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can i give you a hand?
Stan and I are still playing most Wednesday mornings. Poor Steamer has had to put up with a lot of my worst bridge — not only inexpert, but occasionally cranky and snappish. I’ve been determined to turn it around lately, so when we sat down this week I tried extra hard to be a cheerful [...]
Published by stacy on October 9th, 2009 tagged Bidding & Play Problems, Bridge | 9 Comments »
texas anyone?
They say that if you’re going to play a convention, you should know the whole bit of it. I got the gist of that good advice the first time an opponent called the director on me because partner made some conventional call and I couldn’t remember what the heck it showed. I’ve been playing semi-serious [...]
Published by stacy on March 6th, 2009 tagged Bidding & Play Problems, Bridge | 11 Comments »
this is bridge
Judi and I have spent a lot of time over the past couple of months playing against the Robots on BBO, practicing and talking about competitive bidding and defense. I hope to get to Houston next month feeling a little more connected to the action at the table. This morning we went back into partnership [...]
Published by stacy on February 24th, 2009 tagged Bidding & Play Problems, Bridge | 7 Comments »
come on, already!
February’s the worst, I’m telling you. I’m worrying mightily about a dear friend’s struggle with a life-threatening illness and making frequent hair-holding trips to the bathroom with my littlest cherub and her stomach flu. It’s the last weekend of the U12 girls hockey season and three more inches of snow fell before I [...]
Published by stacy on February 21st, 2009 tagged Bidding & Play Problems, Bridge | 10 Comments »
more of the same?
Judi brought George and I an interesting hand when she came to visit and practice this week, I’m curious to hear what you think. You hold:
AQx
AQxxxxxx
QJ
Imagine Lefty and Partner pass, Righty opens 4; seems pretty normal to bid 5 with these cards, don’t you think? What if Righty opens 3, do you still bid 5? [...]