Opener Rebids - '4th of July -- Remember Why" by Marti Ronemus

We hope you took time yesterday to reflect. They day wasn't about hot dogs. We all spent some time giving thanks we get to live in this wonderful (albeit highly dysfunctional) land.

Personally, yesterday was one of my favorite holidays... no gifts to buy or wrap, simple menus and fireworks. Wow. And how about some fireworks now, in our bidding?

Question 1

Your Hand
♠ A Q J 9 3 2
♥ A Q 9
♦ 3 2
♣ A 7

Q: 1 - South:

South	West	North	East
1♠	p	2♦	p
?

A: 3♠: No one has yet limited their hand, so we are going to do it. We have 17 HCP and some distribution. The temptation is to jump to game, but let's show our intermediate hand. Pard has 10 plus points, and you showed at least 15, this bid is forcing, he will choose the game he wants.

Your result so far:

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Question 2

Your Hand
♠ A Q J 9 3 2
♥ A Q 9
♦ 3 2
♣ 8 7

Q: 2 - South:

South	West	North	East
1♠	p	2♦	p
?

A: 2♠: We've got 13 HCP and a couple for distribution. It's just not quite enough, and even though we've got a couple very nice things about the hand (great trump suit and honors clustered in "long" suits), we're going to limit our hand to a minimum.

Your result so far:

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Question 3

Your Hand
♠ A Q J 9 3 2
♥ A Q 9
♦ A 2
♣ K 7

Q: 3 - South:

South	West	North	East
1♠	p	2♦	p
?

A: 4♠: We've got a game-going maximum hand. We'll show it by bidding game. By the way, many less-experienced players thing 4♠ is a shut-out. NO NO NO. It is a bid that LIMITS the hand to 19-21 pts. If Pard Does the Math and thinks we have more than game, he will continue the auction.

Your result so far:

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Question 4

Your Hand
♠ A Q 9 3 2
♥ A 9
♦ Q 3 2
♣ K 7

Q: 4 - South:

South	West	North	East
1♠	p	2♦	p
?

A: 3 No-trump: Pard's 2♦ is forcing, and promises 10 points. We can't rebid our Spades. We have no other suit to mention. We have enough to go to 3 No-trump. When Pard hears our 3 No-trump bid, he'll know we have to be 5-3-3-2 and a game-going minimum hand.

Your result so far:

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Question 5

Your Hand
♠ A Q 9 3 2
♥ A Q 8 4
♦ 3 2
♣ 3 2

Q: 5 - South:

South	West	North	East
1♠	p	2♦	p
?

A: 2♥: Pard's 2♦ opened the door for us to show the rest of our hand. He will know we are unbalanced (he has suspected it all along).

And now our hand.

Your result so far:

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

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