Pete's Bridge Blog: Lessons and Miscellany about Duplicate Bridge
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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Hi all. Our next lesson will be Thursday morning at the Bridge Center. I’ll be continuing the lesson on defense that I started last time. I’m using a Bridge World article as my lesson plan. Here’s a quick review of…
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I’ll be teaching the various meanings of 2NT. The lesson worksheet is online. This is the last lesson in 2014. The first lesson of 2015 will probably be Thursday, January 8th.
In my regular partnership with Tom Smith we play an interesting Roman-style three-suited 2D opener with a broad range, 11-20 HCP. This seems to have a few adherents in the Virginia Peninsula Unit 110. When the hand has 11-15 HCP…
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I’m not going to go into depth here, but some of my students are experimenting with Bergen Raises. This is just a quick summary of the convention, which applies after your partner opens 1 of a major suit. When you…
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The late Captain Harry Yockey, USN (Ret.) was one of the owners of the previous Virginia Beach Duplicate Bridge Center that closed in either the late 90s or the early 00s. A good and friendly man, always willing to help…
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Ken from Norfolk writes: A question arose recently in play; to wit: if I play inverted minors how weak is weak? I was told by the opposition that it is less than 6. I had assume it was 6-9 as it ‘inverted’…
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Hi all. Our next lesson will be Thursday 10/23 starting at 9:30 AM. (Please note the new time.) I can get there early if any of you have any questions or hands you’d like to discuss. As always, please feel…
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Hello “Toes”. Our next lesson is Thursday 10/9 and the subject is Opening Leads. The worksheet for the lesson is available. See you Thursday. Bigfoot