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#1 User is offline   davlyn 

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Posted 2009-June-08, 21:41

Good evening,
Where might I read about the topic of competitive bidding that addresses the issue of how the Opener and his/her Partner deal with their responses to Overcalls and bidding by the Advancer?
Many thanks,
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Posted 2009-June-08, 21:44

Suggestion not relating to Competitive Bidding: Please don't make the titles of your posts all capital letters.

As a side note, beginning your posts with a dracula voice isn't a good idea either B)
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Posted 2009-June-08, 22:08

davlyn, on Jun 8 2009, 10:41 PM, said:

Good evening,
                    Where might I read about the topic of competitive bidding that addresses the issue of how the Opener and his/her Partner deal with their responses to Overcalls and bidding by the Advancer?
Many thanks,
davlyn7

For starters, I suggest the articles in the "competitive auctions" section at http://www.bridgeclasses.com/notes/.
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Posted 2009-June-08, 22:29

Another good source, but not all are standard, is Robson and Segal's book, which you can get for free from Daniel Neill's webpage. Look for it on the following webpage.

http://www.geocities...neill_2000/sys/
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Posted 2009-June-09, 08:28

Thank you for your advice and references.
I apologise for capitalising the heading.
What is a dracula voice?
Davlyn
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Posted 2009-June-09, 09:44

davlyn, on Jun 9 2009, 09:28 AM, said:

What is a dracula voice?

I was just referring to the beginning of your posts when you start with "Good Evening", nothing really :)
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Posted 2009-June-09, 11:43

inquiry, on Jun 8 2009, 11:29 PM, said:

Another good source, but not all are standard, is Robson and Segal's book, which you can get for free from Daniel Neill's webpage. Look for it on the following webpage.

http://www.geocities...neill_2000/sys/

Agree. Mandatory read, whether you do what they say or not.
"Gibberish in, gibberish out. A trial judge, three sets of lawyers, and now three appellate judges cannot agree on what this law means. And we ask police officers, prosecutors, defense lawyers, and citizens to enforce or abide by it? The legislature continues to write unreadable statutes. Gibberish should not be enforced as law."

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Posted 2009-June-09, 14:15

inquiry, on Jun 8 2009, 11:29 PM, said:

Another good source, but not all are standard, is Robson and Segal's book, which you can get for free from Daniel Neill's webpage. Look for it on the following webpage.

http://www.geocities...neill_2000/sys/

Third it -- regardless of whether you agree with the proscribed methods (a lot of which make sense BTW), it's mandatory reading for any serious partnership.
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Posted 2009-June-09, 15:38

"25 Ways to Compete in the Bidding" from Barbara Seagram and Marc Smith was one of the better books I found recently. Like others, I am not sure I agree with it all - but that isn't the point - it is a decent read anyway.

Nick
"Pass is your friend" - my brother in law - who likes to bid a lot.
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