"More Good News!" by Marti Ronemus

Monday we gave you the good news about chickens scaring away mosquitoes. Today's good news might even be better. Scientists have hugely underestimated the calories used by just plain walking. Isn't that fantastic? We CAN have that sticky bun with our coffee this morning, maybe even with butter! Is life good or what.

Let's see if we can earn this treat.

(By the way, it has not escaped my attention that today is Friday the 13th. I'm just ignoring it and hoping for the best.)

Question 1

Your Hand
♠ K J 8 3 2
♥ A Q 8
♦ K J 7
♣ 8 5

Q: 1 - South:

South	West	North	East
1♠	2♥	2♠	p
p	3♦	p	p
?

A: Pass: Location, location, location. The guy BEHIND you has destroyed your ♥Q and devoured your Diamonds. Pard has a minimum hand and only three trump (he would have employed the Law of Total Tricks). You can walk all you want and it isn't going to help. Run!!

Your result so far:

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Question 2

Your Hand
♠ K Q J
♥ A J 8 5 4
♦ 9 8
♣ Q J 8

Q: 2 - South:

South	West	North	East
1♥	1♠	2♥	p
p	3♦	p	p
?

A: Pass: Once again, our values have been eroded by the opponents. How many Spades does East have? No more than two, very likely one. He'll be ruffing your Spades. Plus we've got the two quick Diamond losers, and Pard has a minimum hand. We'll hope instead to be able to set them.

Your result so far:

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Question 3

Your Hand
♠ 8
♥ A K J 9
♦ A Q J 9 4
♣ K 7 6

Q: 3 - South:

South	West	North	East
1♦	p	1♠	p
?

A: 2♥: We've got plenty for the one-round force of a reverse. Nice.

Your result so far:

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Question 4

Your Hand
♠ 8
♥ A J 9 6
♦ A Q 10 9 4
♣ K 7 6

Q: 4 - South:

South	West	North	East
1♦	p	1♠	p
?

A: 1 No-trump: Sadly, the drop in points prevents us from making the reverse and showing our Hearts. The good news is Pard's Spade bid pretty much denied his holding Hearts, so it shouldn't be a problem. Our bid, despite our singleton, should be 1 No-trump. There are those who would rebid the five-card Diamond suit. Please be kind to them and don't bother trying to reason with them. They're beyond it.

Your result so far:

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Question 5

Your Hand
♠ 3 2
♥ A Q 10 6 5 4
♦ K 7
♣ K 4 3

Q: 5 - South:

South	West	North	East
-	-	-	1♦
1♥	p	2♦	P
?

A: 3♥: Pard's cuebid says: "I have a fit with you. I have 10-plus pts. I want to know the point count of your overcall." If we had 7/8 to 11 pts, we would respond as cheaply as possible. Our bid shows 12-ish to 14-ish pts. Now we have limited our hand and it becomes Pard's problem.

Let's play a hand and see if we've walked far enough for that sticky bun.

Your result so far:

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