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 "Give a Hoot" by Marti Ronemus

Here's a little tid-bit for all of us wine lovers. Ever wonder how vineyard owners tackle the rodent problem? Imagine what hoards of voracious mice, voles and gophers could do to those lovely grapes. Unfortunately, rodent-icides are not exactly what you want in the soil, so vineyard owners have a lovely solution: BARN OWLS. By placing barn owl houses (big bird boxes) on poles throughout the fields, the resident owls take care of the problem. Simple, natural, elegant. (Now when we visit a vineyard, we'll know what those boxes are all about.)

And we like our bidding to be clean, elegant and effective also. Let's aim for that goal!

Question 1

  Your Hand
 9 4
 A 8 4 3 2
 8 4
 Q 7 4 3
 
Q: 1 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
--11
?


 Your choice:
A: 4: With a minimum hand, and a huge trump fit, most would follow the Law of Total tricks, and raise immediately to 4. Some might only bid 3, but with East bidding God's Own Suit (Spades), 4 ensures our preemptive values.

Your result so far:
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Question 2

  Your Hand
 4
 K Q J 9 6 5
 A 10 7
 A Q 4
 
Q: 2 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
1122
?


 Your choice:
A: 4: Two factors help us think we can keep this auction alive: First, the vulnerability is in our favor. Secondly, and this is most important, our shape. Pard's raise in a competitive auction shows a weak hand with three card trump support. We've got a nine-card trump fit. Plus we've got that gorgeous singleton. Well worth a try.

Your result so far:
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Question 3

  Your Hand
 A 8 4
 K 8 7 6 5
 K Q J 10
 4
 
Q: 3 - South?
SouthWestNorthEast
1Pass2Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 3: Even though this hand only has 13 high card points, it is rich in tricks and shape. Let's see what Pard thinks. Those who play Help Suit Game Try might well bid 3 with this hand.

Your result so far:
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Question 4

  Your Hand
 Q J 7 5
 Q 2
 K Q J 6 4
 9 4
 
Q: 4 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
PassPass1Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 3: At first glance this seems simple. BUT!! That Q may well be useless to us. Because of our good trump holding, however, this seems a good bet.

Your result so far:
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Question 5

  Your Hand
 A 9
 K 6 5
 5 4 3 6 2
 A K 8
 
Q: 5 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
11Dbl**Pass
?

**Negative double, showing at least 4-4 in the unbid suits, definitely the unbid major, probably the fourth suit and at least 7-ish points.

 Your choice:
A: 1 No-trump: Not much else we can do. We've got a Spade stopper and a minimum opener.

So far so good. Let's see if we can tackle the mouse problem with an exciting hand.

Your result so far:
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