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Bridge Thoughts: May 2009

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Sunday, May 31, 2009. I was just commenting on the Seniors Camrose on BBO and watched Paul Hackett open 1D (2nd seat, vul vs not) on the hand below:. That's 11 HCP on the 4-3-2-1 scale and only 9.6 on the 11-7-4-2-1 scale (7 7 4 4 2=24 * 4/10 = 9.6). That's before adjusting for the doubleton queen. The spades are worth a bit extra due to the honours working together, but still the hand is clearly weaker than an average 10 HCP when evaluated correctly. The Kaplan/Rubens hand evaluator. Calls it 9.75.

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Views from the bridge table: Fingerspitzgefühl

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Views from the bridge table. Opinons and reports from the bridge table about card play, bidding, auctions and bidding theory. Friday, May 22, 2009. This year the field consisted of 16 teams, Canada and a bunch of Europeans, and Sweden was represented by Ulf Nilsson - BG Olofsson and PG Eliasson - Thomas Magnusson. Teammates played well but we didn't play up to par and a 8th place finish was a disappointment for sure. Ruff the lead and play the K of clubs to find out who has the ace. West wins and shi...

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Views from the bridge table: What's in a signal?

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Views from the bridge table. Opinons and reports from the bridge table about card play, bidding, auctions and bidding theory. Monday, August 24, 2009. What's in a signal? Playing a top-bracket knockout at the Washington NABC's, red vs white, you look down at. Playing a light, aggressive opening style, partner deals and passes and your RHO open 1S. First choice, pass or X? What can we deduce from that diamond discard? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Exploring the other side.

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Views from the bridge table: August 2007

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Views from the bridge table. Opinons and reports from the bridge table about card play, bidding, auctions and bidding theory. Friday, August 31, 2007. Round of 16 of Spingold we looked horns with Glubok-Ozdil and Coren-Rosenbloom, who the previous round beat 4th seeded O'Rourke (Jacobus, Bocchi-Duboin, Greco-Hampson). We were ahead by 22 going into the last quarter. Here's a bidding decision from halfway in the set. I had:. Is this a problem? Wednesday, August 29, 2007. Often some of the biggest results ...

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Views from the bridge table: May 2007

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Views from the bridge table. Opinons and reports from the bridge table about card play, bidding, auctions and bidding theory. Wednesday, May 30, 2007. Yesterday I got a SMS from our family doctor asking about the lack of updates here. I guess I should be thankful someone reads it. "Is it dead? He asked (typical medical qustion ;). I'll write when I feel like or when I've played or read/watched something that can be written about. Thursday, May 24, 2007. What did you do on board 21? Teammates had played a...

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Views from the bridge table: February 2008

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Views from the bridge table. Opinons and reports from the bridge table about card play, bidding, auctions and bidding theory. Tuesday, February 5, 2008. Last summer in Nashville, Spingold semi on vugraph vs Meckwell in the second set I look down at:. All is vulnerable and Meckstroth opens 1H at my side of the screen. 'Nobrainer' pass or a 2C-overcall? As you can 'guess', I have already made up my mind on my course of action in these situations. Why would I turn chicken now? That was lucky in a way, but o...

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Views from the bridge table: April 2007

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Views from the bridge table. Opinons and reports from the bridge table about card play, bidding, auctions and bidding theory. Monday, April 30, 2007. Facing a couple of Austrians in a team game, I came across the following collection, red vs white:. LHO opened 2H (weak) as dealer and RHO responded 2NT, forcing. What would you do? I think double is the correct call, but maybe I'm just influenced by what was right this time. I try to look at each call objectively when analysing an auction, post-mortem,...

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Views from the bridge table: Conclusion

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Views from the bridge table. Opinons and reports from the bridge table about card play, bidding, auctions and bidding theory. Tuesday, August 25, 2009. Anyways, our partnership agreement is that style 2 is the general methodology. So, declarer should have the Q. But, part of the attraction is the intellectual challenge/stimulation, right? Let's say we had chosen to adopt style 1 and take a closer look. What can we deduce about the heart suit? That would give partner. Could he have a singleton? I could se...

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Views from the bridge table: January 2008

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Views from the bridge table. Opinons and reports from the bridge table about card play, bidding, auctions and bidding theory. Thursday, January 31, 2008. It amuses me that the theory of not overcalling in a lower ranking suit at the 2-level with top honor fourth in enemy suit was deemed 'crackpot' over at BBO-forums, one of my hang-around places. Oh well - I'm crushed ;-). And from the same post ".it strikes me as almost certainly a long-term loser, in a big, big way.". I first made this observation in 1...