The main reason an expert plays this game so well is that he never stops counting. He keeps track of the high-card points and the suit distributions. However...
The bidding was identical at both tables in a team match, with both South players a little optimistically superaccepting the transfer. It was somewhat surprising that neither South player bid three notrump to suggest a 4x3 shape along the way to four spades.
Because bridge is a partnership game, players develop a laudable tendency to want to help partner by "telling him something" during the auction. Generally, ...
