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 "People Who Aren't" by Marti Ronemus

Back in the very early days of interactive computer instruction (1985), a woman arose from the general boredom to become a major star with a cult following. Remember Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing? I would bet a lot of our Faithful Readers improved their keyboard skills with Mavis' help, typing her hilarious sentences with her whole-hearted encouragement.

There's only one catch... there was no such person as Mavis Beacon. Organizations would try to book her for speeches... only to find out she didn't exist. The woman pictured on the packaging was a woman named Renee L'Esperance, who was paid $500 to model for the cover.

Back In The Day, retailers actually refused to carry the product because Mavis was a woman of color. When the program became a cult hit, they ate their words, and millions were sold.

We at Vu-Bridge consider ourselves the Mavis Beacons of bridge. We instruct and encourage with clarity and humor, or at least we like to think so. At any rate, put your fingers on the home keys and let's get to work.


Question 1

  Your Hand
♠ A 9 7
♥ 4
♦ A K J 6
♣ A K 10 9 8 		 
Q: 1 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
1♣Pass1♥Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 2♦: 3♦ would be a jump-shift and certainly would describe the strength of our hand. 3 No-trump is where we probably will end up ("probably" being the operative word). BUT!! Why would you bid anything except 2♦. It's a reverse, thusly forcing, it guaranteed a fat intermediate or better hand, and it guarantees that the first-bid suit is longer than the second. No reason to use up all that bidding space for any other bid.

Your result so far:
Open Question

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Question 2

  Your Hand
♠ K Q J 8
♥ 9 8
♦ Q 5
♣ K 9 8 5 4 		 
Q: 2 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
PassPass1♦Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 1♠: Here's the story, folks. It's almost impossible for a passed hand to force the auction. You may only get one shot here, so let's tell Pard about that gorgeous Spade suit. Yes, 2♣ shows your point count. Yes, it reflects your shape. BUT!! What if Pard opened light in third seat. He could easily pass your 2♣ bid.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 3

  Your Hand
♠ K Q J 8
♥ 9 8
♦ K 5
♣ K 9 8 5 4 		 
Q: 3 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
--1♦Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 2♣: Here, we're NOT a passed hand. Our bid is forcing, we got game values. There's no chance we'll miss a major fit.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 4

  Your Hand
♠ 
♥ K 5
♦ K Q J 9 6
♣ A J 9 8 7 5 		 
Q: 4 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
1♣Pass1♠Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 2♦: What, you cry? You need a fat 16 for a reverse? Bridge is not a game of points, it's a game of tricks. This hand is a trick-taker. A case can be made for other answers, but we think 2♦ perfectly describes the hand. We need to force the auction.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 5

  Your Hand
♠ A Q 9 8 7
♥ A Q 10 8 6 4
♦ 
♣ 3 2 		 
Q: 5 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
1♥Pass1 No-trumpPass
?


 Your choice:
A: 2♠: Once again, we're going to reverse. Do we care this hand only has 12 points? Not hardly! Spectacular shape! Eleven cards in two suits! A void! You need to make a forcing bid and show off a little.

How about a hand?

Your result so far:
Open Question

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