DOWN ONE DAILY QUESTION

You hold: 7 AQ642♦ KJ8 K J 9 4. You open one heart, your partner responds one spade, you bid two clubs and he rebids two spades. What do you say?

ANSWER: Your partner has six or more spades but fewer than 10 high-card points. Your game chances are next to zero, and his hand may win a few tricks only if spades are trumps. Pass. Don’t bid 2NT. When you have no trump fit and no extra high-card values to compensate, stop bidding.