Bridge tip PARTNERSHIP

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Please tell us your favourite bridge tip for a good PARTNERSHIP here and perhaps explain it there:

http://forums.bridgebase.com/index.php?showtopic=10445

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luke warm Oct 6 2005, 12:57 AM

Never result the hand, especially if it reflects upon partner

[TheoKole]

Always trust your partner, not the opponents!

 

Theo

[helene_t]

There was an interesting hint in a recent issue of the Dutch BF Magazine "Bridge":

 

Relieve partner from the "monkey" (don't know how "monkey" translates into English)

 

The idea is this: if partner just made a decision that turned out badly, he may be in unstable mood and prone to making wrong decisions. For example, if he just bid too high he is likely to "compensate" by bidding too timid next time a similar situations occurs.

 

Under those circumstances, you should avoid potential "blame transfer" like invitational calls, optional doubles and forcing passes.

 

Not sure if I agree with this. It may depend who your partner is. My immediate reaction is that "parking" bad results is an essential part of the game. You should not "protect" partner from learning it. Like you shouldn't goulash the cards so that partner always gets balanced hands if you think he can't evaluate unbalanced hands.

[Gerben42]

Learn to say sorry, even if it's partially partner's fault.

[P_Marlowe]

Hi,

 

handle your partnership like a business, fair and correct,

if you feel the business is going nowhere, end it.

 

A list of good rules can be find here:

http://www.fifthchair.org/archive/misc/21%...d%20Partner.pdf

 

With kind regards

Marlowe

[Chamaco]

"Bridge is like dance: technique's important but what really matters is not to step on partner's feet"

 

:blink:

[Finch]

Relieve partner from the "monkey" (don't know how "monkey" translates into English)

There's a bit of business-eze that originally came from a very good Harvard Business Review article called "who's got the monkey?" (by William Oncken & Donald Wass). The idea is that problems/decisions etc are monkeys, and it's good management to be clear who is responsible for their care & feeding (it's good delegation not to be the person who owns them).

[whereagles]

Always trust your partner, not the opponents!

Corollary: if the deck seems to have 50 points, trust OPPS, not pard :blink:

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mikeh said in another thread:

Never, ever criticize partner during the game.

[olegru]

When you became a declarer do not think about your partner's bidding on current board - if you do not want him to think about your declarer's play during the bidding of the next board.

[Gerben42]

If you are dummy, don't pay attention. Instead use your energy for moments where you are not dummy.

As a bonus you won't notice how partner goes down in a cold contract.

[hrothgar]

Electric shock dog collars are invaluable for any new partnership...

http://www.radiofence.com/shock_collars.htm

 

These devices permit quick and unequivical feedback regarding opening leads, signaling, you name it!

[Winstonm]

Rule #1: Never discuss any hand during play.

Rule #2: If there is a misunderstanding, the pre-selected partner should address the issue and his word is the final say until after the session is over.

Rule #3: The result on the hand just played cannot be changed. Move on to the next hand.

[Al_U_Card]

Partner may not always be right, but he is always your partner.

[Blofeld]

Always trust your partner, not the opponents!

Corollary: if the deck seems to have 50 points, trust OPPS, not pard :)

Disagree strongly.

 

For one thing, if it works, you're fielding partner's bid. Secondly, I've seen some absolutely awful results that have occurred in this sort of situation. Letting through 1NTx when it should be at least 2 off because of trusting declarer's bidding rather than partner's, for instance.

[mikeh]

If partner makes a reasonable but losing play (say, guessing a position in the endgame with imperfect inferences available), say only "I would have made the same play" (especially if you would not!)

 

That allows partner to move on, rather than worry about how he should have got it right.

 

If you think that he missed an inference that ought to have led to the winning guess, save it for after the game, and then raise it in a manner such as:

 

"On Board 13, maybe there was a clue from.... (insert the inference)"

 

Partner may agree with you or may point out that he considerd this but went the other way due to another inference. In any event, you have not been overtly critical.

 

BTW, this only works because I always follow the play when dummy. It may be a bad habit, I know lots of people say that dummy should relax, but I find it keeps me zoned in. And sometimes you learn something :)

 

If he gets the guess right, say only "well done".

[luke warm]

never side with an opponent over partner

 

partner wants to win every bit as much as you do

 

you have two opps, you don't need three - criticizing/resulting gives you three

[Fluffy]

Open as many 1/2NT as you can, that way you will hopefully rightside most contracts and make that M%##%&%n that sits in front of you out off the deal.

[Double !]

1) When you know what to do, do it!

 

When you're not sure, remember that you have a partner sitting across the table from you who is trying just as hard as you are.

 

2) COUNT!

 

3) NEVER become involved in opp's discussions.

 

4) Don't discuss things at the table. If it can wait, let it wait.

 

5) Warning to all partners: if I pitch less that 1 1/2 boards in a session, I've played well! lolololol

[helene_t]

Always trust your partner, not the opponents!

Corollary: if the deck seems to have 50 points, trust OPPS, not pard :)

Provided that partner is more likely to psych or err than both opps combined. This may not be the case.

 

For one thing, if it works, you're fielding partner's bid.

If the opps tell you that partner psyched then you are allowed to use that information. Of course you should pre-alert that partner is a frequent psycher so that opps have the chance of making the same inference.

 

But I saw a good one on someone's profile recently: "Psyches rare, errors frequent". So if there are 50 points in the deck, someone erred, and unless you care more for the short-term results than for your partnership, that someone can never be partner.

[Fluffy]

If you are playing on the main bridge club online, and you are declaring, jsut claim when you know what is gonna happen, remember tehre is a partner sitting in front who is boring. I remember once claiming 7 tricks playing 1 NT (very few of them were top trricks), BEFORE my opponent could lead ;). The faster you claim, the more you play.

[dogsbreath]

hi

I am deeply concerned by the advent of high tech equipment into the game. electric shock dog-collars particularly worries me as i frequently fall asleep while dummy.

 

rgds Dog

[Double !]

hi

I am deeply concerned by the advent of high tech equipment into the game. electric shock dog-collars particularly worries me as i frequently fall asleep while dummy.

 

rgds Dog

not to worry,

Un-named sources have leaked the information that someone will ring a bell first each time before delivering any shocks (which are purported to be relatively mild). I have not yet received clear permission to reveal the identity of this source.