Vulnerable versus not at IMP’s I pick up 
J 10 
Q 9 8 3 
K J 10 7 
Q J 10.
RHO passes and so do you. LHO, third seat at favorable, opens 2. Partner doubles and RHO raises to 3.
What is your call? How many hearts do you promise with a double or if you bid the suit?
Look here for our “solution”.
With both vulnerable at IMP’s, your RHO passes and you hold the following hand in second seat:
A 6
A 8
A K 7 5
A Q J T 5.
What is your opening bid? If you choose to open 2, partner will make a double negative response. What is your rebid?
Here is the solution.
On our teams we have a rule. We work on methods and understandings. We do not try to teach card play or bidding judgment. This reflects the fact that our players all have decades of experience. They either know it or they do not. If they do not exhibit good play or good bidding, then it is time to find new teammates.
Having said this, I am consistently surprised by poor hand evaluation, even in top-flight competition where the participants are great at playing the cards.
Take a look at this example, starting with my hand. With no one vulnerable at IMP’s you pick up K J 7 7 6 5 A K Q 5 K 7 6. Playing 14+ to 17 NT’s, you open 1NT. Partner (via Stayman, not promising a major) invites game in NT.
Do you accept? Where do you think you are in your announced range?
Here is the solution.
YouTube had to pull the great bridge video on the young Canadian stars. Check out Justin’s blog for the full story.
Let’s hope that CTV finds a way to present this to a wider audience. Maybe we can figure out a way to persuade them.
Meanwhile, thanks to Justin for getting this out there so that many players could see it.
Any attempt to win the District 13 GNT must go through the powerful team assembled by George Jacobs. 
You have managed to make the finals. After 53 boards of a 60-board match, you pick up a small hand:
6 T 7 3 6 4 3 2 Q J T 9 5.
Your partner opens 2 and your RHO calls 2. You double, showing two queens or less, and partner bids the expected 2 . You have a strong partner, but little partnership experience. (Since Brad Carmichael moved to Kansas City, you needed a replacement on the team that won the event two years ago. Jacob Morgan, a rising star who won over 1000 masterpoints last year has stepped into the big gap left by Brad. Jacob has agreed to play your methods, but his professional obligations left you limited practice time, including only one day of actual play before the event.)
Jacob is pictured with regular partner Marty Harris.
You bid 3 and partner calls 3. You bid 4 and partner now bids 4.
You are facing a tough call here, but you get some unexpected help from RHO, who doubles. It is our view that these calls are rarely correct, but it is the end of a long match. Perhaps RHO did not realize that he would be on lead against any likely contract. Anyway, you have an easy pass and partner now bids 4.
You have an extra bit of information, but what does it all mean? More importantly, what do you call?