What kind of hands do you like/hate?

[Vampyr]

We play GBP 1.50, increased from 1.00 last year. On bridge.nl I see a few open tourneys with zero entry fee. It is a low-service club where the only free treat is lemonade and we don't have bridgemates.

 

I guess London is another planet. At the YC the entry is £10 for non-members and £7.50 for members ( annual membership fee £45). And nothing is free.

Just came home from Palma (Mallorca) where they charged 8 euros. There were no free drinks and the players even brought their own bidding boxes!

 

They do provide bidding boxes though.

 

I think Robson's charge £10 for members, and membership is around £65, or at least it was a few years ago.

[billw55]

I guess London is another planet. At the YC the entry is £10 for non-members and £7.50 for members ( annual membership fee £45). And nothing is free.

 

 

They do provide bidding boxes though.

 

I think Robson's charge £10 for members, and membership is around £65, or at least it was a few years ago.

It doesn't really sound bad for an evening's entertainment. Pricier than where I play, but everything costs more in a big city.

[Lord Molyb]

I only hate hands where I have a balanced 6-9 points and I don't get to bid much.

So of course these are the ONLY kinds of hands I get.

[Cthulhu D]

I assume that most of us tend to play in fields in which we are above average, so we probably prefer situations which test basic skill, like a bad trump split: it's bad for everyone but the stronger player will cope better.

 

I don't, my team is one of the weakest in our club competitions. As a result I like relatively flat boards with the opportunity to stick in a systematic and aggressive overcall because that is where we do the best. Really, any hands where we have a clear systemic bid and the field doesn't are the most likely opportunities to get a good result, so weak hands with both majors, balanced 14 counts that we open 1NT etc.

[mike777]

In movies there is a famous...very famous phrase:

 

 

" In a World"

 

 

In bridge we could add the phrase " I double"

 

 

What does that mean?

[gordontd]

I guess London is another planet. At the YC the entry is £10 for non-members and £7.50 for members ( annual membership fee £45). And nothing is free.

 

 

They do provide bidding boxes though.

 

I think Robson's charge £10 for members, and membership is around £65, or at least it was a few years ago.

It was US20 when I played a club game in New York this summer.

[fromageGB]

Hey, some bridge clubs are free, if you go online!

[RSClyde]

I only hate hands where I have a balanced 6-9 points and I don't get to bid much.

So of course these are the ONLY kinds of hands I get.

Agreed. What I hate just as much are the people who, in the face of such moanings, proclaim, "Well you just have to defend well." Which, naturally, is better than defending poorly. But you spend the auction at the mercy of your opponents, and may not have that much input in the play either. Maybe it's just an asperger thing, but I'd rather have some control.

[GreenMan]

A friend told me once he got a few bad hands in a row, so he decided to keep track and see just how bad his hands were for the session. He had a 2♣ and a 2NT hand and still ended with less than 6 HCP on average. He and his partner also had one of their best sessions ever, and he attributed it to his staying interested in the bad hands instead of tuning out.

 

There, now you have a reason to like subpar hands, because they're a chance to show off your superior concentration abilities. :P

[Vampyr]

It was US20 when I played a club game in New York this summer.

 

Yes, well I meant a different planet compared to the rest of England.

[Lord Molyb]

A friend told me once he got a few bad hands in a row, so he decided to keep track and see just how bad his hands were for the session. He had a 2♣ and a 2NT hand and still ended with less than 6 HCP on average. He and his partner also had one of their best sessions ever, and he attributed it to his staying interested in the bad hands instead of tuning out.

 

There, now you have a reason to like subpar hands, because they're a chance to show off your superior concentration abilities. :P

I did that too in a swiss pairs, even with one round being like 4 precision openers I got 7 HCP on average.

We won :)