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Hobbyists interested in bridge.
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Apportion the blame
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Matchpoints, Opponents Vul
Tx
J9xx
Kx AKxx xx
KQxx Kxx xx
T9x QJxxx
Axxx AQJxxxx Qxxx
Axx
x
JT
1S - DBL - RDBL - P
2S - P - 2NT - P
3S - P - P - P
Only one other pair failed to bid the game.
What was the worst bid?... more »
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Plan the play (MPs)
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Here's one from the club last night. Playing a 15-17 NT, you have the
auction:
N S
1NT - 2D (transfer)
2H - 3S (we don't always superaccept; 3S is a natural GF 5-4)
4S - 4NT
5H - 5S (Two keycards, no queen)
end
Hands are
AT62
83
KQ7
AK87
QJ85
AK976
T
542
If it matters, you're in a club where most people will be playing 4S... more »
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Rubber Points vs Victory Points scales
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ACBL has established a table for "Convrsion of Rubber Points
into Victory Points". A graph would show four linear sections, viz. 0-40, 50-340, 350-940 and 950-1540+.
Is there a specific rationale for these
or could a scale with ten short sections be equally fair?
Consider 0-25, 30-75, 80-150, 160-250, 260-375,380-525,... more »
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What should I do?
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Playing at a regional, opponents note my partner fidget
with 2 cards in his fingers. Push 2 back, then select
the singleton he had.
Declarer rants about "that's unethical"
Private detail: partner has petit mal epilepsy.
I saw his fingers were tensed. Relaxed in the timing
I take to look at his play.... more »
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"May Randomly pass 2H with spades" MC-6?
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In ACBLand I play Multi-2D with some of my partners (usually in any event where it is legal and I have a partner who can play it).
Of course, in every session in which I play it, I seem to get a long string of balanced 11-16 hands, but that is simply the way Bridge goes.
The ACBL forbids psyches of "bids not allowed by General Chart".... more »
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In praise of the EBU
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These days I find it increasingly difficult to communicate with my bank, with the company that supplies power to my home, etc. I don't know whether this is my fault, or whether these companies really only now employ half-wits with a poor command of English. Either way, I sometimes whinge about it.... more »
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Why are these kinds of singal banned?
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This is a classical example of a banned signalling:
Declarer is known to have 4 spades from the bidding. Give normal count if holding an odd number of spades initially, but reversed count otherwise.
Why is it banned?
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Rules for the 2C strong bid
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While searching for rules for the 2C opening bid I've found Karen Walker's article from 1996 and the book "2Club or not 2 Club"
by A.Mazer, which is not available at any library.
Can somebody tell me if this book is worth reading for intermediate
level players?
Bertil
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