6 1
7 1
8 1
8 7 6
8
A K 4 3 2
Q J 4 3
2
A K 7 6 5 4
10
A K 7 6 5
Bidding
Play
Negative double
Blackwood convention
Delay drawing trumps
Establish side suit
Play
A K J 5 4
Q J 10 9
J
10 9 2
6
East
9 top tricks
Win the rest
made 6 -920
West
1
Pass
All Pass
North
Dbl
3
!
East
Pass
Pass
SOUTH
1
2
3 NT
Board 3
K 5 4 3
A Q J 4
10 5 4
Q 4
Trick
1 W
2 S
3 N
4 S
5 S
6 N
7 N
8 N
9 W
Lead
6
10
3
Q
2
Q
K
5!
A
2nd
4
K!
2
10
6
7
8
7
10
3rd
Q
A
A
4
J
5
6
9
3
4th
K
3
7
6
5
9
2
J
2
W L
1 0
2 0
3 0
4 0
5 0
6 0
7 0
7 1
7 2
10 7
K 9 6
A J 8 6 3
K J 2
J 9 8 6 2
8 7 5 3
Q 7
10 3
Bidding
Play
Defense
Negative double
Rebid by doubler
Throw-in play
When to cover honor
Play
A Q
10 2
K 9 2
A 9 8 7 6 5
3 NT South
5 top tricks
W endplayed (lose 2)
made 3 +400
WEST
1
2
!
North
1
Pass
East
Dbl
4
South
Pass
All Pass
Board 4
A K 10 8 6
4 2
10 7 3
K J 8
Trick
1 N
2 N
3 N
4 W
5 W
6 W
7 E
8 E
9 E
Lead
K
A
6
A
K
2
Q
Q
10!
2nd
2
5
J
2
4
3
7
8
J
3rd
9
4
Q
6
8
A
2
5
3
4th
3
7
9
3
5
6
8
7
10
W L
0 1
0 2
1 2
2 2
3 2
4 2
5 2
6 2
6 3
7 3
A K 9
K J 9 5 2
Q 3 2
J 5 2
Q 10 8 6
A Q 4
A 6 4
Bidding
Play
Defense
Negative double
Rebid by opener
Seven-card trump fit
Force out high trump
Attitude signal
Play
Q 9 4
J 7 5 3
8 6
10 9 7 5
4
West
8 top tricks
Win the rest
made 4 -620
Practice 5A09
Main
Top
Negative Doubles
Negative Doubles III
West
Dbl
4
NORTH
Pass
Pass
All Pass
East
1
2
!
South
2
Pass
Board 1
Q J 3
J 9 7 6
10 6
J 5 4 2
Trick
1 S
2 E
3 W
4 W
5 W
6 W
7 E
8 W
9 E
10 W
Lead
10
4
K
A
K
2
5
2
8
5
2nd
4
3
J
10
6
7
8
2
10
4
3rd
3
Q
!
2
3
3
A
6
5
8
7
4th
A
6
9
7
4
Q
9
9
J
J
W L
1 0
2 0
3 0
4 0
5 0
6 0
7 0
8 0
9 0
10 0
K 8 6 4
K 2
A Q 5 2
9 8 6
A 7 5 2
A 10 8 5 3
4
K 7 3
Bidding
Play
Defense
Negative double
Rebid by responder
Obtain early discard
Crossruff
Leading trumps
Play
10 9
Q 4
K J 9 8 7 3
A Q 10
4
East
6 top tricks
Lose the rest
made 4 -420
West
2
Pass
All Pass
North
Dbl
3
EAST
Pass
Pass
Pass
South
1
2
3
!
Board 2
J 8 7 3
Q 4
A Q 9 8
9 6 5
Trick
1 W
2 W
3 W
4 S
5 W
6 N
7 S
8 S
9 N
10 N
Lead
K
A
3
4!
4
9!
A
K
9
8!
2nd
5
6
8
K
?
Q
8
2
5
7
Q
3rd
3
7
2
3
6
5
7
A
3
6
4th
4
10
10
9
J
2
10
5
7
J
W L
0 1
0 2
1 2
1 3
2 3
3 3
4 3
5 3
6 3
6 4
K 2
J 2
7 5 4 3
A K Q J 2
Q 10 9
K 9 8 7 5
6 2
8 7 3
Bidding
Play
Defense
Negative double
Rebid by opener
Keep trump control
Throw-in play
Refuse to ruff
Play
A 6 5 4
A 10 6 3
K J 10
10 4
3
South
7 top tricks
East is endplayed
made 3 +140
West
1
Pass
All Pass
North
Dbl
2 NT!
East
Pass
Pass
SOUTH
1
2
3 NT
Board 3
A J 7
K Q 6 5
10 9
J 9 8 2
Trick
1 E
2 N
3 S
4 W
5 W
6 E
7 S
8 S
9 S
10 S
Lead
5
9
2!
