sceptic

I will defend my 4 spade bid by saying, I expected my p to be short in clubs, I expected not much in the way of HCP in hearts, but I did expect HCP in diamonds and hopefully at least Qxx spades I thought my heart holding was excellent and would help me in the play amd the club singleton to be a bonus

[hv=d=s&v=e&n=saqht5dak9cj76543&w=skt9753hkj84dt6ct&e=sj8h972dqj832cakq&s=s642haq63d754c982]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv] West North East South - - - Pass Pass 1♣ Dbl 1♥ 4♠ Dbl Pass Pass Pass OK you may have guessed by now, I bid 4 spades, what do you think of our bids

I am curious here, how do you know this is P's suit they may have 5 - 3 hearts and you lead into them?

if it is not true, what clues should we look for ?

I was told more than once never lead from a doubleton, but that is not always true

I think it is hard to go off topic here so any commebnts you have about this are welcomed

Hi I am curious as to how the experts think and play against different levels of opponents and how the decide when they sit at a table with strangers how they evaluate them. my thought process is this (usually a mistake when I start thinking) I see comments and questions here and the experts put on it expert opps or average opps, so it got me thinking that you must play differently against experts than you do against average players I am also curious, is it harder to use your toys and fancy conventions against people you cant trust to bid accurately

Hi, Can someone explain minor suit texas to me please, I am curious how it differs from minor suit transfers and if possible provide a link and a response structure

excellent idea :)

I may try J spades and let thm do the work

[hv=d=w&v=n&n=s972hj53dj642c743&w=sqt5haq984daq53ck&e=s84hkt7dt987ct865&s=sakj63h62dkcaqj92]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv] West North East South 1♥ Pass Pass 2♥ Pass 2♠ Pass 4♠ Pass Pass Pass ok this one, I was forced to bid I would like to know what you think of this . also I went down 2 should I have seen the Play of stiff K clubs

[hv=d=n&v=n&n=skq9532hq8da75cj9&w=sj8hakdt94cakqt84&e=sat4h96542dk62c63&s=s76hjt73dqj83c752]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv] West North East South - 1♠ Pass Pass 2♣ 2♠ Pass Pass 3♣ Pass Pass 3♠ Pass Pass Pass 1 spade 2 spade by me, was it that bad?

[hv=d=e&v=n&n=sajt92hjdak632ca2&w=sk86hq976dj5cj987&e=sq5ht8542dt97ckt5&s=s743hak3dq84cq643]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv] West North East South - - Pass Pass Pass 1♠ Pass 2♦ Pass 4♣ Pass 4♥ Pass 4NT Pass 5♣ Pass 5♦ Pass 5♠ Pass Pass Pass Hi all, Loads of people bid and made slam in this and I got a -3 imps for my efforts, I am not 100% convinced it is a good slam. So can I have your opinions on my bidding . thx, btw 2 diamonds drury shows 3 spades and 10 - 11 hcp

does anyone know what Copenhagen is and do you have any links to it please

http://www.bridgeguys.com/Squeeze/Squeeze.html

http://www.bridgeguys.com/Squeeze/BackwashSqueeze.html

your first mistake was playing in OK bridge and not here, I am not sure what you should have bid though :lol:

much faster, I have not timed it, but it is much quicker to open BBO another smart move. and that is noticable on 1.1 broadband

1NT 16 -18 1NT 15 - 17 1NT 14 - 16 1NT 12 - 14 1NT 10 - 12 add any I missed I think sayc started as 16 - 18 and then some dropped it to 15 - 17 Acol is 12 -14 ( I think this is more a preemptive type bid, to take bidding space from opps) 10 - 12 (mini I think) In your opinion what is best for SAYC and what is best for 2/1 and what are your general comments if some one played one of these (it does not matter which) and they wanted to try something different, what advice would you give them i.e. benefits and concerns about each I hope you understand what I am asking :)

http://www.prairienet.org/bridge/ I think Karen has some excellent articles to help any beginner http://www.prairienet.org/bridge/respcomp.htm this page may be of some use

http://www.prairienet.org/bridge/ I think Karen has some excellent articles to help any beginner http://www.prairienet.org/bridge/respcomp.htm this page may be of some use

or that I was seeking adulation LOL

I never I just said that so no one would look at my play and say it was ok because I made it

[hv=d=n&v=a&n=st54haqt2dk96cakt&w=sqhj76da87cj98743&e=sakj97632h4dq54c2&s=s8hk9853djt32cq65]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv] West North East South - 1NT 4♠ Pass Pass Dbl Pass Pass Pass was this a sensible bid ? (opinions before you see how many I went down, please don't look at the hand in myhands before you comment LOL) what result do you think I was aiming for when I made this bid? what defence over NT would have got me to the best place for this hand? what is the best defence over NT in your opinion ? ( and why do you like it)

10 spades