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by rod
06 Oct 2024, 12:06
Forum: Methods and Conventions
Topic: Defensive Carding Agreements
Replies: 1
Views: 42344

Re: Defensive Carding Agreements

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.
by rod
25 Sep 2024, 06:30
Forum: Methods and Conventions
Topic: Opening Strong Balanced Hands
Replies: 2
Views: 64871

Example: The 2NT Rebid

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...
by rod
23 Aug 2024, 17:08
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Handling interference over our 1NT
Replies: 0
Views: 75027

Handling interference over our 1NT

2024-12-05 Moved this to Miscellaneous because I don't recommend it. --Rod "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...
by rod
06 Aug 2024, 13:08
Forum: Bridge Questions, Puzzles, Deals
Topic: Anniversary Teams 2024
Replies: 0
Views: 37406

Anniversary Teams 2024

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...
by rod
04 Aug 2024, 13:10
Forum: Methods and Conventions
Topic: Defensive Carding Agreements
Replies: 1
Views: 42344

Defensive Carding Agreements

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...
by rod
13 Jul 2024, 14:46
Forum: Methods and Conventions
Topic: 3-1 Majors over 1NT
Replies: 0
Views: 38568

3-1 Majors over 1NT

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...
by rod
06 Jul 2024, 11:23
Forum: Bridge Questions, Puzzles, Deals
Topic: A few undertricks
Replies: 0
Views: 39050

A few undertricks

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...
by rod
04 Jul 2024, 17:31
Forum: About This Forum
Topic: How to Post Bridge Hands
Replies: 3
Views: 134473

New! Handviewer Support

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...
by rod
04 Jul 2024, 15:07
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Handviewer test
Replies: 0
Views: 41105

Handviewer test

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by rod
28 Jun 2024, 10:28
Forum: Bridge Questions, Puzzles, Deals
Topic: Counting what?
Replies: 0
Views: 39943

Counting what?

This is another deal from a recent club game. Vulnerable vs. not you pick up: AQ8,AK6,AK4,AJ43 Not bad! However LHO opens the bidding with 1♣, partner passes and RHO bids 1 ♥ . What to do? The first thing to do is count your points. 25! That leaves 15 for the other three hands and it looks like the ...