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by rod
09 Nov 2022, 05:51
Forum: Methods and Conventions
Topic: Rod's Major Suit Raises
Replies: 0
Views: 6070

Rod's Major Suit Raises

The Problem Consider the following hands (which we will call "Case 1") for an opening bid of one spade, using five-card majors: AQxxx Kxx Kx xxx AQxxx Kxx xxx Kx AQxxx Kx Kxx xxx AQxxx Kx xxx Kxx AQxxx xxx Kx Kxx AQxxx xxx Kxx Kx and the following holdings by responder: Kxxx QJxx Qxxx x K...
by rod
04 Nov 2022, 08:22
Forum: Bridge Questions, Puzzles, Deals
Topic: Australia-Wide Restricted Pairs
Replies: 1
Views: 2425

Re: Australia-Wide Restricted Pairs

I should elaborate on "astute play" for taking 12 tricks after a low heart lead. After the first trick and seven rounds of black cards the hands will come down to: 5,A6,J6,-- --,2,1085,J --,KQ5,KQ,-- --,1097,A9,-- East is in a pickle when the last spade is cashed. If she discards a heart t...
by rod
03 Nov 2022, 07:51
Forum: Bridge Questions, Puzzles, Deals
Topic: Australia-Wide Restricted Pairs
Replies: 1
Views: 2425

Australia-Wide Restricted Pairs

Pauly and I played in this by accident, as it was offered at the last minute by the club in yesterday's regular game. We placed first at the club level but it didn't matter beyond that because we have too many masterpoints to qualify at the restricted level. Lyn Smith and Jenny Archer were just behi...
by rod
30 Oct 2022, 08:21
Forum: Bridge Questions, Puzzles, Deals
Topic: Vulnerability and The Law
Replies: 0
Views: 5851

Vulnerability and The Law

Playing IMPs with the robots today I picked up this hand as South, both vulnerable. J64,AK642,1032,97 West opened 1 ♦ , partner overcalled 2 ♥ and East doubled. Your call? The Law of Total Tricks would suggest that 4 ♥ is a no-brainer. However with this hand that just didn't feel right and I chose 3...
by rod
22 Oct 2022, 08:37
Forum: Bridge Questions, Puzzles, Deals
Topic: One Little Detail
Replies: 1
Views: 2420

Re: One Little Detail

To be sure the defence was not stellar. West's early play of the A was not wise, and East could have ducked the ♠Q to deny declarer an entry to hand. Much of winning bridge is being able to capitalize on such errors.
by rod
21 Oct 2022, 21:12
Forum: Bridge Questions, Puzzles, Deals
Topic: One Little Detail
Replies: 1
Views: 2420

One Little Detail

Here's an everyday deal that I encountered with the robots today. Partscore contracts are often more interesting than games and slams, with many possible twists and turns. And with both sides in the bidding everyone will have more clues as to the distribution of the cards. North Q973,KQ82,94,A98 Sou...
by rod
18 Oct 2022, 07:58
Forum: Bridge Questions, Puzzles, Deals
Topic: Who's Sacrificing?
Replies: 0
Views: 6106

Who's Sacrificing?

This is one of the more memorable deals from Monday's club game, a red point event. Doug was my partner. I'll just post a screenshot of the online results. Screenshot from 2022-10-17 20-05-27.png The auction proceeded: West Rod East Doug 1 ♥ 2 ♦ 3♣ 3 ♦ 4♣ 4 ♦ 5♣ 5 ♦ Pass Pass 6♣ Pass Pass Dbl All pa...
by rod
13 Oct 2022, 07:54
Forum: Bridge Questions, Puzzles, Deals
Topic: The Many Roads to Slam
Replies: 0
Views: 6472

The Many Roads to Slam

In my regular club game yesterday with Pauly I picked up this hand: AK9,AQJ873,942,2 Matchpoints, nobody vulnerable, Pauly opened a 15-17 1NT as dealer and I'm immediately at a crossroads. We play Jacoby and Texas transfers, and Key Card Blackwood. The choices appear to be: 1. Bid 4 ♦ as a transfer ...
by rod
11 Oct 2022, 09:49
Forum: Methods and Conventions
Topic: Transfer Responses to One Club
Replies: 2
Views: 3148

Other Similar Versions

I recently found a somewhat similar convention called Transfer Walsh: https://gambiter.com/bridge/Transfer_walsh.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfer_Walsh Some alternative treatments are described in those articles but the one described above is easy to add on to your existing methods.
by rod
04 Oct 2022, 20:02
Forum: Bridge Questions, Puzzles, Deals
Topic: Beware the Male Ego
Replies: 0
Views: 6393

Beware the Male Ego

This one is embarrassing. From yesterday's club game... K1052,J82,AK4,J85 8,AQ63,1032,KQ962 A964,K9754,986,3 QJ73,10,QJ75,A1074 The deal is rotated to put me on the bottom. I was declarer in 4♠ after partner opened a bit light with 1♣. The opening lead was the ♣K. I won the ♣A and led a spade to dum...