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round robin
Begins tomorrow. Be happy to get that under way, there’s a lot of anticipation and excitement in the house and it’s giving me a headache. I’m impressed by the USBF website, where I found the schedule of opponents for Friday and Saturday. We’ll play eight boards against everybody both days, in this order:
Quinn (Shawn & [...]
Published by stacy on May 31st, 2007 tagged Bridge | 3 Comments »
handicap
Shannon and I played last night in a handicap game and since we had twice as many tops as bottoms we managed to avoid finishing last. Lots of interesting things came up, including this crazy hand.
I held:Â T / Tx / QTx / AKQTxxx
Partner opened 1S, righty said double. I chose redouble. Lefty bid 3D [...]
Published by stacy on May 30th, 2007 tagged Bridge | 2 Comments »
here we go
Shannon arrives today. Notes to Kinko’s, prep for tomorrow night’s dinner/bridge party, tidy the guest rooms. Not so much nervous as anxious to get started. I’ve worked hard these last few weeks; hopefully it’ll pay off in fewer mistakes when play begins Friday morning.
The way I see it, I’m playing to see which friends get [...]
Published by stacy on May 29th, 2007 tagged Bridge | 2 Comments »
alert. soapbox.
About that 2D, Jon asked:
If you upped the range by a point to 8-11, isn’t it legal? (It’s almost Flannery, no?)
I could tweak it a little here and there, sure. If we adjusted the agreement very slightly, simply require 5H, then it would be legal. Ralph Katz has told us several times that [...]
Published by stacy on May 27th, 2007 tagged Bridge | 2 Comments »
back to that 2D thing
Our favorite 2D opener shows 7-11 high card points, both majors (at least 9 major suit cards divided at least 5-4). Does that scare you? Make you nervous? Bother you particularly? It shouldn’t. The best defense goes like this: double shows a good hand with stuff in the majors [...]