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Its AKxx QTxxx (yeah, obvious to some)
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overheard at the bridge club...
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Posted 2007-March-22, 08:31
Now I know what the players are talking about when they reel off hands
Ace King 4th Queen Ten 5th
Its AKxx QTxxx (yeah, obvious to some)
I think this may be helpful in remembering hands
Its AKxx QTxxx (yeah, obvious to some)
I think this may be helpful in remembering hands
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Posted 2007-March-22, 08:47
jillybean2, on Mar 22 2007, 09:31 AM, said:
Now I know what the players are talking about when they reel off hands
Ace King 4th Queen Ten 5th
Its AKxx QTxxx (yeah, obvious to some)
I think this may be helpful in remembering hands
Its AKxx QTxxx (yeah, obvious to some)
I think this may be helpful in remembering hands
Other random phrases for describing hands....
Stiff=singleton. Tight=no small cards ("I had Ace King tight" is doubleton AK). Small=one small card ("I had Ace King small" is AKx).
Anybody want to add the famous shapes? Flat, Swan, etc.?
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Posted 2007-March-22, 08:59
Kingleton = singleton King
Quacks = queens and jacks (contrasted with controls, Aces and Kings)
"You hold: 4 vomit, 3 vomit, 3 vomit, 3 vomit" - a balanced yarborough.
A waistcoat = doesn't quite qualify as a "suit" (ie full of vomit).
Quacks = queens and jacks (contrasted with controls, Aces and Kings)
"You hold: 4 vomit, 3 vomit, 3 vomit, 3 vomit" - a balanced yarborough.
A waistcoat = doesn't quite qualify as a "suit" (ie full of vomit).
Psych (pron. saik): A gross and deliberate misstatement of honour strength and/or suit length. Expressly permitted under Law 73E but forbidden contrary to that law by Acol club tourneys.
Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. m
s
t
r-m
nd
ing) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees.
"Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"
"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. m
str-mnding) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees."Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"
"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
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Posted 2007-March-22, 10:12
Aardvark = AKQJ (from the French, As, Roi, Dame, Valet)
Tight Aardvark = 4-card suit AKQJ
Albatross: 8410 (in any order)
Swan: 7411
Moysian: 4-3 fit
Sub-Moysian: 4-2 fit (particularly if it's the right spot)
Impletion: good pips (A109852 is a suit with impletion, A65432 isn't)
When somebody gives you a hand to bid and carefully includes all the 10s and 9s, they are trying to persaude you that their overbid was correct. When they don't give any pips they hope that you will agree with their underbid.
Tight Aardvark = 4-card suit AKQJ
Albatross: 8410 (in any order)
Swan: 7411
Moysian: 4-3 fit
Sub-Moysian: 4-2 fit (particularly if it's the right spot)
Impletion: good pips (A109852 is a suit with impletion, A65432 isn't)
When somebody gives you a hand to bid and carefully includes all the 10s and 9s, they are trying to persaude you that their overbid was correct. When they don't give any pips they hope that you will agree with their underbid.
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Posted 2007-March-22, 10:13
FrancesHinden, on Mar 22 2007, 11:12 AM, said:
When somebody gives you a hand to bid and carefully includes all the 10s and 9s, they are trying to persaude you that their overbid was correct. When they don't give any pips they hope that you will agree with their underbid.
LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL. So true.
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Posted 2007-March-22, 12:50
Sometimes people refer to all the small cards as "deuce", e.g. they might describe AKxxx as "ace, king, deuce, deuce, deuce". I think it's more common when there aren't any honors, since suits with honors are usually described by their length, "ace-king fifth".
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Posted 2007-March-22, 12:56
eau - de - cologne: 4♠ 7♥ 1♦ 1♣
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Posted 2007-March-22, 16:19
Hands are always given in SHDC order.
four - triple - three = any 4333 shape. Triple four one = a 4441.
