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So, you're thinking about a second job, maybe a career change? How about becoming a Greeting Card Writer. Doesn't that sound like a pleasant way to make a living? Here are some tips from long-time successes in the field. 1) Write to that specific person, don't try to suit everyone. 2) Get used to rejection. Only maybe one in ten ideas will be accepted. 3) Don't use human faces. Cute kitties, outrageous giraffes, anything but people. 4) Learn to be a "lurker." Start eavesdropping conversations. Successful card writers steal from everyday life. 5) Don't think it's easy. Almost anyone can come up with one good card, but can you do it five days a week for years?

And so it is with bridge. Can you come up with a good bid every time? Hmmm.


Question 1

  Your Hand
♠ A Q 5 4 3
♥ K J 7
♦ 4 3 2
♣ J 10 		 
Q: 1 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
--1♣1♥
1♠2♦3♣Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 3♥: This is such a nifty bid, and we haven't talked enough about it. Immediate cuebids are usually Michaels. (1♦-2♦ for example.) A cuebid later in the auction has different meanings. If the opponents have only bid ONE suit, a cuebid ASKS for a stopper. Here, the opponents have bid TWO suits. Our cuebid SHOWS a stopper and is similar to standing on the chair screaming at Pard to bid No-trump if he has a stopper in the other suit.

Your result so far:
Open Question

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Question 2

  Your Hand
♠ 4 3
♥ A 8 3
♦ J 10
♣ A K J 10 8 7 		 
Q: 2 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
--1♦1♠
2♣2♠3♦Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 3♠: This time, since the opponents have only bid ONE suit, we are ASKING for a stopper. If Pard has one, his job description is to put us in 3 No-trump. Otherwise, think of something else.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 3

  Your Hand
♠ A K Q
♥ K 9
♦ A Q 7 6 5
♣ K Q 10 		 
Q: 3 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
--3♥Pass
4 NT*Pass5♣Pass
?

*Blackwood

 Your choice:
A: 5♥: Missing two Aces, we can't risk slam. Too easy you say?

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 4

  Your Hand
♠ A 8 3
♥ K Q 4
♦ A 10 8 7
♣ K 3 2 		 
Q: 4 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
1 NTPass4 NTPass

*Quantitative. Asks "If you are at the top of your bid, or have anything extra, bid small slam."

 Your choice:
A: Pass: We love receiving party invitations in the mail or at the table, but this time, we have to refuse. We're flat, nothing extra, scattered honors. Resistible.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 5

  Your Hand
♠ A Q 2
♥ 7 3
♦ K Q J 10 8 2
♣ 4 3 		 
Q: 5 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
---1♠
2♦Pass2♠*Pass
?

*Do you have a Spade stopper?

 Your choice:
A: 3 No-trump: Pard's 2♠ bid asks us to bid No-trump. If the opponents had bid TWO suits, he'd be showing a stopper. With only ONE suit bid, it's ASKING for a stopper. We've got one.

Is our decision the right one? Let's play the hand and see how it goes.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Play this Hand

Now that you've bid five hands, let's see how your play goes.

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