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#21 User is offline   mycroft 

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Posted 2005-October-06, 11:51

The only way to get better at playing impossible contracts is experience. So, learn to bid badly.

Corrolary: There's a convention to solve every problem. Therefore, adding conventions will make your system better.

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Posted 2005-October-06, 12:58

mycroft, on Oct 6 2005, 12:51 PM, said:

Corrolary: There's a convention to solve every problem. Therefore, adding conventions will make your system better.

Every convention has it's price. A convention may solve a problem but it will create new ones.
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Posted 2005-October-06, 13:08

pclayton, on Oct 6 2005, 05:47 PM, said:

4♣ is always Gerber.

Yes, that's funny &Æ=ÆT¤¤#"Øø!

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Posted 2005-October-06, 19:18

6 diamonds always makes



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Posted 2005-October-07, 06:32

Insufficient bids rarely solve ethical problems.
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Posted 2005-October-07, 06:42

lol Cherdano, maybe in that particular case it might.
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Posted 2005-October-07, 06:49

Walddk, on Oct 6 2005, 09:08 PM, said:

Yes, that's funny &Æ=ÆT¤¤#"Øø!

&[=[T$$#"¥¢! sounds extra cool when typed with a Danish keyboard ;)
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Posted 2005-October-07, 06:53

helene_t, on Oct 7 2005, 02:49 PM, said:

Walddk, on Oct 6 2005, 09:08 PM, said:

Yes, that's funny &Æ=ÆT¤¤#"Øø!

&[=[T$$#"¥¢! sounds extra cool when typed with a Danish keyboard :)

&[=[T$$#"¥¢!

I use the same word about Gerber ! LOL ;)
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Posted 2005-October-07, 06:57

Try to get your parnter to play YOUR convention card in an individual.
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Posted 2005-October-07, 07:13

inquiry, on Oct 7 2005, 02:57 PM, said:

Try to get your parnter to play YOUR convention card in an individual.

And if so, try to remember it ! ;)
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Posted 2005-October-07, 15:00

Suits always break 3-3 when you have the AKQJ. The Jack is always 4th when you only have AKQ.

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Posted 2005-October-07, 15:14

Use the weasel convention

http://www.blakjak.d...o.uk/weasel.htm
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Posted 2005-October-07, 17:22

guggie, on Oct 6 2005, 08:31 AM, said:

If you play in the 4-3 fit, trumps will break 5-1

This works the other way, everytime I play on a 5-1 fit they are 4-3
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Posted 2005-October-07, 17:25

Fluffy, on Oct 7 2005, 06:22 PM, said:

guggie, on Oct 6 2005, 08:31 AM, said:

If you play in the 4-3 fit, trumps will break 5-1

This works the other way, everytime I play on a 5-1 fit they are 4-3

But I can hardly ever get the one with 4 to ruff first.

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Posted 2005-October-07, 18:57

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The most useful convention in a new partnership is NMF (Not my fault).

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Posted 2005-October-08, 16:10

Today I heard another one:
If a suit is played the 1. time and the 10 appears -> the Q is with the 10.
The lady who made that statement (82 and very experienced :) ) said, that this rule is astonishing often true, she watched it over a longer period :P
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Posted 2005-October-08, 18:31

42, on Oct 6 2005, 02:54 AM, said:

The Q is always over the J

Do you mean to say that the queen is not always over the jack? Are you sure?
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Posted 2005-October-09, 04:25

Double !, on Oct 9 2005, 02:31 AM, said:

42, on Oct 6 2005, 02:54 AM, said:

The Q is always over the J

Do you mean to say that the queen is not always over the jack? Are you sure?

*hehe* That is of course the place where she belongs, but what in life is certain?

Another rule:
Every player got the cards that he deserves.

I am not really sure how it goes together with
Holding a 2-way tenace combination, finesse through the opponent you dislike most.
Does the most disliked player always hold the missing honour because everybody finesses through him, or does an a.....e never hold good cards, so you must break this rule and finesse against his partner? :D
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Posted 2005-October-10, 13:27

In newspaper column/textbook play problems the answer is always "duck a diamond".

(This is analagous to the well-known chess problem theory: the answer is always to sacrifice your best piece)

If you're playing a match against a team of professional bridge players, arrange it to start as early in the morning as possible.

If you're playing a match against a team who have full-time day jobs, arrange it for late on a Thursday or Friday evening.
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Posted 2005-October-10, 13:46

42, on Oct 9 2005, 05:25 AM, said:

Double !, on Oct 9 2005, 02:31 AM, said:

42, on Oct 6 2005, 02:54 AM, said:

The Q is always over the J

Do you mean to say that the queen is not always over the jack? Are you sure?

*hehe* That is of course the place where she belongs, but what in life is certain?

And sometimes the king is over the queen, and sometimes not and he needs to be handled with finesse. Queen over Jack, vice versa, King over Queen and vice versa. Sort of makes for flexibility (physical and otherwise) and intrigue. LOL Reminds me of a player at a club at which I used to play (when I used to play) who seemed to enjoy telling his partner/ dummy to "Mount that Queen" when lho played the Queen and dummy had the King. Tsk Tsk....Bridge Players..........................................................................

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