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 Transfers "Facts about Fudge" by Marti Ronemus

The very word "fudge" makes me quiver with delight. Originally it meant "to hoax, cheat, manipulate clumsily." Legend has it that the candy we adore got the name because someone was trying to make caramel and ended up with fudge.

The candy first came to public attention in 1886 when Emelyn Battersby Hartridge, a Vassar student (and now in my pantheon of heroes) discovered it in a Baltimore grocery (at 40 cents a pound, a lot of money in those days) and made it popular at college. It became such a craze that the girls endangered their lives by making it in the middle of the night using the gas lights as heat.

The fudge capital of the US (and probably the known Universe) is Mackinac Island MI, non-tourist population 500, where they produce up to 10,000 pounds a day. They tell us it can last up to a year in your freezer. In my house, it doesn't last an afternoon, let alone a year.

And now that you've learned about fudge, let's learn about transfers.

Question 1

  Your Hand
 7 6 5 4 3 2
 4
 8 6
 5 4 3 2
 
Q: 1 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
--1 No-trumpp
?


 Your choice:
A: 2: The purpose of a transfer is to keep the high-point hand hidden. With the lead coming INTO the big hand, rather than THROUGH it is worth a half-trick a hand. Our hand here couldn't be more worthless, and the temptation is to Pass. We will be such a Crummy Dummy. BUT!! If our long suit is trump, our hand is actually quite valuable. After Pard bids 2, we're going to Pass, and Pard will be delighted with our shape.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 2

  Your Hand
 A J 8 7 4
 5 4 2
 A J 9
 5 4
 
Q: 2 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
--1 No-trumpp
2p2p
?


 Your choice:
A: 3 No-trump: Here's the story with transfers. As responder, we know if we belong in game or not. On this hand, we do. Our next question is "where?" It's possible we belong in Spades if Pard does NOT have a doubleton. We need to tell Pard a) we have game and b) we only have five Spades. When we bid 3 No-trump, he will know the entire story. Now it's up to him. With three Spades, he'll correct the contract to 4.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 3

  Your Hand
 A J 8 7 4 2
 5 4
 A J 9
 5 4
 
Q: 3 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
--1 No-trumpp
2p2p
?


 Your choice:
A: 4: We've got six Spades. We know Pard has two, or he would never have opened No-trump. We have game, and we know it's in Spades. Bid it.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 4

  Your Hand
 6 5 4
 A J 9 5 4
 K 5
 5 4 2
 
Q: 4 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
--1 No-trumpp
2p2p
?


 Your choice:
A: 2 No-trump: We have two messages we need to communicate to Pard. First, we only have five Hearts. Second, we have an invitational hand. 2 No-trump says both those things.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 5

  Your Hand
 6 5
 A J 6 5 4 3
 K 9
 5 4
 
Q: 5 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
--1 No-trumpp
2p2p
?


 Your choice:
A: 3: This time we know we've got an eight-card (at least) Heart fit, but we don't know if we have game or not. Bidding 3 tells exactly that to Pard.

And now our hand.

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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