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Don't have much time these days...
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May 3 |
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Is A Good time Make a “Penalty” Double When Your Defensive Tricks Exceed Your “Allowance”? The age of the question might matter. This is almost 2 years old. Let it be :-). |
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May 3 |
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Is A Good time Make a “Penalty” Double When Your Defensive Tricks Exceed Your “Allowance”? Please don't do that. Ask a new question. I say this because this one already has answers. |
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Apr 27 |
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In bridge, does a declarer “need to” locate all 52 cards during the play of a trump contract? @PieterGeerkens: The key word being "significant". While it is an admirable goal to see if you can nail down the whole hand to the exact spot cards, the question Tom is asking, is, is it really practical to do that on every hand. Of course, what he actually asked (trying to set a limit like 32 or 40 cards) has no answer: some hands require to know where the heart 6 is, while in some you don't care who holds the outstanding four Aces. Knowing where to (and where not to) spend your mental energy is an important skill which many non-world class players lack. |
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Apr 27 |
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In bridge, does a declarer “need to” locate all 52 cards during the play of a trump contract? Getting to complete 52 (down to the exact spots) at trick 3-4? I call complete BS on this, sorry. By end of trick 3, there is at least one suit which hasn't even been touched. How will you know the spots there? You might know the distribution, but the spots? And while ability to count is absolutely essential (no question there), trying to associate it with skill levels like that is pointless and misleading. It is what you are able to do with the information you have that determines your skill level. |
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Apr 27 |
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In bridge, does a declarer “need to” locate all 52 cards during the play of a trump contract? Ok, please clarify by what you mean by count? Do you mean down to the spots? (like at trick 7, you know who holds the spade 4?) |
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Apr 27 |
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In bridge, does a declarer “need to” locate all 52 cards during the play of a trump contract? I think your count, and Tom's count mean different things. Counting distribution and location of relevant cards is all one needs to do. Not necessarily all the 52, down to the spots, which is what Tom is getting at I presume. |
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Apr 27 |
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In bridge, does a declarer “need to” locate all 52 cards during the play of a trump contract? @Tom: What exactly do you mean by all 52? Down to the spots? Or are you talking about the hand distribution, with possibly not knowing all the x's, like "LHO has AJTxx"? |
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Apr 27 |
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Question on leading +1. I suggest you emphasize the point of it depending on the bidding and the rest of your hand as the very first sentence of the answer. For 4) (partner opened weak 2), you should also consider leading the Q from AQx. |
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Apr 27 |
awarded | bridge |
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Apr 26 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Apr 20 |
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Opener rebid priority (long club suit which you expect to run, that is). |
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Apr 20 |
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Opener rebid priority @PieterGeerkens: No, 3NT is "usually" rebid with a long club suit (at least in SAYC I think). |
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Apr 19 |
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Opener rebid priority +1: 2NT is the right bid. Even with 5-4 spades-hearts, partner can always bid 3H to find a heart fit. |
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Mar 16 |
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What are some good introductory rules to bridge? Did the book also mention Contract Bridge? Looking at the book, at least one of the authors (Alfred Sheinwold) is long dead (coincidentally, 1997 according to wikipedia). He was a well known name in Bridge though. |
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Mar 16 |
answered | What are some good introductory rules to bridge? |
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Mar 16 |
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What are some good introductory rules to bridge? I suggest you check the publication dates of the rule book before believing in them! The 2,4 points rule you mention, if it existed, probably died out before 1930... |
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Mar 16 |
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What are some good introductory rules to bridge? @JoeZeng: Rubber used be played for money. So the bonus points counted towards your earnings... |
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Mar 16 |
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In bridge, are “sequences” more valuable than non-sequences of similar point count? @DanielGottesman: I see, you might be right. Never went that deep into LOTT. Too much effort :-) |
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Mar 11 |
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In bridge, are “sequences” more valuable than non-sequences of similar point count? @DanielGottesman: I usually rely on length (law of total tricks) rather the suit strength when determining to push one level further, in competition, but you are right it might make a difference. Of course, what I was talking in the last paragraph was about comparing KQJxx to AQxxx on the same hand. |
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Mar 10 |
answered | In bridge, are “sequences” more valuable than non-sequences of similar point count? |
