Archive for May, 2008
no room for mistakes
The field in the US Women’s Trials is very tough — there’s no margin for error and unfortunately, we all made some mistakes yesterday. Sue and I played four of the six matches; we started against Judi and Sylvia and though it was disappointing when I missed a cold slam (grand, in fact) all [...]
Published by stacy on May 23rd, 2008 tagged Bridge | Comment now »
ship it
Plus 32.63 IMPS was more than enough to win the 8a Speedball, even if we didn’t know what we play over their strong NT. Justin had the Gazilli goods, but the opponents didn’t cooperate. Next time…
Published by stacy on May 20th, 2008 tagged Bridge | Comment now »
just about ready
Our dear friend Caroline, whom I first met years ago when she was a middle school student here in town, has come home from Lehigh for the summer. My kids are convinced that she’ll be the perfect summer nanny; since she’s actually *one of them* she’ll have the inside scoop on all the best [...]
Published by stacy on May 20th, 2008 tagged Uncategorized | Comment now »
opening lead
Righty opened 2 :H: (weak with hearts), lefty bid 2 :S: (natural and forcing). After 3 :C: on your right, lefty jumps to 6 :H: . What do you lead? Your hand –
:S: AQJx
:H: 9x
:D: J9xx
:C: J98
Published by stacy on May 19th, 2008 tagged Bridge | 1 Comment »
why we bid 2n
I learned a valuable lesson the other day while I was practicing with Sue. I picked up
:S: AKQxxx
:H: Axxx
:D: x
:C: Kx
I’d already planned my Gazilli auction when partner opened 1 :H: . I bid a lightening-fast 1 :S: hoping she’d Gazilli it herself, but of course that was impossible. Sue bid the dreaded 2 :D: [...]