The One That Got Away By Karen Walker
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• 27 August, 2016
Fishing isn’t the only sport whose enthusiasts are tempted to tell white lies about their accomplishments. Even bridge players stretch the truth occasionally,…
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• 27 August, 2016Fishing isn’t the only sport whose enthusiasts are tempted to tell white lies about their accomplishments. Even bridge players stretch the truth occasionally,…
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• 17 March, 2016Consider making an overcall with a 4-card suit if you have:
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• 2 March, 2016This popular convention is used after partner opens 1NT and your RHO overcalls a suit.
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• 21 June, 2015In our first introduction to bridge, we were all told that each deal has two distinct phases, and that’s how most of us viewed the bidding and play while we were learning.
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• 2 June, 2015In the previous article, we looked at the trials of the Last Buffoon, who is the player to make the final costly mistake in a competitive auction.
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• 25 April, 2015The idea is that an aggressive, potentially dangerous bid can be a good gamble if it gets you to your best contract or pushes the opponents into a bad one.
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• 24 January, 2014Ever wonder why good bridge players seem to be able to see through the backs of your cards? Why they are so successful in finding the right lead, locating missing honors, guessing the distribution of their opponents’ cards? The answer is that they are usually not guessing.
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• 6 December, 2013There’s no shortage of new bidding theories and conventions to try, but if you aren’t selective, your system can become a patchwork of mismatched bidding toys.
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• 5 December, 2013An excellent article about the philosophy of certain bids, to help us to decide what conventions to play.
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• 28 November, 2013One of the benefits of the Negative Freebid (NFB) is that it allows responder to make more natural bids in competition. Access to part 1 and Part 2