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One, brief direct bridge advice

#41 User is offline   sathyab 

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Posted 2013-November-01, 18:17

Realize that Bridge is not Chess. If they were the same, bad Bidding, inferior lines of play or defense would never (or seldom) work.
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Posted 2013-November-02, 19:06

Take the first 90 seconds to plan the play (defense).
Be the partner you want to play with.
Trust demands integrity, balance and collaboration.
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Posted 2013-November-03, 20:52

In an established partnership - trust your partner.
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Posted 2013-November-04, 03:20

In a pick-up partnership, don't agree to play leads and signals that you don't understand!

This may sound trivial, but I have several time spent almost all the precious preparation time discussing bidding conventions that are unlikely to come up in the few sesions we were going to play. Only to have a couple of boards blown up due to misunderstandings like "what exactly does strong tens mean?" or "does rusinoff only apply to the opening lead?" or "when do we give count on partner's lead?".

So basically, pay a little more attention to your lead and carding agreements, and a little less to bidding agreements.
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Posted 2013-November-04, 09:30

Count your tricks. The plan you make for the hand often comes clear when you see how many more tricks you need for the contract. If you need to steal one, the time to do it is at trick two.
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Posted 2013-November-06, 15:50

Quit the forums.

JK :P

Lately its been "allow your opponents to make mistakes".
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Posted 2013-November-07, 07:31

Bid fearlessly, count everything, play the percentages and have fun.
If you lose all hope, you can always find it again -- Richard Ford in The Sportswriter
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Posted 2013-November-07, 07:37

Always play with a smile it's not life or death :)

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Posted 2013-November-07, 09:00

View Posteagles123, on 2013-November-07, 07:37, said:

Always play with a smile it's not life or death :)

Eagles

You are right. It is more important that that. :)
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