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 Responder Rebids "We Are Not Alone" by Marti Ronemus

There's no question that we each respond emotionally to different colors. Well, guess what? So do lizards. Yup. Evolutionary biologist Breanna Putman designed a study to prove it. She wore different colors and measured how close she could get to Southwestern Fence Lizards. She was able to demonstrate that the little guys like blue (who doesn't?). Anyone wanting more detail should rush to the website of the scientific journal PLOS One. It's all there.

If we were tested on our color preferences, we'd all go for suit colors, black and red, no?

With that in mind, let's tackle those pesky rebids by responder and see if we can come up rose(s).

Question 1

  Your Hand
♠ 4 3
♥ A Q 8
♦ J 9 2
♣ K 10 7 4 3 		 
Q: 1 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
--1♣Pass
3♣Pass3♦Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 3♥: What is Pard up to? Naming a new suit after trump has been agreed on can be used many different ways, but for less-experienced players, we suggest it is showing a stopper in that suit. Pard wants to be in 3 No-trump rather than a minor, but we think he's missing a major suit stopper. By bidding 3♥, we keep the bidding below 3 No-trump and show Pard we have help in Hearts. Now it's up to him. He knows our points and our shape.

Your result so far:
Open Question

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Question 2

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


 Your choice:
A: Pass: Do the Math! Your angel Pard has limited his hand to 12-14 points. You've got 10. That does NOT add up to game, especially with two flat hands. We should not be moving toward that pale color hand.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 3

  Your Hand
♠ A 8 4
♥ K Q 9 5
♦ J 9 3
♣ 10 5 2 		 
Q: 3 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
--1♦Pass
1♥Pass2 No-trumpPass
?


 Your choice:
A: 3 No-trump: We have essentially the same hand as last question, but this time, Pard's jump to 2 No-trump has shown 18-19 points and a flat hand. With our 10 points, we go to game. We have no need to show anything else about our hand. Pard is making things so simple. If we had a long suit somewhere we might be mildly interested in slam, but not, again, with two flat hands.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 4

  Your Hand
♠ 4 3
♥ J 9 8 6
♦ A Q 10 8 4
♣ K 7 		 
Q: 4 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
--1♠Pass
2♦Pass2 No-trumpPass
?


 Your choice:
A: Pass: Again, it's a question of Do the Math. We have 10 points and Pard's 2 No-trump rebid has shown a minimum hand. We just don't have it. Pard is going to have to play this, so don't put him in a game he likely can't make. We will scare him with our too-bright colors.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 5

  Your Hand
♠ K 10 2
♥ A K 10 8 3 2
♦ 5 4
♣ 5 4 		 
Q: 5 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
--1♣Pass
1♥Pass2♣Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 3♥: Pard's got a minimum hand with six Clubs. We've got a great suit and an invitational strength hand. 2♥ isn't enough. 3♥ is just right. We'd rather be in Hearts than Clubs, and No-trump would likely be a nightmare of confused transportation. Leave it up to Pard by limiting and describing our hand further.

And now, let's tackle a hand, with our colorful Pard our side.

Your result so far:
Open Question

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