Last week we covered whether or not to compete over opponents at the five level.

In a spirited auction your opponents have made a bid in five of a suit. Should you compete at the five level?

I call it “grandslamitis.” It means the inability of many players to contract for 13 tricks despite overwhelming strength in the partnership.

Because of the pandemic, there’s currently little club play that I know of, at least not in person.

Here are some decisions that arose from casual and Internet play.