Questions tagged [duplicate-bridge]
A popular tournament format for Bridge where each table plays with identical pre-set hands of cards.
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Opening light in the 3rd position
What requirements do you have for opening the auction light in the third position when you are light ?
vulnerability?
strength?
4-card major?
etcetera?
All responses will be welcome.
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How should partner have followed up his takeout double under the following circumstances?
With only them vulnerable at matchpoints, RHO dealt and passed as did I. LHO opened one club in third seat. Partner doubled (takeout) with the following: ♠ KJ5 ♡AKQJ ♢KJ2 ♣ T53.
I bid one spade, my ...
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How should I choose which game to bid with this strong but misfit hand?
With only us vulnerable at matchpoints, I opened one club in second seat with this powerhouse: ♠ Q52 ♡AQT5 ♢void ♣ AKQ852.
Left hand opponent passed, partner bid one diamond, right hand opponent bid ...
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What is the most expeditious way to defeat this (overbid) slam?
With nobody vulnerable (at matchpoints), I opened two spades (weak) as East. Partner, West, who had a big hand, raised me to six spades. (All other pairs stopped at four spades.) South doubled with ♠7 ...
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How might one make value judgments regarding bidding systems?
In the comments section of this question, it was noted that the late Barry Crane would open "an 11 high card point hand containing a king. With good distributional hands open lighter." The ...
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Under what circumstances should partner bid 3 clubs (Stayman) over a 2NT opening?
Opposite a 1NT bid, I need at least 8 high card points to bid Stayman (except for transfer or "garbage" Stayman). If we find our eight card fit and partner has 16, we are barely even money ...
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How far should a partnership explore altnernatives to a no trump game that is clearly indicated at matchpoints?
Here is an example of what I mean:
With no one vulnerable at matchpoints, partner opened two clubs (strong) after three passes. I made the waiting bid of two diamonds, and partner bid three clubs with ...
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Did my partner make a plausible sequence of bids?
At matchpoints, with no one vulnerable, there were two passes before North opened one club. Partner (East) doubled. South bid one heart, and I (West) passed, since I was "off the hook.
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Is this small slam biddable and if so, how?
With only them vulnerable, right hand opponent dealt and opened two spades (weak).
I overcalled three hearts with the following: ♠ K8 ♡ AKQJ52 ♢J976 ♣ J. I thought of making a "big" double ...
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At what vulnerabilities should one raise partner's overcall to the level supported by the law of total tricks?
Neither vulnerable at matchpoints, I dealt and passed. My left hand opponent bid one heart and partner overcalled two clubs. I put her on six of the suit, and after right hand opponent raised to three ...
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Did I have enough information to "balance" in the following situation?
With only us vulnerable, I dealt and passed, as did my left hand opponent. Partner opened 1 diamond, right hand opponent overcalled one spade, and I passed a second time with the following: ♠ QT42 ♡ ...
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Under what circumstances should I refrain from raising partners' three level pre-empt to four (when I have three trumps)?
With nobody vulnerable at matchpoints, partner dealt and pre-empted three spades with KQJxxxx (and some side values). With three small trumps, I raised him to four, following the Law of Total Tricks, ...
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Did I underbid or did my partner?
We were non-vulnerable versus vulnerable at matchpoint duplicate. Dealer passed to my right, so I opened one heart in second position with the following: ♠ AK86 ♡ T98654 ♢none ♣ K96. Only ten high ...
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How should an intervening bid have changed my response?
With only us vulnerable at matchpoints, partner (South) dealt and bid one diamond. If West had passed, I would have bid one spade (one over one) with ♠ JT83 ♡ Q943 ♢J87 ♣ Q2. For this, I have minimum ...
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Does it make sense to double (for penalty) in the following situation?
With only us vulnerable at matchpoints, and after two passes, I bid 1NT (15-17).Partner knows I would not "shade" my values for a 1NT bid in third position as I might with a suit.
The direct ...
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Which of the following hands are good enough for a takeout double?
