toystar

I truly confess that I have never enjoyed real bridge game. I've been enjoying it only through Internet (BBO MSN gaming zone OKbridge...)during my 10 years of bridge career. And I'm not an advanced player nor an expert. I'm just an advancing player. If there's any one who is to blame for this kind of fake bidding, it is definitely not I who am an innocent and naive, a good listening bridge student who bids and plays as he has been taught but the author of 5 weeks to winning bridge(Alfred Sheinwold) and his acquaintance, the clergyman (the hero in the chapter of fake cue bid page 101-102) To my great surprize and to my sorrow, there has been no comments in this forum about Alfred Sheinwold's fake cue bid.......

Alfred Sheinwold's 5 weeks to winning bridge (my favorite bridge book) At page 101-102 Fake cue bids A player may sometimes "promise" an ace that he doesn't actually hold. For example, with the last hand: ♠AQT85 ♥KQJ ♦AQ3 ♣52 opener responder 1♠ 3♠ If , as the opener, you now want to bid four clubs with the two small clubs, the District Attorney's office will refuse to prosecute. The bid will probably get you some information, and may also discourage a club opening lead. Even if you stop short of a slam, you may profit by confusion in the ranks of the enemy. If the idea of making a larcenous cue bid has never occurred to you, give it some thought. There is room in contract bridge for much low cunning as well as logic and science. Amiable larceny of this kind is perfectly sporting and provide some of the biggest thrills in the game. A highly respected clergyman of my acquaintance makes it a point to throw a fake cue bid at his opponents now and then. He practically always gets away with it, how can anybody doubt a clergyman? But sometimes a suspicious opponent will lead up to the cue bid, and then it may turn out that the Reverend has a perfectly normal ace-queen and is delighted to get such a friendly opening lead. This is, of course, the chief reason for making fake cue bids. They correspond to the bluff in poker. If you never bluff, you are easy to play against. THE TRUE ART OF BIDDING CONSISTS OF KEEPING YOUR PARTNER TRUSFUL AND THE OPPONENTS MISTRUSTFUL. Waiting for your opinions...

Yes I agree my p's 3♥ bid was questionable and my 4♥ bid was a little (or much?) greedy.......

Now I add "Sometimes I enjoy Fake bidding" to my profile.

[hv=d=s&v=b&n=s8642h82dj532cqj7&w=skq75hak763d86cat&e=sa9hq95d974ck9854&s=sjt3hjt4dakqtc632]399|300|[/hv] I was west and south (dealer) passed I bid 1 ♥ pass and my P raised 2♥ and i bid 3♦ (fake bid to prevent ♦ opening hoping to discard my worthless ♦ with help of my p's some good cards) and my p raised to 3♥ and I bid 4♥ and 4♥ was final contract. I managed to get all 13 tricks by opp's opening 4 of♠ (my p had nice ♠ ace) As soon as the game ended. my expert opp removed me from the table. I told her... Why removed me? my 3♦ bid was fake to prevent ♦ opening. u r not very gentle. Her answer was .... I do not tolerate psyches at my table, that's why Is there any rule not to fake bid?

both sides vul Dealer West and the contract was 3H by opp and they made it with 1 overtrick. I think if I bid 2S they would bid 3H and raise to 4H making game contract... So I might deserve the medal for depriving their game contract....(humble opinion) The Hand was as such North S95 HK742 DK643 CKQ6 South SA32 HAJ985 D8 CA742 East SQJT874 H- DAJT5 CT93 West SK6 HQT63 DQ972 CJ86 pass-pass-1S-2H pass-3H-all pass 10 tricks made

I was in 3rd hand and my hand was Spade QJTxxx void in Heart Diamond AJTx Club T9x I bid 1S after 2 passes. but one of my opp (expert) says : opening the bidding with 8 hcp does not represent quality bridge to my way of thinking...... Should I bid 2S (weak) in this case? I thought 6 cards Spades and void in Heart enough for 3rd hand opening 1S .