UK Edition • 12th October 2026

Bridge Gazette Hand Questions

Bernard Magee Bridge community hand questions that have been submitted to Bernard Magee along with his answers.

Hand Question 47

Bidding Question

Hand Question 46

Hand for Minor Suit Slam

Hand Question 45

Minor Suit Slams

Hand Question 44

Thought you would like to see this south hand from our club duplicate session – 30 points

Hand Question 43

Slam Bidding

Hand Question 42

Bidding question

Hand Question 41

Bidding a Spade Slam

Hand Question 40

How to bid this correctly?

Hand Question 39

Bidding this hand

Hand Question 38

Bidding question re minor slam

Hand Question 37

Bidding Question

Hand Question 36

Bidding Question

Hand Question 35

Bidding Question

Hand Question 34

Bidding

Hand Question 33

Bidding Question

Hand Question 32

Bidding Question

Hand Question 31

Bidding Question

Hand Question 30

Bidding Question

Hand Question 29

How Should I Bid This Monster?

Hand Question 28

Teams of four event

Hand Question 27

Bidding in 4th Position

Hand Question 26

Bidding NS

Hand Question 25

Hand from Club Duplicate

Hand Question 24

Minor Suit Slams

Hand Question 23

Minor Suit Slams

Hand Question 22

Bid of opps suit (not Michaels)

Hand Question 21

Unassuming cue bid

Hand Question 20

Unassuming cue bid

Hand Question 19

Opening bid and rebid plus a 5 level decision

Hand Question 18

Slam Hand?

Hand Question 17

Another case of bidding opponent’s suit

Hand Question 16

Another bid of opps suit

Hand Question 15

Bid of opps suit

Hand Question 14

Bidding unbalanced strong hand & responding to intervention

Hand Question 13

How to get to 4 Hearts rather than 3NT if the opponents don’t overcall their spade suit?

Hand Question 12

Bidding the opponent’s suit to reach 4Hearts for NS

Hand Question 11

Opening Bid

Hand Question 10

Selecting Right Contract

Hand Question 9

Bidding Query

Hand Question 8

Lightner Double

Hand Question 7

Redouble Example

Hand Question 6

This week’s Teams game

Hand Question 5

Bidding minor suit slams

Hand Question 4

Should have been in 7NT?

Hand Question 3

Bidding

Hand Question 2

Minorwood?

Hand Question 1

Should we have been in a slam?