Bridge in Oz

Which reminds me, I remember once when RHO opened 1NT I had a running 7-card club suit and nothing else. I doubled, redoubled, all pass. Fun times.

A popular way to play a 3NT opening is to show a 7- or 8-card solid minor with no outside Ace or King, or otherwise with little outside. One problem here is that you have likely wrong-sided the 3NT contract. You'd like the lead to come around to the player who has values in the side suits. Another p...

I'm posting another one from Wednesday's club game just because of its strangeness. Matchpoints, all vulnerable, West deals. J832,A65,AKQ62,2 AQ7,J4,J874,KJ53 95,Q9832,105,8764 K1064,K107,93,AQ109 West opened 1 ♦ , passed around to my partner who doubled, which became the final contract. It's not cl...

Putting this up for discussion. It's a deal from yesterday's club game. North AK10876,Q6,KJ,1064 South Q432,A87,5,AQJ72 Matchpoints, both vulnerable, the bidding proceeds: East South West North 2 ♦ * Dbl 3 ♦ 4♠ Pass Pass 5 ♦ Pass Pass ? * Weak with diamonds Generally when the opponents sacrifice ove...

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Here's another matchpoint play problem from a recent club game. Dummy K75,AK53,Q6,A874 Declarer AQJ10864,--,A2,K652 You're declarer in a contract of some number of spades, it doesn't really matter how many. The ♦ 7 is led; Q, K, A. Do you see how to take all 13 tricks? Draw trumps in two rounds endi...

I did open 1 ♥ as North. In close situations I count losers and this hand has only 6 of them. My rule of thumb is 6 yes, 7 maybe, 8 no. Of course points matter more -- you can have 4 Aces and 8 losers. The lead looks like a singleton, doubleton or maybe top/middle from nothing. You've got some think...