Pete's Bridge Blog: Lessons and Miscellany about Duplicate Bridge
This came up yesterday in a practice session with Kathy on BridgeBaron. You’re in a very dicey 3NT contract where you opened 1NT and your vulnerable LHO overcalled 2H (DONT, but it doesn’t really matter). You need to get 3…
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A couple of notes: 1. Carolyn Riegle pointed out that the BOATING steps are like a football quarterback going through his progressions as he is deciding where to pass the ball. I like that analogy. Another good analogy is that…
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(Note: This will be a future lesson, but I wanted to share it now. Pete) B = “review the Bidding” O = “memorize the Opening lead” A = “Ask opponents about Agreements” T = “Thank your partner confidently” I…
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Suppose you are the declarer and you need to hold this suit to 1 loser: Dummy: Q 6 4 2 Declarer: K 7 5 3 Looks fairly hopeless, right? Most of the time (probably 80% or so) you will lose…
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