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October 17th, 2006

Test your card combinations #1 - answers

Yesterday I posted the following card combination, asking how you would play given different goals.

♠ AQ74

♠ J865

How do you play this combination…
1a) …for 4 tricks?
You have very few options here other than finding the K doubleton of spades onside. Lead low to the Q, cash the Ace and hope the K drops. […]

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October 17th, 2006

Test your card combinations #1

Card combination problems are a good way to work on improving your technical declarer play. By focusing on a single suit, you can simplify the play for a complex hand. This can give easily turn into positive results at the table.
For each of these problems, unless otherwise stated, assume that you are playing […]

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September 3rd, 2006

Freakish distribution.

In my previous post, I described this highly unusual hand:

AQTxxx
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AKT9xxx

After 3 passes to me, I chose to open 1C (natural) rather than 2C (strong).
On a different deal yesterday, I had another strong highly distributional hand:

AKQJxxx
AJTxx
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x

This one I chose to open 2C. I’m sure that there are players who would advocate […]

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September 2nd, 2006

Hand evaluation in unusual auctions.

Playing in the Atlanta regional today, my partner held this hand (IMPS, all vulnerable, 2nd seat.):
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August 22nd, 2006

Playing in the ABA, part 2.

In the first part of this series, we were faced with the following declarer problem after West bid both majors:
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August 18th, 2006

Playing in the ABA, part 1.

In addition to the ACBL, there is another American bridge orginization, one which has been around about as long: The American Bridge Association. The ABA was created back in the days of racial segregation. Most of its membership consists of Black bridge players, however all events (just as in the ACBL) are […]

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April 16th, 2006

Test Your Play #1 - Solution

After 1NT (15-17) - 3NT by the opponents, you are faced with this defensive problem:
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April 15th, 2006

Test your play #1

Consider this the first in a regular series of card play problems, either defense or declarer play. Solutions will be posted separately.
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April 7th, 2006

The Little Things

Sometimes the smallest details can make or break a bridge hand.
This deal is an actual hand from the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams at the Dallas NABC.
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