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Rueful Rabbit: Lets play bridge ...
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Tuesday, May 15, 2007. Lets play bridge . I was watching the Cavendish Invitational. Pairs on BBO and. Last weekend. I was following Ireland's top pair Tom Hanlon and Hugh McGann who finished 16th out of 56. In spite of the quality field, I'm sure they are not happy with the result. Some interesting stuff on his pages. One of Justin's links was to David Colliers. This I found even more interesting as he has adapted and presented some of the methods developed by the likes of Garozzo, Bocchi and others....
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Squeezing The Dummy: March 2007
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007. In recent years there has been a movement towards defining a lot of 2N bids as forcing in uncontested auctions. Bidding lots of suits with a strong, balanced hand leads either to convoluted auctions where you never reveal the true nature of your hand or requires you to jump to 3N killing an enormous amount of bidding space. In general with balanced hands you always want to describe that feature as early and cheaply as possible. In an auction like 1. Links to this post.
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Squeezing The Dummy: January 2006
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Wednesday, January 18, 2006. Bridge is a partnership game. Nothing should illustrate this more than cuebidding sequences to try for a slam. Unfortunately, many times after one player has bid their hand they then bid make the decision to drive to slam themselves instead of trusting partner to do the right thing. This mistake probably costs most players thousands of imps in the long run. Take the uncontested auction auction 1. In a 2/1 system that does not use serious 3N. Many people would describe 4.
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The Hideous Hog: Day 2 - The Beginnings
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Monday, May 21, 2007. Day 2 - The Beginnings. So the blog has commenced, I had a comment, happy days. This blog is not only about me but about everything bridge, especially the Bridge in the Menagerie. Here is a hand from the first book in the series:. HH = Hideous Hog). RR = Rueful Rabit). West - -North- - East- - South. 1S- - - no- - - - 3S- - - no. 4H- - - no- - - -5D- - - no. 5S- - - no- - - - 6C- - - no. 6S- - - Dbl- - - -no- - - no. These were the four hands:. West- - - - - - East- -. You should ha...
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The Hideous Hog: May 2007
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Wednesday, May 23, 2007. My Junior Cert is coming up soon so not as much bridge for me. For those non-Irish people who are reading this the Junior Cert is similar to the U.K.'s G.C.S.E. exam. Except it is taken after three years in secondary school rather than five. Monday, May 21, 2007. Day 2 - The Beginnings. So the blog has commenced, I had a comment, happy days. This blog is not only about me but about everything bridge, especially the Bridge in the Menagerie. HH = Hideous Hog). RR = Rueful Rabit).
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The Hideous Hog: Carrot Club
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Sunday, May 20, 2007. This system was developed to be a cross between Polish Club and the Swedish systems Svan and Skrott and was named the Carrotski club. An edited version of this, Carrot Club, was used by the Swedish Open pair in the European Championships in 1972. I will be creating my own notes shortly but in the meantime here is a couple of links regarding the Carrot Club. And Hanlon and McGann C.C. and notes. Whats your name on BBO? May 21, 2007 at 3:08 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Squeezing The Dummy: September 2006
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Tuesday, September 12, 2006. After trouncing us 55-0. In 8 boards, Italy was down just 41 imps with 8 to go. If they could complete their comeback, it would likely be the greatest in the history of international bridge. On board 9 our opponents bid to a 19 point 5. Joe felt from the tempo that clubs were 3-0. He was wrong this time, but what makes him so great is his courage to back his judgment and buck the percentages. Nine times out of ten he is right. This time we lost 11 imps. Italy 66 USA 0. To be ...
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Squeezing The Dummy: December 2005
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Saturday, December 31, 2005. Humans are creatures of habit. This shows up in bridge all the time, most notably when discarding from many small "useless" cards. For instance, if your shape is 2335 and you have to discard on the third round of spades and no pitch will cost, what would you choose to discard? Unless you are an exception to a very strong rule, you are going to discard a club. How can you take advantage of this at the table? And you overcall 2N. LHO bids 3. Posted by Justin Lall at 9:16 PM.
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Squeezing The Dummy: May 2006
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Monday, May 01, 2006. A Comedy of Errors. Bridge is often like a ping-pong match. Sometimes the declarer will make a play that will allow the contract to make. unless the defender finds the perfect counter. to which declarer counters. and back and fourth they go. More often, it's the opposite. A hand I played online against a couple of friends recently was exactly like this. Vulnerable against not, I picked up. 962 My partner opened 1. And I bid 1. LHO raised to 2. And partner raised to 2. Overall just a...