10
2
5
A
K
Q
8
2nd
3
2
A
7!
J
A
6
7
10
3
3rd
K
J
5
6
Q
6
10
8
9
J
4th
A
4
8
4
3
2
3
5
7
Q
W L
1 0
2 0
2 1
2 2
2 3
3 3
4 3
5 3
6 3
7 3
K 10 9 8 2
A 3
7 6 4
K 10 6
Q 6 5
J 10 9 8
5 3 2
Q 7 5
Bidding
Play
Defense
Negative double
Rebid by responder
Read enemy lead
Communication/entries
Lead partner’s suit
Play
4 3
7 4 2
A K Q J 8
A 4 3
3 NT North
7 top tricks
Lose the last trick
made 3 +400
WEST
1
4
!
North
1
Pass
East
Dbl
5
South
2
All Pass
Board 4
A Q 10 6 2
J 9 8 6 2
K 8
5
Trick
1 N
2 N
3 W
4 W
5 E
6 W
7 E
8 E
9 E
10 E
Lead
A
6
A
8
9!
3
K
7
6
5
2nd
3
8
5
2
4
8
10
J
7
3rd
7
K
3
J
Q
A
3
4
5
4th
5
2
4
9
10
6
2
Q
K!
W L
0 1
1 1
2 1
3 1
4 1
5 1
6 1
7 1
8 1
5
A K Q 4 3
5 4 3
A Q 8 2
9 8 3
5
A 10 7 2
K J 7 6 3
Bidding
Play
Defense
Negative double
Rebid by opener
Ruff in short hand
Choose lead at suit
Choose discard
Play
K J 7 4
10 7
Q J 9 6
10 9 4
5
West
9 top tricks
Lose the last trick
made 5 -600
Practice 5A13
Main
Top
Negative Doubles
Negative Doubles IV
West
Pass
All Pass
NORTH
1
3
!
East
1
Pass
South
Dbl
4
Board 1
A 4
A Q 9 4
3 2
K Q 6 5 2
Trick
1 E
2 N
3 N
4 S
5 N
6 N
7 S
8 N
Lead
K
A
4!
6
Q
2
9!
Q
2nd
2
8
5
7
J
4
5
J
3rd
3
3
K
9
10
A
K
8!
4th
A
2
5
7
J
7
10
6
W L
1 0
2 0
3 0
4 0
5 0
6 0
7 0
8 0
8 6 3
J 7 5 2
K 8 7 6 5
7
K Q J 7 5
8
A J 10 9
J 10 4
Bidding
Play
Defense
Negative double
Rebid by opener
Placing enemy cards
Unblocking play
Choose discard
Discard signal
Play
10 9 2
K 10 6 3
Q 4
A 9 8 3
4
North
8 top tricks
Cash 2 more winners
made 4 +420
West
Dbl
3
!
North
Pass
All Pass
EAST
1
2
South
2
Pass
Board 2
10 9 7 6 5
K 7 6 5 4
Q 4
J
Trick
1 S
2 W
3 E
4 W
5 S
6 E
7 S
8 E
9 S
Lead
10
3
2
3
Q
5
J
3
A
2nd
K
!
4
9
Q
2
8
Q
Q
J
3rd
J
A
K
!
5
5
7
K
2
7
4th
4
2
4
A
A
5
6
6
4
W L
1 0
2 0
3 0
3 1
4 1
4 2
5 2
5 3
5 4
J 2
Q 9 8 3
K 10 8 3
K 7 2
K 8 4 3
A
J 7 6 5 2
A 5 4
Bidding
Play
Defense
Negative double
Rebid by responder
Play to trick one
Placing enemy cards
Choose lead at suit
Play
A Q
J 10 2
A 9
Q 10 9 8 6 3
3
East
6 top tricks
Claim the rest
made 3 -110
West
2
All Pass
North
Dbl
East
Pass
SOUTH
1
3 NT!
Board 3
5 4
Q J 10 3
10 9 7 6
A 4 3
Trick
1 W
2 S
3 S
4 W
5 W
6 N
7 N
8 N
Lead
7
A
!
J
Q
5
10
9
4
2nd
3
4
K
4!
A
8
6
3rd
J
6
7
9
3
2
4
4th
K
5
2
2
Q!
7
5
W L
1 0
2 0
2 1
2 2
3 2
4 2
5 2
10
A K 7 5
K 4
Q 10 8 7 6 5
9 8 7 6 2
9 6
8 5 3 2
J 9
Bidding
Play
Defense
Negative double
Rebid by opener
Holdup play
Jettison play
Choose discard
Play
A K Q J 3
8 4 2
A Q J
K 2
3 NT South
7 top tricks
Cash 4 more winners
made 3 +400
WEST
1
2
North
2
Pass
East
Dbl
4
South
Pass
All Pass
Board 4
9 4
A Q 10 9 8 7
Q J
J 6 2
Trick
1 N
2 E
3 E
4 W
5 W
6 N
7 E
8 N
9 W
Lead
Q
A
2
K
3!
