Preface
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Purpose:
1)
Mainly to
give beginners and intermediate players some suggestions for bidding and/or playing a
hand.
2)
Sometimes
to look at an interesting hand played at
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Notes:
1)
Bidding is designed for the majority of players i.e. players using
Standard American with 4 or 5 card majors and having 4+ diamonds to open
1D.
2)
In
conjunction with 1), most
bids/hands are set to avoid an
opening bid of 1C. This avoids
the huge difference between a hand definitely holding 4+ clubs versus possibly
only 2 clubs. “Better Minor” is not used
here.
3)
The
direction, vulnerability and minor details of hands played at Maitland Bridge
Club may not be the same as the original hand.
4)
Seeing
all 4 hands does help one to see reasons for bidding, leads, etc. but in some
cases I have deliberately chosen not to
display all 4 hands. This is
closer to the realistic situation one faces at the bridge table. (eg. When the opponents don’t bid, you
don’t know where missing values/important cards
are.)
5)
Comments
are my suggestions. Your opinion may
differ.
6)
Some
hands have more than one suggestion/major point.
·
For beginners, the “Main Points” may be
sufficient.
·
For others, the “Extra Points” may also be of
use.
Martin
Eggins
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