rogerclee

pitch ♥q, guard squeeze

I'm not a genius, I'm just going to win in dummy, draw trumps, and play a club to my J.

3♠, thought this was the routine bid.

LOL I protest your behaviour. Not nice. As topic starter you are expected to be kind. Just check : http://forums.bridgebase.com/index.php?sho...=0entry319235 Given example I did not judge your comments. Tried to show without any sarcastic comment & gloating. I would really like not to see your comments on my next posts. Likewise I ll follow same route and never join your posts from now on. Good luck in your bridge career. LOL

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IMPs, Red vs White, Third Seat ♠K9x ♥void ♦AKJT9xx ♣Qxx 1♠ - (P) - 2♦ - (2NT) P - (5♥) - ? You play 2/1 GF. If you pass, partner will double.

33%. I win.

4♦, bridge is very seldom about being a genius, it is important to get these routine decisions right. A 4m preempt is just much more effective than a 3m preempt.

I would recommend Lawrence's "How to Read Your Opponents' Cards" to all players who haven't read it. It really contains a lot of information that would normally require a player years of experience to get a handle on.

2♠ by partner was game forcing, 3♣ by us is automatic after that. Over partner's 3♦, we are trying to probe for the best game. The most descriptive call you can make is clearly 3♥.

[hv=d=e&v=e&n=sq2hk9xxdakxcakxx&s=s74hajtxxdqxcjxxx]133|200|Scoring: IMP[/hv] (2♠) - P - (3♠) - Dbl (P) - 4♥ - AP LHO is a beginner but bids aggressively, RHO is good and bids pretty normally. LHO leads the ♠5, ducked to RHO's ♠J. RHO plays the ♠K (his partner following with the ♠6), and switches to the ♦2.

2♦

JDONN?

I would go with the ♦J. Dislike leading clubs, which is the only possible non-diamond option. Going passive is wrong, declarer will just set up a pitch too often if you do that.

I feel strongly that holding training sessions is definitely the best way of determining the 2010 teams. Either hand-selecting the teams or having a trial afterwards is fine, depending on how the Junior committee sees fit. It is not a secret that American junior bridge is getting weaker. It is also rare for a country to have so many strong older players capable of coaching and helping the juniors. If we had to select twelve U21 players right now, I would predict a disappointing American showing. Nobody on last year's U26 or U28 teams will be eligible for the U21 competition in 2010, and one (or maybe two) of the best players on last year's U21 team will be too old by 2010 to play. However, there is one big chance for U21 bridge; when you are that young, you are capable of learning very quickly. If the USBF could successfully get a bunch of enthusiastic U21 players together and really encourage them to learn, we could very easily win a gold medal in 2010. A year and a half of practice for 12 to 16 junior players could revitalize American junior bridge. This to me is more important than many, many, many things the ACBL (or USBF) spends money on, so I think that training a new wave of juniors should be a priority, not only to keep America at the top of bridge, but also to maintain interest level among the next generation of players. By the way, e-mailing the top 50 or so masterpoint holders who qualify by the age restriction would be a good start. I'm aware that masterpoints do not really reflect skill level, but it is better than nothing. You could also send an e-mail to each district representative/president and ask for nominations of young players who they feel are truly talented.

3♥, no need to be a genius here.

2C for sure.

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Actually, score me. See page 1. LOL

He was wrong, this is not alertable in any way.

Did some math, seems like the squeeze line is the best no matter what happens on two rounds of hearts. So I have time to test clubs, and if they work, just leave: ♥A9 ♦x ♠Q ♥x ♣x and read them, usually cashing my last club and playing to dummy's ♥A.

7n, don't care who my opponents are.

I would always lead the ♥Q.

Agree with Kevin, 4♣ was just a bad bid by your partner.

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