[Al_U_Card]

The 7 is often a singleton and the Q is often accompanied by the 8. (from my 1st real pard who was also about 82 at the time)

[Al_U_Card]

Whenever you table a dummy with 3 jacks, describe the hand as a "jack-off"

[mycroft]

Always say "duck it" when calling for a singleton Ace off dummy.

[han]

Much better is a simple "play low please".

[GeeGee]

FrancesHinden, on Oct 10 2005, 02:27 PM, said:

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.

Disagree. As someone who does have a full-time day job, the worst night of all for anything, let alone teams bridge, is Tuesday. Don't know why.

[luke warm]

Hannie, on Oct 12 2005, 01:16 PM, said:

Much better is a simple "play low please".

i love it

[JSilver]

pclayton, on Oct 6 2005, 08:47 AM, said:

4♣ is always Gerber.

Wathcing a vugraph once, I saw one of the commentators (I forget whom) say, "If I had 10 secods to fill out a convention card, I would write on it '4♣ is never Gerber."

[JSilver]

dogsbreath, on Oct 7 2005, 05:57 PM, said:

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

Rgds Dog

My favorite convention in a new partenrship is ASBAF (all strange bids are forcing).

[kenrexford]

Maxim #1. Insanity breeds insanity. In other words, do something insane if you need the opponents to do something insane.

An example. I once held KJ109xxx on dummy in a side suit, suit contract. I was in dummy with only one more entry. I held a void in that long suit.

The King looked nice, as a smother of the Queen to the left, possibly. Or, perhaps small, trumping a stiff Ace? Better yet, the Jack, looking like a tricky play to get RHO to hop his Ace (thinking I held stiff Queen), possibly even catching Qx crashing to the left. So, I elected the 10.

Why? Weird begets weird, insanity breeds insanity, odd makes odd. RHO hopped the Ace. He turned up with AQxx. I have no explanation for the hop of the Ace (after great thought by RHO, too), except this maxim.

Several other examples I have seen.

[kenrexford]

Maxim #2. When desperate, dazzle them with your b.s.

I have many times seen this maneuver work. You need an error from the opponents. So, come up with a sexy-looking play. They become amazed by this and forget anything else.

Unblock the Jack from Jx opposite xxx, for example. Play high from xxx. If the opponents lead the Ace, call for the Queen if KQJ tight is in dummy. Ruff high if you have AK tight in dummy in trumps. Whatever. The opponents love this stuff and reward you with a trick somewhere.

[kenrexford]

Maxim #3. (Last one) Bid 1NT if three suits have been bid, no matter what you have.

For example, if the auction is one banana, one grape, one apple (or double), to you, bid 1NT no matter what you have. Long trumps? Sure. Short trumps? Sure. No trumps? Sure. It works.

Or, one banana-P-one grape-P-one heart. Overcall 1NT no matter what you have. This works too.

[farfie]

when i went to a bridge table for the first time my part told me 3 important rules:
clubs are always 3/3
queen follows jack except in heart for queen of heart is loyal
queen/10 stiff always together
and for what i can read here these rules seem universal hehe.

[Al_U_Card]

The longer you take to play, the better your choice will be.......or rather, the faster you play, the less likely you will think up something stupid to do....lol

[helene_t]

We can learn a lot from football players: Don't blame bad results on partner. Blame them on the director.