With only them vulnerable at matchpoints, the dealer opens one club.
I would make a takeout double in the second seat with the following: ♠ AK97 ♡ K763 ♢6532 ♣ 9. It's only 10 high card points, but I ...
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What are the implications of fourth suit forcing in the following "strange" hand?
At matchpoints, with only our opponents vulnerable, my partner opened one diamond in fourth seat with the following: ♠ KQJ2 ♡ T7 ♢9873 ♣ KQ3.
With opponents passing all bids, I responded one heart, ...
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Should I have raised partner or bid 1NT in the following situation?
Both vulnerable at matchpoints, I dealt and opened one diamond with the following:
♠ A86 ♡ K86 ♢QT75 ♣ KT5.
Partner bid one heart. I was taught to raise a "one over one" bid to two on my ...
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What is meant in matchpoints by "opponents have control of the bidding and play?"
This possibility was raised by "Forget," in answer to this question, and comments about it.
Could it be a phenomenon I've noted under a different description: My partner and I earn a (...
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Does it make better sense to open "light" in matchpoints than in rubber?
By "light" I mean with something like 11 high card points and a five card major suit or 10 high card points and a six card major headed by at least two honors. My (limited) experience has ...
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Are Moyesian fits more playable at matchpoints than rubber or IMP, bridge?
A 4-3 trump fit is known as a "Moyesian" fit after an expert who liked to play such hands, even with fewer trumps than the standard eight card fits.
Their main downside is that with six ...
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Could it be a bad idea to try to compete when the opponents have stopped at two of a minor
With both sides vulnerable at matchpoints, I held the following cards: ♠ 8653 ♡ J3 ♢ AK52 ♣ QJ4.
RHO opponent opened one club, I passed. LHO opponent bid one diamond, pass from partner. The next round ...
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In match points, do you need to be more aggressive about doubling when your opponents are not vulnerable?
In a duplicate game today, my partner and I set our non-vulnerable opponents two for a score of +100. We got a bottom because other pairs with our cards earned part scores of 140. On the other hand, ...
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Would you pass this 13 high card point hand?
At my duplicate bridge club, with both sides vulnerable, some Souths dealt, and passed with this 13 point hand:
♠ AJx
♡ Axxx
♢ QT9
♣ Qxx (All x's are 7 or lower.)
The hand's main drawback is its 4-3-...
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Should I have balanced in the following situation?
We are vulnerable, the opponents not, at matchpoint duplicate. South opened one spade. West and North passed. I am sitting East with the following: (s) x (h) 9xxxxx (d) Kx (c) ATxx. (All x's are 7 or ...
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How often do top duplicate Bridge players repeat the same game?
For the purposes of this question, we neglect plays that don't matter (i.e. plays that don't affect how the hand plays out).
As I understand duplicate bridge, two teams play the same hand from ...
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Who’s to blame for our partnership missing an easy 4S game?
IMP scoring. Neither vulnerable. Right hand opponent was the dealer and opens 1C. The auction went
E
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1S
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South
♠AQxxx
♡JT
♢Axx
♣xxx
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North
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How are bridge hands chosen, at top tournaments? What's the motive?
I've noticed that bridge hands in many top tournaments, are often extremely uncommon combinations of distributions and types. For example a single hand at the 2021 EBU Premier League contained a hand ...
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Pulling double after Weak 2 and competition?
This hand is discussed in the April 2021 ACBL Bulletin (p. 8) as a tempo issue, but I am interested in the underlying bidding issues
Bidding
West
South
East
North
2S
3H
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How to handle dummy's revoke due to a hidden card?
A final bid of 3 spades is made. The opponent leads a club and dummy lays down a hand showing no diamonds. Declarer wins the lead trick in hand and leads a diamond trumping it in dummy. Declarer then ...
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Bridge auction: 3rd suit tells – 4th suit asks
Subject: 3rd suit tells – 4th suit asks [in Bridge auction]
I occasionally used to hear the old fogies round my bridge club quote the above phrase. However, none of them could ever really explain it ...
