Видео

💙

💙

Thank you Don, I found it extremely useful. Must tell partner to view it too!

Thanks Don! Very useful lesson

with most partners, i have the agreement that in principle (other than at adverse vulnerabity) the opps cannot play undoubled below 2nt (though the holding or not holding of spades is also a factor)

Don, thank you for sharing all the details of your thinking- it was very instructive.

Thanks Don and Bajir- great to be reminded

Is there an agreement for Gambling 3NT? if so what can you infer from it not being bid.

I would go 6D, NT risks losers in Hearts and spades.

The play on this hand was LUCKY! Very, very lucky.

thanks, most pairs play inverted minors, so 1C-2C or 1D-2D shows at least 22 HCP between them, what would you do then?

Nice , tks

Great tutorial 🎉

About the example with the 8-card spades, 2c is the opening bid rather than the 1s suggested. If the latter option is passed out, a nice game, or even better, is probably missed. A weak 2d of responder is no harm, and with an extra ace game is almost foolproof.

You could always have led a diamond yourself if you had to.

Transportation can screw you!! I would never bid 7NT on this hand!!

Why not respond 2NT?

The clubs do matter if you play a sensible signalling method. The correct card on the second round is the 10, which partner can read as the highest of equals when declarer ruffs. This should be a signal for spades, particularly when the C9 follows as the next discard. The real question on this hand is what X over 4H actually means for the GIB bidding system. I think for the bidding discussion to have any real merit, this needed to be highlighted. For example, if X were Responsive and South decided to stretch, North would be able to continue 4NT offering a choice of minors. That would be a somewhat higher-level discussion, since many club players would not think about what such a 4NT bid might mean.

If my regular partner is North, i would respond 2NT to his 1S opening bid, alerted and described as "early blackwood." His response, 3H (2 KCs no trump Q). Then I would settle at 6S. I could bid the early blackwood because i have first or second round stoppers in all of the off suits. Very effective, allowing us to stop at 4 if the answer to blackwood isn't favorable.

6d seems better than pass on the balance. Even if partner has a hand like this one the slam is on a diamond finesse, but it's very possible for them to have a hand where there isn't even a diamond finesse. For the 4 non-diamond cards even if partner has 2c and 2h so you can't pitch the heart loser then he'd have a spade void so no AS loser. Generally I'm happy bidding slams that are roughly worse case finesse and have a substantial chance of just being trick one claim. Here partner had the minimum and the diamond finesse was off I think you take your bad board when luck is that against you. It doesn't make sense to not bid slam all the times partner's suit starts with AK because you are losing to 3-0 diamonds or the KD off when his suit is AJ.

With four losers and a stunning side suit with an additional Ace I would bid 6 Hearts immediately with the South hand. I mean, come on! No science involved, the opponents won't give us the time or space to investigate. If they sacrifice in 6 Spades (for minus 1100) then I will bid 7 Hearts and to hell with them. The would have to be a really plucky pair to bid on to 7 Spaces, but they should. Six/four knock at the door, six/five come alive baby, and don't forget it...

Brilliant teaching. I learned so much.

I'm not sure how you counted the 13th trick. If N held the 2 of hearts instead the 2 of diamonds, wouldn't bidding have gone the same?

I take it that a support double is an agreed convention between the players?

How is your partner spozed to know which meaning a double is being used for??

The great thing about support doubles is what they show and don't show - if you pass - now your partner knows you have less than 3 in your suit.

WITH 2 D 5 NO.

Could be down 2 with a spade continuation and an uppercut ruff with the Jack of Diamonds.

10 easy trick when east throw a diamong in first trick,

I would double 1 spade, this could show only 3 hearts but as advancer I would think partner would have 4, if partner didn't respond over 2 diamonds from west. then I would bid 4 clubs over 3 diamonds, I understand that this shows 17+ hcp's but the void diamond suit is a huge benefit I think, partner may then correct to hearts if they are flat broke in clubs, My take is the doubling of the openers spade bid too show 4 hearts

A thought to keep in mind is that a 2 Club Opening will always have problems if Opener is distributional and doesn't know what the final denomination is going to be. So 2-suited hands should try to avoid opening 2 Clubs.

Cue bid limit raises over 2NT and Michaels....how many points should Advancer hold?

One

Great explanations. I don't know how players can keep all this info in their heads: which opp has played which honours, what their hand shape is, what was the bidding again, what could they have bid but didn't... Oh, and don't lose track of how many trumps are still out there!

Yes❤yes❤yes❤

Both teachers led us through this brilliantly

Playing Michael's, I'm going to bid 2H at the first go rather than double, as I'm only looking for 3 spades in partner's hand, not 4. I believe this makes it a bit easier to find the spade fit when it's right. This also removes temptation from Partner if he was dealt QT98xx in hearts (and West was dealt thee club K instead of the heart Q and club J).

I’m surprised he only made 3NT considering he had a free finesse from the S Ten opening lead. 3 spades tricks, 2 hearts, 1/2 clubs, and very likely 4 diamonds (if qualified first) were available.

This is dumb luck, and someone is trying to make genius out of it. The fact that he answered that he would not open 1NT if the 6 cards were hearts or spades, explains the craziness. This is the dumb message bridge instructors drill in students heads, because it’s “better to risk playing a game hand and NOT make it than bid a partial game and make it. Question: what if N has W’s hand, which similar in strength & distribution? Would Curt be celebrating his genius bidding NT? Of course not. He would not make it. The best advice: bid the hand you have, not the you hope your partner has. Bottom line: don’t open bid NT with 2 doubletons, a singleton, or a void-no exception, and don’t confuse your partner.

What will E discard? Won't they discard few diamonds since E has only 1 Spade in it's hand ?

Thank you for this.

Very nice. Thank you

Very nice. Thank you.

Very nice. Thank you.

.Anita Atlanta, GA

13 cards each

Anita, Atlanta, GA

Juan must be a green bird because he was half disappeared with the green screen effect.

6 d

6NT.........