grbradt

Hi, I wrote a free bridge program some time ago, and I had nearly forgotten about it until someone emailed me about it today. It is available at Count 0.1 It is a downloadable program which aims to help beginners practice their counting skills. Regards, George Bradt

Thanks! George

I am just learning to program computers, and discovered that this bridge-playing program (Easy Bridge) was made open source (GNU). It might be fun to fiddle (and learn) with, but the original programmer seems to have disappeared, and I can't find the source code. It's a long shot, but would anyone have a copy of the source code, or know where to find it? (For one thing, it produces an invalid PBN file that would be an easy fix) Thanks George

No, IE 6.0

I also get this message everytime i exit BBO, but unlike the OP'er I suffer no after-effects, so I just ignore it. Just thought I'd mention it.

So the first q-bid cannot be a suit bid by partner. OK, thanks!

[hv=d=s&s=skqj87hakjda2c863]133|100|[/hv] A book example, with South opening, the auction is 1♠ 2♦ 2♠ 3♠ 4♥ 4♠ 5♦ 6♠ pass Why does South show Heart stopper first? Looks like he shows 2nd round Diamond control with this sequence?

When making a 2/1 game force bid, is there any minimum suit quality for the suit bid? And specifically for the auction 1♦-2♣, is ♣Qxxxx sufficient quality? Thanks!

My plan was to take ♥A, cash ♠A, overtake ♣Q and run clubs. Hope i didn't embarrass myself! lol

Perhaps it was set on "crazy mode"? lol

Thanks to all who replied, that was great input. My example hand was probably not the best way to illustrate my question, I should have just asked about a 5332 hand, minimum, no slam interest. If the author is implying that you bid 3H here using fast arrival, it must be because the strain is not certain (which seems strange given the 5-3 fit). Otherwise he is describing a picture bid, and is misleading (to me add least), given that it is described under the rubric of "fast arrival".

[hv=s=saqxxxhkjxdaxxcxx]133|100|[/hv] I am starting thru Thurston's 25 Steps to Learning 2/1. Under the topic "raising partners heart suit" pg 54/55 this hand is given. You are opener and auction starts 1S-p-2H -p. He briefly discusses principle of fast arrival, and says to bid 4H with "4-card support, a minimum opener and no side suit shortness". Ok, but why is this restricted to 4-card support? He gives the above hand with 3-card support, and bids 3H here. Isn't 3H encouraging? Why don't you bid 4H with this hand? Thanks!

[hv=d=w&v=n&s=sk974hkda963ckq83]133|100|Scoring: IMP[/hv] Bidding is p-p-1C-? I was kibbing an ACBL pairs event the other day, when i saw this. I was expecting south to pass here, when instead he bid 1D. South is advanced on profile, so i thought hehe he miscounted his suit. So i looked at some of the other tables and was very surprised to see most bidding here. Here was breakdown, mostly advanced, experts plus 1 world class: 5 bid 1 NT, 4 bid 1D, 11 bid x, 4 passed. One of the doublers alerted his bid with 15+. With scattered values and stiff K, how can you valuate this hand as 15? And your best suit was just bid. I am confused.....

[hv=n=sat643h6dk76ca532&s=sqj9haj9daq43ck84]133|200|Here is an example from Watson's Play of the Hand. Contract is 3NT, and west opening lead is ♥4, and east plays ♥Q. Watson now comments that "By applying the Rule of Eleven on his own behalf, the Declarer can see that a hold-up in hearts will do him no good". I don't understand this, east has at least 3 hearts, but if suit divides 6-3 a hold-up would work if the spade finesse fails...I agree going up with the A and hoping the J-9 develop into a second stopper is probably the percentage play, but what does rule of eleven have to do with it? [/hv]

Never mind! South just plays low, forgot about the ♠10 in North hand

Hello, I am a novice starting to work through the book 'How to Play a Bridge Hand' by William Root. Here is his illustration #1 introducing the concept of ducking. North ♠10 2 ♥6 3 ♦A 9 5 ♣A 7 6 5 4 2 South ♠A Q 6 5 ♥A K Q ♦K 7 3 2 ♣10 3 Contract is 3NT and opening lead is ♥J After taking trick 1, declarer leads a club and ducks. At this point Root says 'Assuming either defender wins the club trick and returns a heart (no defense is better)....' . My question is what happens if East wins the club trick, and switches to a spade? Assuming the ♠K is offside, and the spades split 4-3 and the clubs split 2-3, how does South make this contract? Feel like I'm missing something obvious! Thanks for any help here, George