The man in the shadows
Your hand sitting in South Bidding Dealer South. Nord-South vulnerable. Card play Lead: Queen of ♥. Your partner didn’t relent. He probably wanted to lead the defence to 6♠. East-West refused to…
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Black mailer
At first glance, does your contract look lay-down? In that case, double up your attention and prepare for the worst. Teams Dealer South. All Vul. You are South and you hold 23…
Opener’s Reverses and Jump Shifts – Reverses (1/3)
There are three types of two-suited bids for Opener: non-reverses (non-forcing), reverses (forcing once but not to game) and jump shifts (forcing to game). In this article, we will study the two…
Opener’s Reverses and Jump Shifts – Jump Shifts (2/3)
B. Jump shifts 1. What a jump shift shows Definition Opener’s second suit is bid with a jump, at the 2- or 3-level depending on the sequence. This jump initiates a game-forcing…
Opener’s Reverses and Jump Shifts – False Second Suits (3/3)
False reverses Declarer is sometimes led to make a reverse or jump shift with three cards. If a reverse, only when holding a six-card minor in a hand that is too strong…
I, Robot…
Who would have thought that partnering a robot could be so much fun? It’s also much faster than face-to-face bridge: you can play a whole 20-board session in less than an hour.…
Positioning can pay off
Your hand The auction Dealer South. East-West vulnerable: Card Play Lead: ♠️Q. How to try to bring this deal to a successful conclusion? Here the 2NT rebid shows a balanced hand and…
Responses to partners overcall of 1♥ or 1♠ (1 in a major)
An overcall with 1♥ or 1♠ can be made on hands with a very wide point range, from 8 to 17HCP and the responses are subject to these limits. With 8-11 HCP,…
Breaking the rules
In games, rules are supposed to be respected. But common sense may dictate that you have to break them.
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One Break Is Indispensable, The Other Is Not
Your hand Auctions Dealer South. East-West vulnerable. Card game Lead: ♥A. South could have opted for a game-forcing opening, but he feared that he would not be able to describe his two-suiter.…
Fourth Suit Forcing for everyone: Bonus (Part 3/3)
There are opening hands with which one cannot answer the question asked, having neither three cards in Responder’s major, nor a stop in the fourth suit, nor any extra length to show. It will be necessary to “lie” and use the cheapest available bid, the next step up from fourth suit forcing, the only bid allowed to pass on false information.
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