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Bridge Thoughts: May 2009

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Sunday, May 31, 2009. I was just commenting on the Seniors Camrose on BBO and watched Paul Hackett open 1D (2nd seat, vul vs not) on the hand below:. That's 11 HCP on the 4-3-2-1 scale and only 9.6 on the 11-7-4-2-1 scale (7 7 4 4 2=24 * 4/10 = 9.6). That's before adjusting for the doubleton queen. The spades are worth a bit extra due to the honours working together, but still the hand is clearly weaker than an average 10 HCP when evaluated correctly. The Kaplan/Rubens hand evaluator. Calls it 9.75.

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Bridge Thoughts: The Case for the Weak NT: Going for a Number

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009. The Case for the Weak NT: Going for a Number. Nobody likes to get doubled and concede a big penalty. There will be times when this happens and you get a bad result that could only have been avoided by not playing a weak notrump in the first place. The question is how often this happens and whether the cost outweighs the benefits described in the previous three sections. I've done some computer analysis on this, using the following assumptions:. They may double and you make.

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Bridge Thoughts: June 2009

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Friday, June 19, 2009. I played interclub last night so missed the second half of our Juniors against Australia on Vugraph. Since BBO saves its Vugraph sessions I was able to download it and construct a text file report of the match which is below. Here is the link: PABF R1-2.txt. I've added two more, the NZ women against Australia and the open team against Singapore:. Here is the link: PABF R1-4.txt. Here is the link: PABF R1-7.txt. Thursday, June 18, 2009. One of my pet hates is 'practice Stayman', whe...

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Bridge Thoughts: Bermuda Bowl Analysis

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009. I have done some analysis on the performance of each pair in the Bermuda Bowl final. The method is based on assigning each pair an IMP score on each board reflecting the result they deserve to get relative to an error-free world class pair. In most cases I did this independently of the actual result so a minus would be assigned for missing a good game regardless of whether the game made in practice. Avg IMPs per board. It appears that the choice of lineups accounts for almost...

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Bridge Thoughts: September 2009

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009. I have done some analysis on the performance of each pair in the Bermuda Bowl final. The method is based on assigning each pair an IMP score on each board reflecting the result they deserve to get relative to an error-free world class pair. In most cases I did this independently of the actual result so a minus would be assigned for missing a good game regardless of whether the game made in practice. Avg IMPs per board. It appears that the choice of lineups accounts for almost...

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Bridge Thoughts: The Case for the Weak NT: Playing the wrong partscore

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Thursday, September 10, 2009. The Case for the Weak NT: Playing the wrong partscore. After a 1NT opening there is always a risk of a missing a 4-4 major fit on a partscore hand. The weak notrump occurs with greater frequency which makes this more likely and also the extra strength of the strong notrump means that 1NT will still often make when a better spot is available. To actually lose IMPs this way, though, several things have to happen:. 1NT has to go down while 2 of a major is making. Defeating an u...

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ToyBridge: Overcall lunacy

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During the NZ teams I played on a 5 person team which wasn't very serious about its chances. We had two pairs that had played quite a bit together but they had a player in common so at most we had one stable partnership. Nobody dreamed of saying no and so I got the opportunity to play on a team and at the table with a New Zealand bridge legend. And what did I pick up? After one pass, John opened 1 ♦. And before I could bid 1 ♥. Seemed like a good result. A good result indeed, what was East up to? Novembe...

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Úryvky ze Spingoldu 2012, Round of 32

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Úryvky ze Spingoldu 2012, Round of 32. Když se nedaří, tak se nedaří. Když jsem v dřívějším článku zmiňoval, že jsou u NABC ( North American Bridge Championships. Další doplňkové turnaje, myslel jsem to s prázdninovou předolympijskou rezervou. Vedle náročných párových turnajů tu je týmový turnaj Wagar, Mini-Spingold, a především Spingold, kde jsme v letech 2010 a 2011 mohli shlédnout naše reprezentanty Milana Macuru a Michala Kopeckého. Letos. Aktuální výsledky je možné dohledat na této stránce. Poněvadž...

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Bridge Blogging: Your #1 Bridge Blog Resource » For Bloggers

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