Archive for October, 2007
dear bob
Partner’s hand was
Ax
KQJx
KQxx
Axx
My hand was
Kxxxx
xxx
ATxx
x
Partner opened 1 and I bid 1 . Left hand opponent bid 2 and partner bid a brisk 2NT. Question was, is 3 now forcing?
Published by stacy on October 31st, 2007 tagged Bridge | 2 Comments »
getting some face time
Sitting here this morning, the squirrels have eaten most of the carved pumpkins on the front steps and the synthetic cobwebs flutter like pennants atop the ballpark. One more quiet hour before I wake Glenda and the Wicked Witch of the West (also appearing later in the day, Dorothy) and all Halloween Hell breaks […]
Published by stacy on October 31st, 2007 tagged Bridge | 2 Comments »
how do you play
I had a problem yesterday in the second round of the Monday-Tuesday KO; I held:
K9xxx
xxx
ATxx
x
Shannon opened 1 , RHO passed, I bid 1 . Lefty bid 2 and Shannon bid 2NT. After righty passed, I figured my choices were 3 and […]
Published by stacy on October 24th, 2007 tagged Bridge | 8 Comments »
getting back on track
I think the act of a good teammate is to show up shortly before game time, ready to play. Shannon and I are playing a regional next week and I am most assuredly not ready to play. Woefully out of practice. So yesterday we went over and played at the club, jet […]
Published by stacy on October 19th, 2007 tagged Bridge | 7 Comments »
there’s no place like home
Jet lag’s a killer. Struggling to get back on track. Hopefully not too many more days up at 2:30am …