Bridge in Oz

When you think about the vast universe of coincidences that might possibly occur but do not, the ones that do occur become less surprising.

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Tricks contracted for and taken over 6 Minors: 20 each Majors: 30 each Notrump: 40 for 1st and 30 for each additional If doubled or redoubled: multiply by 2 or 4 respectively If the result is 100 or more then it's a game, otherwise a partscore Overtricks Undoubled: 20 each for minors, 30 for majors...

When the opponents interfere over your artificial bid, you have two new steps available: double (or redouble), and pass. If the interference is a bid then they have also taken away one or more steps. We are interested in whether the net result is a loss of bidding space for the responses. What I sug...

By the way here's an amusing story that led me to adopt this Muiderberg variation with my normal partner.

You can now use the custom bbcodes ss, sh, sd and sc to generate the suit symbols for spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs respectively. For example this:
generates this:

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See here for my favorite treatment of the 2C opening:

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I do like a 14-16 1NT, but my partners mostly don't. Often though I'll "upgrade" 14 with a decent 5-card suit.

I've never liked weak notrumps very much. Proponents of weak and super-weak 1NT openings will tell you that while you often preempt yourself out of a superior suit partscore, you will also often do the same to the opponents. So, say they, the bid does not place you at a disadvantage. However the pro...

Here's a deal from a recent club game where opener has a very strong unbalanced hand. --,AKQ7,AKQJ63,AQ9 2♣ 3 ♦ 4 ♦ 6 ♦ KJ9,853,9742,K102 2♠ 3NT 4NT Pass 2♠ denies a 5-card major or 6-card minor. Therefore 3NT denies a 4-card major and opener knows there is no heart fit. 4 ♦ is Optional Minorwood, a...

It was pointed out to me that in case a defender has all four spades, it's better to start spades with the 10 rather than the ace.