J
J
2
K
2nd
K
6
5
7
Q
A
2
3
8
3rd
7
7
J
3
4
3
6
Q
7
4th
2
4
9
10
5
4
A
K
5
W L
1 0
2 0
3 0
4 0
4 1
5 1
5 2
6 2
7 2
K J 8 7
K 6 3
8 4 2
A K 4
A Q 3 2
J 4
A K 6 5
8 7 3
Bidding
Play
Defense
Negative double
Rebid by responder
Placing enemy cards
Lead toward honor
Choose lead at suit
Attitude signal
Play
10 6 5
5 2
10 9 7 3
Q 10 9 5
4
West
8 top tricks
Lose 1 more trick
made 4 -620
Practice 5A17
Main
Top
Negative Doubles
Negative Doubles V
West
Pass
Pass
NORTH
1
2
Pass!
East
1
2
Pass
South
Dbl
3
Board 1
10 9 5
K 6 4
K
A Q J 7 4 3
Trick
1 W
2 E
3 E
4 E
5 E
6 S
7 S
8 S
9 S
Lead
J
K
A
A
7
Q
J
10
7!
2nd
5
3
4
3
9
5
8
6
?
3rd
Q
2
3
4
5
4
7
J
4th
2
9
10
K
3
2
6
6
W L
0 1
0 2
0 3
0 4
1 4
2 4
3 4
4 4
J
Q 8 7 3
8 5 4
K 9 6 5 2
A K Q 8 7 6
J 2
A 6 2
10 8
Bidding
Play
Defense
Negative double
Rebid by responder
Avert overruff
Automatic squeeze
Overtaking play
Play
4 3 2
A 10 9 5
Q J 10 9 7 3
—
3
South
8 top tricks
West is squeezed
made 3 +110
West
Dbl
North
Pass
EAST
1
4
!
South
1
All Pass
Board 2
Q 10 8 7 6 5
3 2
10 6
Q 10 8
Trick
1 S
2 S
3 S
4 E
5 E
6 S
7 E
8 W
9 E
10 E
Lead
K
A
J
K
A!
A
3
6
Q
9
2nd
2
5
9
J
5
2
3
2
J
4
3rd
10
6
8
2
7
5
4
A
10
9
4th
3
Q
7
8
10
8
Q
9
3
6
W L
0 1
0 2
1 2
2 2
2 3
3 3
4 3
5 3
6 3
7 3
K J 9 2
K 10 6 4
9 5 2
7 2
—
A Q 8 7
Q 3
A K 9 6 5 4 3
Bidding
Play
Defense
Negative double
Rebid by opener
Establish side suit
Delay drawing trumps
Make declarer ruff
Attitude signal
Play
A 4 3
J 9 5
A K J 8 7 4
J
4
East
6 top tricks
Win the rest
made 4 -420
West
1
3
!
North
2
Pass
East
Dbl
5
SOUTH
Pass
Pass
All Pass
Board 3
Q 6 3
A 3
7 4
K Q J 10 6 5
Trick
1 N
2 W
3 W
4 W
5 E
6 W
7 E
8 W
Lead
K
A
K
2
9
7
Q
10
2nd
2
3
6
Q
2
5
6
6
3rd
9
4
4
8
J
!
10
K
!
7
4th
A
5
8
9
4
J
7
2
W L
1 0
2 0
3 0
4 0
5 0
6 0
7 0
8 0
A K 10 7 2
10 6
K J 5 3
A 3
4
Q J 9 4
A Q 10 9 8
7 4 2
Bidding
Play
Defense
Negative double
Rebid by opener
Establish side suit
Use trumps as entries
Count signal
Play
J 9 8 5
K 8 7 5 2
6 2
9 8
5
West
8 top tricks
Lose 2 tricks
made 5 -600
WEST
Pass
Pass
Pass
North
1
2
3 NT
East
2
Pass
All Pass
South
Dbl
3
!
Board 4
A 6 2
Q 8 6 3
K Q 5 4
K 2
Trick
1 E
2 N
3 S
4 N
5 S
6 S
7 N
8 N
9 E
Lead
Q
4
3
2
K
2
Q
2!
A
2nd
3
3
J
8
9
7
6
J
10
3rd
5
A
A
Q
6
K
9
4
5
4th
K
6
4
5
4
8
10
8
3
W L
1 0
2 0
3 0
4 0
5 0
6 0
7 0
7 1
7 2
J 10 9 5
10 9 5
J 10 7 6
8 5
8 4
K J 4
8 3
A Q J 9 7 6
Bidding
Play
Negative double
Rebid by responder
Combine chances
Squeeze throw-in
Play
K Q 7 3
A 7 2
A 9 2
10 4 3
3 NT North
7 top tricks
W endplayed (lose 2)
made 3 +600
Practice 5A17
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