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Finesse or Drop at trick 5?
This is a problem from the "Card Play 101" column from the Feb 2021 ACBL Bridge Bulletin (page 44)
South holds: (S) 6 3; (H) A K 9 8 5 2; (D) A K 4; (C) 7 6. (West deals, E-W vulnerable, ...
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In Duplicate Bridge, does the person holding a particular set of cards open the bidding in all times that particular deal is played?
Say the same deal is played by 5 different pairs of people. Is the person opening the bid each time that particular deal is played have the same set of cards in his hand? Or is the dealer/opener also ...
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How to bid and make a slam with 28 HCP between the partnership?
The Common Game recently had this board in which the East-West pair usually ended up bidding and making a game contract of 3NT or 4 spades. Only 3 pairs of almost 1,000 bid and made grand slams; 42 ...
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In response to an opening bid of 1 spade by my partner, why do I have to have at least 5 pieces in hearts (+ the usual points) in order to respond 2H?
I've had this "rule" drilled into me for decades; but somebody asked me recently for an explanation, which I was unable to provide.
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Conventional treatment of a particular negative double
In the system I am playing with my partner, our 1 clubs opening frequently contains a(ny) balanced hand with 12-13 points. Because of this we have recently introduced the modern 'expert treatment' ...
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How to bid a slam when partnership cannot find the best suit?
The following hand was dealt recently in the Common Game; but only a very small number of partnerships bid and made a slam (1 grand; 2 small slams).
As you can see from the last 2 lines, the computer ...
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Dummy's not noticed [duplicate]
In the duplicate bridge game yesterday, I was the declarer and the contract was 3D. My LHO led a H and the RHO won the trick. She led back a H and RHO ruffed with D5. The were 3 hearts in dummy an I ...
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What is the penalty and procedure at Duplicate Bridge when a player revokes twice
What is the penalty and procedure when at duplicate Bridge a player revokes unnoticed then revokes again the next trick around, this time noticed by an opponent before a further card is played. In ...
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How to make a small slam in bridge with only 25 high card points between the partnership?
This follows my recent question about how to bid a small slam in clubs with <30 HCP; but this time the partnership only had 25 HCP in toto (board 15 TCG). The optimal contract was 6 diamonds by ...
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How to make a small slam in bridge with less than 30 points between the partnership?
The following hand came up recently in the Common Game. I would like my gentle reader let me know how you would have bid in order to reach the optimal contract (6 clubs). I know that a small slam ...
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What does Opener's rebid here mean?
Dealer opens 1D and Partner responds 1H. Dealer then rebids 2NT.
What does Dealer's 2NT rebid mean? Opponents have passed throughout.
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In what systems are opening 4 card majors ok?
I had several 4 card majors yesterday. Is there a system that opens 4 card majors. Partner says no, only in response.
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duplicate bridge rules for revoke,and any penatly should be imposed
In a recent game we found 3 players had 4 cards left and one player had 3 left. This was noticed on the 9th trick and no one knows when this happened.
What, if any, is the penalty?
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Dummy knows more than declarer
This week I was playing bridge, specifically as dummy in a no-trump contract. With two tricks to go, the lead was in dummy, and my partner said "Play either, they're both losers." Actually she had ...
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The travellers score sheets were not filled for two deals how is the scoring done
The traveller score sheets were not filled up for two deals
What is the scoring for the two pairs
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Can a team-match VP score be negative?
I am not sure if here is a correct place for this kind of question.
We had team-matches last weekend(total VP score being 20 for each match). In the first match our teammates in the other table were ...
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Bridge game individual movement split between "Pro"s and "Am"s
I'm interested in whether anyone knows of bridge movements for individual events in which the players are split (by experience) into "pro"s and "am"s. Thus in each partnership there is a pro player ...
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Double that is not acceptable
At our bridge game last night LHO opens 1C, overcaller bids 1H, RHO passes, the Partner of overcaller bids DOUBLE, thinking of making a negative double, how should the director rule this.
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