Bridge in Oz

The Australian Bridge Federation has its alerting regulations described in this document: http://abfevents.com.au/events/tournregs/ABFAlertRegs2017.pdf It deserves a full reading. The discussions of announcements, pre-alerts and delayed alerts should be understood and are not discussed further here....

I encountered this interesting deal yesterday. d=n&v=0&w=st98ha843d76ca765&n=sakq76hkqtdt9cj43&e=s52h976dak853ct82&s=sj43hj52dqj42ckq9&a=1np3nppp Let's say East leads a heart. West must duck the first round of hearts and the first round of clubs, otherwise declarer has the ti...

Regarding suit preference in trumps, here's an example success story with feedback from strong players: https://bridgewinners.com/article/view/attagirl/ Barry Rigal's comment refers, I believe, to the old-fashioned meaning of a trump echo, that you have a third trump and a desire to ruff something.

Here's a hand from a recent club game where opener rebids a strong unbalanced 2NT. J105,AK5,--,AKQ10643 1♣ 2NT 3 ♥ Pass Q864,1086,A9865,9 1 ♥ (4+ spades) 3♣ 3NT 3♣ showed a bad hand with only four spades. 2NT denied a second suit, so 3 ♥ can only be a heart stopper. Thus 3NT is bid with confidence t...

"Stolen bid" doubles seem to be a popular convention at the local club when opponents interfere over a 1NT opening. So for example if the overcall is 2 ♦ or 2 ♥ , double is a Jacoby Transfer to the next higher suit and your other conventions, whatever they may be, remain unchanged. The pro...

Every year the Coffs Harbour Bridge Club holds its Anniversary Teams event to celebrate the anniversary of its founding. This is a social event where the teams are organized (somewhat) randomly, and there are three sessions where you have a different teammate as partner in each. I played on a team w...

Here are my preferred agreements for defensive carding after the opening lead. We play reverse Smith echo in notrump contracts, and tend to show suit preference when following suit in trumps. Aside from that our signals are reverse attitude, standard count and standard suit preference. Our choice of...

When partner opens 1NT and you have values for game, the normal approach is to look for an 8-card major suit fit, and failing that settle for 3NT. However some hands beg for more care. A common case is 3-1 in the majors and 4-5 in the minors. Either major might have the singleton, and either minor t...

Here's a curious deal from the 2024 Country Teams Zonal Final in NSW Australia. Round 9 board 18. I sat East. n=s3ajh3akjd58qc7kt&e=s69khtd69kjc3456a&s=s8qth4qd247atc89q&w=s2457h256789d3c2j&b=1&d=e&v=n&a=1c(3+)p1d(hearts)p1nppp&p=d4d3dqdkc3c8cjckd8d9dth2hqh5h3hth4h6hj...

I have added a "hview" button to the post editor, as another way of showing hands, deals, bidding and card play. BBO and the Bridge Winners site also use this. For details mouse over the button when creating or editing your post. Documentation of the parameters can be found here: https://w...