"You Send Me" Responding to 2Club Opener by Marti Ronemus

Sam Cooke's 1957 Top 40 hit "You Send Me" provides our inspiration for today's quiz.

When Pard opens 2♣, he's sending us alright. To game! With very few exceptions, the question isn't "Are we going to game?" but rather "Are we going to slam?"

There are a number of treatments for responding to 2♣, but we are going to keep it simple: in order to bid anything OTHER than 2♦ (waiting), we must have 8-plus points (slam-going) AND a solid-gold suit of our own. A solid gold suit is defined as a rock of a 5-carder with three honors... many insist on the Ace being one of the honors.

So let's see how far "You Send Me" take us.

(BTW, Friday we'll work on our rebids.)

Question 1

Your Hand
♠ 7 5
♥ 7 6 5
♦ 9 3
♣ J 10 9 8 7 3

Q: 1 - South?

South	West	North	East
-	-	2♣	Pass
?

A: 2♦: I don't care if you don't feel well, you can do NOTHING besides bidding 2♣. If you pass, you might find yourself sent to Siberia.

Your result so far:

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Question 2

Your Hand
♠ K J 3 2
♥ 8 4 3
♦ A J 9 4
♣ 5 4 3

Q: 2 - South?

South	West	North	East
-	-	2♣	Pass
?

A: 2♦: We have the 8 points needed to consider slam, but we don't have a suit to mention. Don't even THINK of bidding No-trump. Why? That could easily be Pard's next bid and if we steal it from him... well, there's no telling where he would send us.

Your result so far:

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Question 3

Your Hand
♠ A Q J 9 4
♥ 3 2
♦ 7 4 3
♣ K 9 2

Q: 3 - South?

South	West	North	East
-	-	2♣	Pass
?

A: 2♠: This is what a positive response looks like. Pard will know we've got a rock of a Spade suit, and interest in slam. This information will help him hugely in his decision.

Your result so far:

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Question 4

Your Hand
♠ Q 10 8 4 3
♥ 3 2
♦ K 4 3
♣ K Q 9

Q: 4 - South?

South	West	North	East
-	-	2♣	Pass
?

A: 2♦: We've got the points, but lack the suit quality. We can bid the Spades later.

Your result so far:

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Question 5

Your Hand
♠ 8 4 3
♥ 9 3 2
♦ 8 4 3 2
♣ 5 4 3

Q: 5 - South?

South	West	North	East
-	-	2♣	Pass
?

A: 2♦: What we REALLY want to do is slide under the table, but sadly that's not an option. Instead, we must respond the non-committal bid of 2♦. We'll show our sad story on our rebid... on Friday.

Till then, let's play our hand and see where that sends us!

Your result so far:

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