Monday, May 6, 2024

Always Open 1NT/2NT – Even With a Five-Card Major By Marty...

Source: www.edmontonbridge.ca Whenever you have a balance hand and the appropriate point count, open 1NT/2NT. There are absolutely no exceptions. Do not be distracted by a five-card major. Life will...

Bracket Play is Explained

Source: Ocala Star-Banner - 21 Feb 1963 By Oswald Jacoby When should a defender lead an intermediate card rather than fourth best of a long suit? One occasion is when...

Coup en Passant by Brian Senior

A fairly common play technique is the Coup en Passant. The fancy French name hides a pretty simple technique. Declarer attempts to make her small trumps by...

The Only Conclusion by Tim Bourke (AUS)

Source: IBPA Column Service MAR 2021 **Source: wikipedia: Tim Bourke "is an Australian bridge player and writer. His joint project with Justin Corfield "the Art of Declarer Play" won...

Thinking Bridge (The Avoidance Play) by Eddie Kantar

Source: http://cdn.acbl.org/nabc/2018/02/bulletins/db8.pdf  Photo by Peg Kaplan Dealer South. Neither Vul 7 3 2 K J 8 7 4 A J 6 5 2 A Q 8 6 4 Q 5 4 3 2 5 8...

Aunt Lucy By Ken Monzingo

Source: ACBL I often hear stories about everybody’s “Aunt Lucy” who plays bridge and knows every card before the play begins. Of course, nobody - Aunt...

Trump Promotion

Trump Promotion:  Occurs when declarer is forced to ruff high in front of a defenders card to prevent an over ruff, and, in the...

46th World Teams Championships – Day 7 by Peter Hollands

Source: Peter Holland Youtube channel Peter Hollands is a very talented young bridge player who was a grand master at 23 and has represented Australia and Victoria...

Continue or switch? By August Boehm

Source: December 2015 ACBL Bridge Bulletin         When leading from an honor sequence, standard practice is to start with the highest honor. When following third hand,...

Ducking by Refusing a Finesse by Louis H. Watson

Source: “Watson the Play of the Hand at Bridge” Chapter XI, Page 105 One rather unusual type of ducking play involves the deliberate refusal of a finesse. ...

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