Friday, April 19, 2024

Negative Inferences by Marshall Miles

Source: Negative Inferences by Marshall Miles Perhaps you won’t consider the following hand a problem. True, it shouldn’t have been. But it is the sort of...

Percentages By Hugh Kelsey

Source: Percentages I found a useful summary in a bridge book the other day, and thought I’d share it with you. It’s from Sharpen Your Bridge...

Conventions: Jacoby 2NT

Source: ACBL      One of Oswald Jacoby’s best gifts to bridge was the idea of using 2NT as a conventional forcing raise in response to a...

Stay low on a Misfit

Source: Mr Bridge     Stay low on a misfit probably dates from the earliest years of contract bridge. It is a most useful maxim. By definition,...

Hand Evaluation By August Boehm – Part 5

Part 1    Part 2  Part 3  Part 4 Source: May 2016 ACBL Bridge Bulletin       The value of a bridge hand, like currency, often fluctuates with events....

Combining Controls, DOPI and Blackwood for Success

Source: www.bridgeinchicago.com by  Morton Miller        I play controls with some of my partners in response to a 2opener. A king is one control and...

The Opening Lead against a Slam Contract

Source: Contract Bridge: Bidding Principles By Col. G. G. j. Walshe  A POOR opening lead too often gives the declarer that one extra trick which he requires for...

Hand Evaluation By August Boehm – Part 4

Part 1    Part 2  Part 3 Source: March 2016 ACBL Bridge Bulletin       As this series of articles is intended to demonstrate, there is a lot more...

The True Value of Honor Cards By Marty Bergen

The true value of honor cards.  Source: ACBL The traditional 4-3- 2- 1 point count is not totally accurate. It does get an A+ for ease...

Do Not Ask With Two Losers By Phillip Alder

McCook Daily Gazette – 24 Jul 2002 Opening Lead: Spade Queen Peter Conrad an Australian author and critic, wrote. “Losing faith in your own singularity is the start...

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