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A 4 player trick-taking card game where opposing partners try to either take the number of tricks they bid or prevent their opponents from doing so. When asking questions on bidding or play, please specify scoring system (Rubber, Matchpoints, IMPS, ec.), Dealer, vulnerability for both sides, full auction to the point of inquiry, and as complete a description of the visible hands as you can, including spot cards instead of x's.
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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 comput …
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Please help me better understand the Lebensohl convention
I've just started trying to understand the Lebensohl 2NT transfer --- used after partner opens INT and there is intervening interference from opponent, eg., 1NT > > > 2 ❤ > > > 2NT. My 2NT bid instr …
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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. …
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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 p …
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Bridge hand with high card points between 1NT (15-17) and 2NT (20-21)
A few years ago, I submitted a question here about opening a balanced hand in the so-called "no man's land" of 18-19 HCP, ie. too strong to open 1NT and too weak to open 2NT. Many thanks to those who …
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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 West; …
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What the is frequency with which a bridge partnership is dealt hands suitable for bidding 2-...
A number of people that I play bridge with started learning 2-over-1; but found when they tried using it that the frequency with which hands suitable for its use is low. … I've looked through the usual frequency and distribution tables for bridge hands; but have not been able to answer my question: is there a statistical method for calculating the frequency of 2-over-1 hands …
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Bridge convention after opponent opens 1NT -- specific question about D.O.N.T
My partner and I have recently moved from T.O.N.T. to D.O.N.T., and are wondering if some of the latter's bids are useful even if there is interference. For example, if LHO opens the bidding with 1NT, …
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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 pie...
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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In a bridge auction, what makes an overcall "aggressive"
I'm often told, after a hand has been played, that my overcall in the auction was "aggressive". When I ask them what they mean by that adjective, nobody will give me a direct answer. I reckon that the …
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Partner opens 1NT (15-17 HCP) and then your RHO intervenes
My question is about whether or not you play "systems off" if there is an interfering bid by your RHO (right-hand opponent)? I guess that how you will respond to your partner's opening 1NT bid depends …
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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 real …
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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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Partner opens the auction with a Weak Two bid and then your RHO intervenes
Can the Ogust convention still be used?
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In a bridge auction, what makes an overcall "aggressive"
I finally found a definitive answer to my question about aggressive overcalls. The auction below illustrates this.
My partner and I have an agreement that jump overcalls are weak and preemptive. So, w …
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