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I play a number of board and card games with varying degrees of skill, but using "algorithms" to avoid the most obvious mistakes. Depending on the game, if you can beat me, you are probably not a beginner, and perhaps a pretty good player.
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Apr 28 |
asked | Is there a way to quantify the effects of luck versus skill in rubber bridge? |
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Apr 28 |
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Should I respond to 1 NT in a suit or NT holding 17 HCP and a void? Clarified the question. |
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Apr 27 |
answered | Question on leading |
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Apr 27 |
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In bridge,should a responder devalue her hand if short in opener's suit? @ruds: I don't have a problem with 2NT. But the narrative above was "modified." What REALLY happened was that partner heard "2 clubs" and bid 4NT (Blackwood) with "12" (ten plus two for the singleton), and we landed in six spades. I said, "I wish you had limited yourself to 2NT, let me bid 3 spades, and then made a decision between 3NT and 4 spades with your one spade." She said, "That's not the issue. I had 12, you had 22, we had 34, small slam." As Americans, we are both aggressive bidders, but one more than the other. |
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Apr 27 |
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Are there “established” systems where “Five Card Majors” isn't a strict rule? @PieterGeerkens: You have a point. I need to find/hire the "right" partner to use "my" system. And FWIW it's worth, I am one of the "better players at my club." That's not much, "big fish in a little pond, etc." and maybe that's why I've hit my ceiling. But I'm at least asking these questions, and the others aren't. |
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Apr 27 |
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Are there “established” systems where “Five Card Majors” isn't a strict rule? My "standard" is what I call a "four and a half" card major. Meaning "something extra" (like 5 HCP), if you open with four. xxxxx isn't even "four and a half," especially using my "23" standard (trump suit strength is sum of cards and HCP). xxxxx is only 5 (cards) out of 23 or less than one-FOURTH. KQxx is 9 (five for HCP, four for trumps). Qxxxx is 7 (5+2) and "barely" qualifies. Using "mapping algorithms." |
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Apr 27 |
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Are there “established” systems where “Five Card Majors” isn't a strict rule? added 453 characters in body; edited title |
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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: It seems like "how many cards do you count?" is tied to "how far do you want to go?" Maybe "26 to 36" gets you from beginner to high intermediate, while "36 to 52" gets you from high intermediate to world class, with "advanced" somewhere in the 40s. |
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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? @Aryabhata: Good question. I fear Pieter means "down to the spots." But yours truly was "talking about the hand distribution, with possibly not knowing all the x's, like LHO has AJTxx." Is either description more useful than the other in practical play? |
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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: Maybe it was a badly worded question, which was really about the (economic) "law of diminishing returns." Of course "more is better than less" and 52 is better than 51 or 50 (nonsatiation). But if Reese is 100, can one get to e.g. "90" by counting 35-40 cards, or does one need to count 46-48? Put another way, while the ability to go from 26 to 36 increases your skill by a LOT, is there all that much difference between say, 46 and 52? |
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Apr 27 |
awarded | Sportsmanship |
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Apr 27 |
asked | In bridge, does a declarer “need to” locate all 52 cards during the play of a trump contract? |
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Apr 26 |
accepted | In bridge, how can you “see” (locate) most of 52 cards halfway into the play? |
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Apr 25 |
answered | What to do in long games with players who are way behind? |
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Apr 23 |
answered | How can I practice my opening leads in bridge? |
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Apr 22 |
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In bridge, how can you “see” (locate) most of 52 cards halfway into the play? "High cards split quite evenly." So if one opponent shows up with "a bunch," (like two aces) figure on the other opponent for (most of) the rest. Is that right? |
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Apr 22 |
asked | In bridge, how can you “see” (locate) most of 52 cards halfway into the play? |
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Apr 15 |
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In Bridge, what are “proper” responses to a “strong” 2 club bid? I think I was using Goren, an older standard I learned in the 1960s. That's 22-24 points and a six card suit, OR 19-21 and a SEVEN card suit, OR 25+ and a five card suit, trading cards for points at a ratio of one to three. |
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Apr 14 |
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When should Italy NOT take over Tunisia on its second turn in Diplomacy? How did you keep Italy No. 7? I suppose you made an alliance with France to crush Italy. And coming in 4th, who did you outlast? Probably either Russia or Turkey, in addition to Italy (and one other)? |
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Apr 14 |
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Did the British employ a reasonable strategy in “Bismarck”? I WAS the player. About 45 years ago. |
