Sunday, November 24, 2024

Hoist by his own Petard by Zia Mahmood

Source: The Guardian Thursday 11 August 2011 A lead directing double with a happy ending. For some reason no expert today believes that his partner is capable...

Know when to say NO by Marty Bergen

Source: ACBL As I’ve illustrated: You shouldn’t try to bid every slam that just happens to make. You should never play partner for the perfect hand. If you...

Have You Discussed? When 4NT is not Blackwood by Barry Rigal

Source: Gold Coast Congress Bulletin 4 These days experts get very sniffy (in fact when do they not?) about using 4/Gerber. While it is true that...

The “Rule of Sixteen” by Andrew Robson

Source: https://www.andrewrobson.co.uk Sometimes - often - you can gain more by penalising the opponents than by making your own contract. This is particularly true when an...

IMP’s Its all about…Bidding Games…Defeating Games…

2017 Michael Seamon Junior USBC Source: IMP's Its all about...Bidding Games...Defeating Games...Achieving Plus Score In the Closed Room, North/South stopped in a reasonable part score. South has...

Thinking outside the box By Phillip Alder

FEB. 6, 2015 There are some bridge players who can, to use a hackneyed term, think outside the box. Geir Helgemo, a Norwegian by birth...

Using Landy By Tor Helness

I would like to inform the players about Landy, a convention in use after the opponents have opened 1NT. A 2 overcall is showing at least 4-4...

Competitive Bidding 1:They bid-and-raise-a-Major (Hearts)

Source: BBO By BBOer Shengabus (Yuan Shen) Visit Yuan Shen Bridge site This series will focus on competitive auctions. I have an ambitious list of topics I...

Justice was Made by Benjamin Robles

A few years ago with my partner Joaquin Pacareu we played in the 2013 Atlanta NABC as part of the d’Orsi team: Ernesto d’Orsi –...

Last Train to Clarksville by Fred Gitelman

IMPROVING 2/1 GF – THE LONG AWAITED SEQUEL In the last issue I wrote my first article about bidding, specifically on improving the way that...

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