Friday, March 29, 2024

Preempting by Justin Lall

Preempting is a very important part of the modern game. Bidding is so accurate these days that if you allow your opponents to have...

Help Suit Trials and Short Suit trials

Source: Wikipedia A game try (also called a game trial bid) in the card game of bridge is a bid that shows interest in bidding a game and asks partner to help...

What are the pros and cons of fourth best leads vs....

Read Also: 3rd and 5th leads By Bob Crosby Source:  Answer Number 1: Luis Argerich, Three times National Champion. Many many years ago Eddie Kantar wrote an article...

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...

Our counting skills

Source: Learning Points by Steve Moese and Mike Purcell for http://www.cincybridge.com/ We’ve talked about Planning the Play where you count HCP and Tricks (winners & losers) in the...

Bridge Tips By Mike Lawrence

Source: http://www.thevillagesdbc.com/ Bridge Tip #1 Rule - With a combined holding of 10 cards in a suit missing the King, the finesse offers a much better chance...

Easy tips on how to cuebid your way to slam contracts

Source: Ginny & Jeff Schuett for Cuebidding without interference is an attempt to get to slam without using Blackwood, or before using Blackwood. Usually the...

Loser on Loser Play

Source: Wikipedia Loser on loser play is a type of declarer's play in contract bridge, usually in trump contracts, where the declarer discards a loser card (the one that...

Matchpoint Strategy By Andrew Gumperz

Source: Andrew Gumperz Blogspot At Matchpoints, the number of total points by which you beat another score has no value at all. Being 10 points...

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...

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