[jillybean]

Ok, I don’t mind asking the stupid questions. I have been playing for a while and realise I do not understand carding, discards etc.

When you talk about “carding”, high encourages, low discourage or UDCA (I think is high discourage, low encourage) it is referring to discards.

Does the same apply when you are following suit? Can one method be used for discards and another when following suit?

What is "attitude" as in UDCA

TYIA

[inquiry]

Hi Jillybean,

Before there was a Beginner/Intermediate Lounge there was this Beginner/Intemediate forum. The post go back a long time, but if you just click on this topic, it generally shows only the last 30 days. One of the earlier thread dealt with explaining carding... here is a link to it. There are some might fine post in that thread, if I have to say so myself. :-)

Beginners guide to defensive carding <<--- (click this to open thread in a new window)

You might want to examnd the date of threads shown and page backwards. In the original days, interesting problems suited for beginner/intermediate players were more frequently posted here. As was things like description of birdge terms like NMF, and conventions like multi-2♦. This stuff still makes for some good reading... if it is on a topic you are interested in... And sinice I mentioned the BIL, it is a great place and if you are a member there, you can page back here and see details of its formation... fun reading too, in some ways.

Standard and udca "attitude" can refer to when you pratner lead a suit, or when you discard on a suit, or both. IT is up to your personal agreement. Read some of the thread listed above.

Ben