Dry king, dry ace; same as a stiff.
Ace - rag - 5th; rag here means bad spots or true "x"'s; Axxxx.
four - triple - three = any 4333 shape. Triple four one = a 4441.
Dry king, dry ace; same as a stiff.
Ace - rag - 5th; rag here means bad spots or true "x"'s; Axxxx.
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Posted 2007-March-24, 20:18
We also say "4 by 1" for the 4441 hands.
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Posted 2007-March-26, 09:16
Local creation (from one of the ladies team): Flat as a pancake ie 4333.
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Posted 2007-March-26, 15:27
A couple of TLAs to remember also:
wdp = well done partner = you misplayed it but got a good result
wpp = well played partner = you played it right (regardless of result)
wdp = well done partner = you misplayed it but got a good result
wpp = well played partner = you played it right (regardless of result)
Psych (pron. saik): A gross and deliberate misstatement of honour strength and/or suit length. Expressly permitted under Law 73E but forbidden contrary to that law by Acol club tourneys.
Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. mstr-mnding) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees.
"Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"
"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. m
str-mnding) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees."Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"
"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
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Posted 2007-March-27, 01:55
In Scotland I heard "rags" several times.
"What did you have in diamonds?"
"Four rags."
I understand that the meaning is four insignificant small cards, but what is the origin and is it special for Scotland?
One further question regarding "small" and "little":
"I had three small spades" --> "I had three little spades".
Are they both permissible or did some people stay at home when English grammar was the subject at school?
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"What did you have in diamonds?"
"Four rags."
I understand that the meaning is four insignificant small cards, but what is the origin and is it special for Scotland?
One further question regarding "small" and "little":
"I had three small spades" --> "I had three little spades".
Are they both permissible or did some people stay at home when English grammar was the subject at school?
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Posted 2007-March-27, 02:07
lot of rags in the USA......very very common
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Posted 2007-March-27, 02:10
Quote
A couple of TLAs to remember also:
wdp = well done partner = you misplayed it but got a good result
wpp = well played partner = you played it right (regardless of result)
wdp = well done partner = you misplayed it but got a good result
wpp = well played partner = you played it right (regardless of result)
ntp = nice try partner = no wonder we got a bad score partner, you overbid
blp = bad luck partner = you apparently missed that you could still make it even with the actual bad break
typ = thank you partner = neutral confirmation that you are dummy
nhp = nice hand partner = where did the hand go you held during the auction?
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Posted 2007-March-27, 04:54
1eyedjack, on Mar 27 2007, 12:27 AM, said:
wpp = well played partner = you played it right (regardless of result)
Nah, this means "You have no idea of proper bidding, but at least you got lucky as declarer."
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Posted 2007-March-27, 08:02
mike777, on Mar 27 2007, 03:07 AM, said:
lot of rags in the USA......very very common
Also xxx is "three babies"
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Posted 2007-March-27, 09:43
Al_U_Card, on Mar 27 2007, 09:02 AM, said:
mike777, on Mar 27 2007, 03:07 AM, said:
lot of rags in the USA......very very common
Also xxx is "three babies"
I think I've also heard "three puppies".
Wow, so many euphemisms for cards we ordinarily don't even care about.
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Posted 2007-March-29, 22:11
barmar, on Mar 27 2007, 10:43 AM, said:
Al_U_Card, on Mar 27 2007, 09:02 AM, said:
mike777, on Mar 27 2007, 03:07 AM, said:
lot of rags in the USA......very very common
Also xxx is "three babies"
I think I've also heard "three puppies".
Wow, so many euphemisms for cards we ordinarily don't even care about.
... and "children", as in "get the children off the street" (i.e. draw opponents small trumps).
Peter . . . . AKQ . . . . K = 3 points = 1 trick
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"Politics: an inadequate substitute for bridge." John Maynard Keynes
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Posted 2007-March-29, 22:30
clubs = "puppy dog tracks"
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