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One of the key issues for me is "who doubled?" In the bidding shown, it was West originally. But now that the seats have been reassigned, it is East who doubled. And that ♦J lead by East is probably a singleton. All too confusing.

When paying to play the robots, if the declarer is North, the software swaps seats for the players, but now there is a mismatch with the bidding. This has confused me a few times.

Thanks. Not sure when/how I changed settings. Back to better size now though.

I prefer the 2021 size for the suit symbols. Larger is better for me with my poor eyesight. https://imgur.com/42QByoc

Matthew Weingarten has just now saved his Twitch commentary of his recent NAOBC games to his YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/MatthewWeingartenbridgeoverlord201/videos. I'm glad he did this. Unfortunately, Twitch videos get deleted after a short time, whereas YouTube videos are a much more "permanent" record. His commentary has certainly been an excellent learning experience for me. I think of them as "thoughts from the heat of the battle".

more tributes https://bridgewinners.com/article/view/justin-lall-1986-2020/

While playing a casual game last Thurs night, there were a number of ejections by the computer. I assume this is because of "slow play". We were actually four friends who were discussing the bidding and the play at the end of each hand. This ejection hadn't happened in the four previous Thursday nights. Has the time, that the computer allows you to discuss the hand, been reduced? (Or maybe our discussion have become longer.) If so, how long do we have, before we have to start the next board?

Original poster here. Another suggested sequence made to me privately was 2C - 2D (wait) - ; 2NT - 4C (Gerber) - ; 4D (0 or 4 aces) - 6NT -; Partner, knowing I have 4 aces, can view her ♥K as an entry and bid 6NT.

>> For us 2♣-2♦-2N-3♠(variety of minor suited GF slam inv hands)-3N(forced)-4♣(single suited clubs) and via any of a number of routes onwards to 6♣/6N. >> many pairs will bid 3♣ (initially Stayman) and then follow up with 4♣ (again 100% forcing) to show a club suit. Thanks for the suggestions. Personally, if I was West, I would take partner for 7 top honours and just jump to 6♣ with her cards. My partner's mind is better organised than mine and she wants a route to slam.

Any suggestions on how to bid this deal? We play 2NT opening = 20-21; so here, 2C then 2NT = 22-23. http://keepcount.net/images/bid-01.png

Matthew Weingarten (bridgeoverlord201, coolbeans) has been streaming on Twitch. Entertaining (and educational!). Warning: some frank comments. Hey, but that's where the entertainment kicks in. https://www.twitch.tv/bridgeoverlord201/videos PS Part of the education is seeing the use of signals in action. Coolbeans and vreemde are using low encouraging and reverse count (high-low shows odd number in suit). The other thing I do is stop the video and see if I can work out the hands: locate missing high cards and determine suits' distribution.

re playing Matchpoints on the landing page - that is, not logging in, just playing Matchpoints anonymously on the landing page. Previously when North won the bidding, I would get to play as North. Now the computer plays. Was it something I said that has caused the software to gazump me?

Wow! 20 different results for the same board Traveller Best result Made all the right deductions about West's holding.

[hv=pc=n&s=skt3ha6dajt532cqt&n=sahjt872dkq6caj53&d=e&v=0&b=14&a=p1dp1hp2dp3cp3nppp]266|200[/hv] This hand makes a slam in diamonds. A number of tables bid the slam. Some Norths jumped directly to 6D over South's 3NT. Some partnerships explored their options by bidding their aces. We stayed in 3NT for a poor result. How could North justify jumping straight to 6D?

Did a bit of searching with "My BBO > Convention Cards" re the sequence 1H - 2C; 3NT, Found this: System - Meaning of 3NT BBO Advanced (2/1): 3NT = 15-17 doubleton or less in clubs SAYC: 3NT = Non-forcing Std English ACOL: 3NT = Non-forcing. 19HCP Balanced to play. Goren KISS: 3NT = Non-forcing. 19-20 bal I know that at the club I have done the jump to 3NT with 16 pts (and a feeling of unease).