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 "Duck Tape Days" by Marti Ronemus

Yes, Duck Tape Days. There's an all-Duck Tape three-day festival in Detroit MI, and I'm here to tell you that this isn't your Grandpop's plain old silver tape. That great sticky tape (strong enough to repair the Mars Rocket) has evolved from a hardware staple to a glitzy product used (and I'm not kidding) to make prom dresses, vases, artwork.

It all goes to show that even the most taken-for-granted basic can evolve into something grand in the hands of people with vision.

Our bridge tie-in? In the right hands, plain old bids can become something grand too. Get ready to show YOUR grand-ness in these five questions.

Question 1

  Your Hand
 K J 9 8 4
 3
 A Q 8 5
 Q 10 3
 
Q: 1 - As South?
SouthWestNorthEast
--3Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: Pass. You have no responsibility to save your partner from a sticky situation of his own making. You've got an 8-card Heart fit and nowhere to go. Pard has 5-1/2 tricks and you have maybe 2-ish. Hush now. If you bid Spades, that's forcing, and No-trump, with potentially only one way to Pard's hand is scary to contemplate.

Your result so far:
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Question 2

  Your Hand
 K Q 9 6 5 3
 7 4 2
 6 5
 4 3
 
Q: 2 - South?
SouthWestNorthEast
--1Pass
1Pass2Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 2: Pard reversed so passing is not an option. Pard has shown five Diamonds and four Hearts (most likely) so we've got two possible seven-card fits. We need to show that we are weak and one-suited at the lowest level we can. Then it's up to Pard to unstick the situation.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 3

  Your Hand
 6 2
 A 7
 A Q 10 7
 A K 9 7 5
 
Q: 3 - South?
SouthWestNorthEast
1Pass1Pass
2Pass2Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: Pass. Remember last question? We're now the reversing Pard, and we know Pard's bid is VERY negative. We've got an 8-card Spade fit, and Pard's bid is non-forcing. Tape it down securely and play it in his suit. Otherwise he may be a very Crummy Dummy. (Although, we might bid one more time in Spades if the opponents get in the act with Hearts.)

Your result so far:
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Question 4

  Your Hand
 K 8 5
 4
 A 8
 A K Q 10 7 5 4
 
Q: 4 - South?
SouthWestNorthEast
--2Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 3 No-trump: Let's make something fancy with our cards. We've got seven Club tricks, one Diamond and either a Heart or a Spade trick. Bid what we can make!

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 5

  Your Hand
 8 4
 A 7 3
 K J
 A Q J 8 5 4
 
Q: 5 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
---2
?


 Your choice:
A: 3: Just a nice natural standard-gray bid. We promise an opening hand and if nothing else direct a lead. With a couple more points, we'd double. Pard can do the math. He knows we've got more than a basic minimum. If he doesn't take us to game, we don't have one. Also with a Heart stopper he's got other options. Why don't we bid No-trump? Our single stopper just isn't enough.

And now, let's see if we've got enough left tape left in our roll to hold a hand together.

Your result so far:
Open Question

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

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