ALTHOUGH vulnerability is irrelevant at match-point duplicate in an uncontested auction, it is hugely relevant in the competitive arena. And it is not only your vulnerability that matters – it is also the opponents’.
IMPACT of vulnerability is much misunderstood. I often hear rubber bridge (or Chicago or teams for that matter) players bid a marginal game with the shrug of ‘Ah, well, we’re only non-vulnerable’. Wrong!
Photo Olimpycs 1980: Christian Mari, Paul Chemla, Jimmy Ortiz, Michel Perron, José Damiani, Michel Lebel, Henri Svarc, Philippe Soulet & Pierre Schemeil, captain French team.
I asked my expert panel: Partner opens one-of-a-major. You have a GF hand with at least four-card support for partner and you have a singleton or void. With what types of hands do you splinter?
