One hand, seven questions. Play with Jérôme and Léo Rombaut!
Can you answer all the questions right?
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How to successfully double for penalties
The wide-spread of take-out doubles (or negative doubles, support doubles,…) in competitive auctions does not exclude that you double the opponents for penalties – with the ulterior motive of increasing the cost…
Delicate decision
When it comes to making a tricky decision either in the bidding or the play of the cards, a good player must always try to get an idea of how the deal…
A slam in the silence of opponents
Mixed Teams, regional finals. Contract: 7 Spades by South.West leads the Club Queen. Creusez-vous les méninges pour engranger toutes les levées ! How many tricks do you see?You can expect seven in…
One hand, six questions
Managing a hand with a lot of points is not easy, whether it be in adverse silence or competitive bidding. Be ready for some flexibility. And good luck!
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Playing 3 No-Trump when both sides enter the auction
Just because your opponents interfere in the bidding, this does not mean that you should not activey search for a three No-Trump. This month, we will study the principles concerning natural No-Trump…
In her defense, it wasn’t that easy…
This Sunday night, I watched Marjorie play a deal against the girls from Israel. She doubled her opponents in 5♦ and declarer went down. Fortunately, after the lead of a small trump…
Secrets of declarer play: elimination and endplay[part 3]
This is the third part of a series of articles. You can find the first two parts on the blog!To read part 1, click here and for part 2, click here. Enjoy…
Crash!
To have good results in matchpoint pairs, in every deal you have to aim at getting a better (or at least the same) score than the majority of your competitors.
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East isn’t the brightest bulb inthe box
You teleport to the seat of Radu Nistor, a young champion from Romania who has been playing international competitions for about ten years opposite his charming and no less talented partner, Raluca Dobrescu.
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Raises of one of a major openings after intervention
The principle of the five-card major system is to find a fit in a major as fast as possible. The current French system offers a big diversity of fit showing answers, depending on reposnder's strength and number of Trumps.
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