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http://jassem.pl/typeArticles/view/5 Try this. Jassem has been one of the most involved people in developing WJ in latest years. Those are articles in english . Perhaps U'll dig something that is in polish and readable for foreigners(universal bridge language) on this site. If anybody asked me I would have said : If You wanna play imps and artificial♣ play precision if MPs than WJ is ok ,but natural systems rule in this format undoubtedly..

W ----------------- E J107♠ ------------ K63♠ K1076♥ ---------- A985♥ AQ743♦ ----------- - ♦ 6♣ ----------------- A108543♣ The bidding was: 2♣(precision)-2♦-2♥-3♥-4♥ The lead is: K♣ , N puts 9♣ I've assumed that that lead was from KQJx/KQJxx ♣-any other ♣lead seems stupid opposite long clubs. Being lazy and slowthinking I ... ducked the first trick. However I'm pretty sure that my lazyness isn't that efficient and the best(%) play is different.

2 is just a lie. 2nt opposite 11/12 5+5+ seems ok., opposite 54(12++) ,may be underestimate. Gotta admit I don't love reopenning with 11/12- 5-5

Thx for the fresh view. Playing 2d- multi and 2h-flannery ,so changing 2d to wilkosz/nat and weak 2♠ I wouldn't be able to show weak h. Btw I played some brds using 2sp - wk minor/gambling and the score is positive so far. (flannery is unremovable http://bridgewinners.com/bidding-articles/375-i-love-flannery-im-serious . Also played it before reading that article ;]

I've recently changed to 2s as either minor weaker than normal 3cd as I think 2!s 5+!s -4/5+ m or 5+!s -5+any isn't very effective. Reading this thread I've came up with such an idea : 3nt - normal 4th level pree on minor . (Now we are able to play this 3nt which cld've been missed + this is nearly as preemptive as 4m) Can have side values or less than AQ AK - after x we just bid our suit without those top honours 2s - either m weaker than 3m openning . 6 crd m in some positions etc... or std gambling 3nt. Now 2nt GF or just good siding opposite gambling 2s-2nt-3c/d nat 3h/s mb some 2 suiter both m 3nt is "gambling"

Well, although during most time of the match it was even we finally lost to Fluffy. Abt 32 brds -18 imps and lost abt 16 in last 2. Lacked condition a bit, but that's a poor excuse. We're just starting our games against tough pairs ,so I'm sure it'll be better with some doze of experience. Opps said that it was fun ,so I'm glad abt this game though the score. Looking for some more players eager to play. ;] Cya

If it was safe I'd propose higher stakes. While 2$ wldn't be ,imo for 90-ish% players worth cheating . Not worth the danger of loosing reputation like this. Although such a game shldn't be a bigger lose than 100$ I think it's a great motivator ,because U don't loose 25 imps ,but 50$ and now it's in your head : I lost 50$! in this FRIENDLY game of bridge and I'm so good how is this poss ... ;) We'll probably be there tommorrow for the game fluffy, not 100% sure ,because I'm having some disease today. Wish it'll be better.

Live game credentials near 0 , as I played like 5 times live.(From a small town, wasn't able to play bridge last year when moved to the city.Btw, simultanously I'm gonna start some live game nowadays) Been self learning since I was 12 ,so for 8 years now. Started from the lowest level on-line willing to play better players than me and after some time beat them. As I reached some level it's harder to find same strength/better pairs/players to play non random games (esp. as long as I have no live credentials). I have always been interested in systems ,so consider myself decent in this area. Analysed Meckwell, Bocchi- Dubboin , various nat and precision systems +wj . What I consider my strength is right now in on-line bridge is having a reg P who plays a lot , so we develop our skills , style of our pair and I'm reinventing the system all the time to fit the style more (actually I just have fun doing this + it makes my bidding better). I won Unibridge Club a couple of times when I was 1,5 class worse . Won JBBO being like 4 classes worse.(rarely playing this tour since than) Charlie Weed gave me a permission to play JEC ,but I'm never ready ,lol . I treat those games as a training before playing against JEC team and live game. Btw , if someone is not motivated enough we can play 2$ per imp - 50 brds to go . A pair can surrender before those 50 brds paying 15 $ to the other pair. We could play higher stakes ,but I think those are just ok not to be worth cheating. ( For 95% ppl)

Most comments have been right + 17-18 plays much better in comp than 17-19 . 1nt is obv either dangerous spot like 3rd hand 14-16 vul vs nv or just for game control on 4th seat ,when opps already have shown some passivness blocking feature is not that important + P is limited to weak 10/10bal

I like 3s-4c-4d-4nt here. Why skip 3s when it can have no cue ... ofc 6-5/6-5 poss ,but P just keeps on cueing and we shldn't get too high w 5-3h or 6-2 s. I'd say that 4!h only really little < 4d ,cuz 4!d also pretty uninformative + gamblish opposite partners average hand.

Looking for some strong regular pair for educational(analysys during the game)/challenging set game . Sometimes hard to find a decent game on BBO . Leave me a message there if U'd like to play.