Below is a bidding quiz on Lebensohl – the clever use of 2NT after the opponents overcall your 1NT opener or after they open a weak 2 and your partner makes a takeout double. If you aren’t sure what Lebensohl is all about then feel free to watch my video on it here. The answers to the quiz appear by clicking the link at the bottom, so you can cheat if you want, but it’s best not to!
In all of the below bidding auctions and with the corresponding hands, what do you think is the correct response to your partner, given the opponents’ intervention? In each hand think about whether you think you need to go through 2NT* or whether you can just bid straight away, without the need of going through Lebensohl.
(Assume all bids by opponents are natural and that they will make no further bids beyond what is detailed in the auction matrices below the hands. Where 1NT is opened, assume that it is 12-14 balanced and where a double is used, assume that it is takeout.)
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♠ Qxx ♥ xx ♦ KJxxxxx ♣ x – N E S W 1NT 2♠ ? – -
♠ AJxx ♥ KQx ♦ xx ♣ K10xx – N E S W 1NT 2♥ ? – -
♠ xx ♥ AKJ ♦ KQ10x ♣ xxxx – N E S W 2♠ X P ? – -
♠ x ♥ J9xxxx ♦ xxx ♣ Axx – N E S W 1NT 2♦ ? – -
♠ xxx ♥ KJx ♦ x ♣ AKJxxx – N E S W 1NT 2♠ ? – -
♠ KQxx ♥ xxx ♦ AKxx ♣ Kx – N E S W 2♥ X P ? – -
♠ J10xx ♥ KJxx ♦ Ax ♣ KJx – N E S W 1NT 2♣ ? – -
♠ xxx ♥ xx ♦ xx ♣ AQxxxx – N E S W 1NT 2♠ ? – -
♠ AKxxx ♥ x ♦ Q10x ♣ Axxx – N E S W 1NT 2♥ ? – -
♠ AJ10 ♥ Kx ♦ QJxxxx ♣ Qx – N E S W 2♠ X P ? –
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