The bidding has already passed Two, and One is the highest bid so far. Your own cards do not match a called-partner contract. Your hand: II, V, 2
, 3, 4, 3
, 4, 7
, 8, 7
, 8, 9.
Do you pass, or is there a bid that fits this hand?
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Answer
Bid the Beggar. You hold two small Taroks, the II and the V, and ten suit cards in all four suits with no high face among them. Every Heart and Diamond ranks below the 1 of its suit, and every Club and Spade ranks below its 10. This is a Beggar hand: four-suited with no bare high face waiting to win a trick you do not want. The Beggar stands above One on the bidding ladder, 14 Victory Points to 6 Victory Points, so you may bid it now.