mr1303

There's a saying in New York that 1 off is good bridge. Change the hand slightly and game has excellent chances. It's unfortunate that partner's only working high card was the K of clubs.

In my opinion, no. I believe some of 3S, 4C etc as LAs, and pass is suggested by the UI, so pass is therefore disallowed. How I rule would depend on what partner would bid after each of these other bids.

It was a 2 level overcall, which is slightly different. But I agree that this hand is a problem. I tend to play these doubles as card showing, which makes this a tough pass.

1C (3S) X (4S) 4NT* (P)6D (P) 6H 4NT shows 2 places to play. (OK this might be slightly resulting)

http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/50566-only-one-hand-per-thread/ On my mobile (Samsung Galaxy Ace, working on Android) the cut off is whatever South bids. I can see that it says 1 something, just not sure what.

Just wondering if it's possible to post hands from the mobile site. Can't see how to do it other than: S AQJxxx H AQx D KJT C x

Much much much much much faster on the mobile. Although some of the bidding now gets cut off if more than one hand is posted.

What Two4bridge said. Non-leaping Michaels is a necessity these days.

In another thread, there is a fair amount of debate going on about the use of the hand editing control for the forums. Someone suggested that plain text is superior since this can be consistently read on mobile devices, whereas the hand editor control doesn't work on a mobile device (at least it doesn't for me, using android). Since I use my mobile most of the time to read the forums, I'm a strong advocate of using plain text. What do others think?

Whenever you click on a link from the BBO software, it always opens up internet explorer. As an avid Chrome user, could it be set so it automatically opens in our default browser?

Sorry, this was EBU land. 4C was not alerted as per local regulations, that state that all bids over 3NT do not require an alert. It was explained as a splinter upon an enquiry, and led to East showing significant interest, by asking the strength of the bid etc. It took longer than the 10 seconds as stipulated by the stop card procedure.

[hv=pc=n&s=sk63hat952dqj5cq2&w=sj98742hkjdcak963&n=sathq864dkt8632c7&e=sq5h73da974cjt854&d=s&v=b&b=7&a=1h1s4cp4h5cppdppp]399|300[/hv] Bidding proceeded as follows. After the 4C bid East asked a number of questions about the 4C bid. South calls you to the table after the 5C bid comes round to him. After telling the table to continue, South calls you back and claims damage. How do you rule?

Back in my younger student days I played both the West of England marathon and the YC marathon. I felt really ill for quite a while afterwards, as well as falling asleep on the tube home, which on a Sunday afternoon led to much embarrassment. I wouldn't be against the idea of playing again as I am now a school teacher, but it would have to be during the school holidays to justify it. The biggest problem of course is the lack of sleep. Us humans aren't designed to play bridge for 24 hours solid :) I preferred the WoE theme, having 6 different events rather than 1 ongoing one, since carrying on when you are out of contention is hard work.

Raise 1H to 2. No further bidding from me. 3H is horrible, particularly when playing Acol.

2D for me. Maybe I'm so used to partner finding the worst possible lead, so any help I can give her to lead the right I suit I take. Agree that this is right on the border for being acceptable though.

I posted the example as there was a bit of an argument between me and the director over which assigned score to give. Initially the director was adamant that the score should be Average == but changed it to Average ++ to avoid damaging the partner of the abusive player (this was a pairs event, not an individual) after I protested about being given an average score instead of average +. I suggested that Ave+- or Ave+= would be more appropriate and told him/her I would post for more experienced guidance.

From a tournament tonight. Bidding proceeds 1NT (P) 2C (7NT) At which point the 7NT bidder leaves after hurling some abuse at the table. Director is called. What should happen now?

Just my two pence, but I think it would be better if you gave the hand without naming the players involved.

Well, no-one has suggested the bid I made, which was 3D. (Which was passed out by partner, but I guess that's another story). My thinking was this: 1) As hrothgar suggested, people frequently fake the 3C jump shift. This being the case, 3NT might well be the spot, so I didn't particularly want to raise clubs immediately. 2) If partner's jump shift is based upon good heart support, he would probably bid 3H next. Opposite a 1354 19 count, 3NT is almost certainly the spot to play. 3) If partner has a good hand with 5+5+ in the minors, then 5C or 6C could be the spot. With nothing much in the majors, he would be likely to rebid his clubs next, after which I could show club support then. 4) With any other hand that doesn't fit into the above categories, he would probably either a) bid 3NT himself, or b) bid 3S asking me to bid 3NT, either of which would probably suit me. The important part I thought was not to past 3NT at this stage.

[hv=pc=n&s=skt83h9642d9cat62&d=n&v=0&b=1&a=1dp1hp3cp]133|200[/hv] Playing SAYC, no other agreements.

It's certainly way better than IE. Microsoft is dead. Long live Google :-/

Playing Acol, there is no way to stop in 4S unless North decides not to advance after: 1S 2D 3S 4S ?

Just had a hand that I'm almost certain I've played previously. It was played in the Acol club this evening. Could this happen?

I don't think any of the three calls are dreadful. 5 seems a little much at this vul but I wouldn't fault partner if he bid it.

Well, partner had: [hv=pc=n&n=s8763hkqj2d6ck973]133|100[/hv] Only one pair were in the slam (making it) but several made 12 tricks, as West's natural lead was the queen of clubs.