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  In this section you can ask your questions about bridge.
Ed Hoogenkamp (Barcelona, Spain) en Peter van der Linden (Orkanger, Norway) will try to reply as well as possible. Their motto is: every question deserves a reply.
Many situations in bridge are debatable so it is likely Spain and Norway will not always share the same view. Important, besides bridge theory, will be the factors sun and ice....
Your questions and our replies will be published on this page.
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How to bid over their weak two opening? |
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Thursday, 29 July 2010 07:00 |
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Dear Ed and Peter,
The Declarer opens the bidding with a 'Weak Two Bid'. How do I as second player overcall this opening bid? - what are my options? Thanks, John Smith |
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2NT: fit-showing or natural? |
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Sunday, 25 July 2010 07:00 |
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Dear Ed and Peter,
What does my partner's 2NT mean in this auction? | West | North | East | South |
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| 1♣ | 1♠ | pass
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Thanks, Alan |
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Tuesday, 13 July 2010 07:00 |
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Dear Ed and Peter,
If you bid 4♥, and they get 7 tricks, how many did you go down? thanks,
Pat |
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Drury with three card support over partner's opening third in hand? |
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Sunday, 04 July 2010 07:00 |
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Dear Ed and Peter,
In IMP scoring, neither side vulnerable, I held as South: E/—
| | | ♠ | A Q 9 | | | ♥ | 10 9 6 | | | ♦ | 9 4 | | | ♣ | A J 8 7 3 | |
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| pass | pass | | pass | 1♠1 | pass | ??
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1 Can be a four-card suit with as few as 10 points Playing reverse Drury, 2♣ clubs promises 4-card support and 2NT denies any spade support.
What is the best bid here? Thanks,
Bill Yu |
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How strong is responder's reverse? |
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Wednesday, 23 June 2010 07:00 |
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Dear Ed and Peter,
Does the 'reverse' apply to responder as well as opener? I have it in mind that responder needs 11 points to reverse — is that correct?
Thanks Avril Knappett |
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Friday, 04 June 2010 07:00 |
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Dear Ed and Peter,
What is loser count? When is it used?
Thanks Ms Vee, |
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Thursday, 03 June 2010 07:00 |
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Dear Ed and Peter,
Once my partner has discarded and I understand he wants a higher ranking suit, spades; I hold ♠AKx. Which card do I play first? Do I play the ♠K and switch to the ♠x and hope he will return the suit to my ♠A? Then what?
Partner was very upset I did not lead the spade suit.
Thanks for a prompt reply. We use Lavinthal discards. Alla Westbrook |
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More about Puppet Stayman after 2NT |
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Wednesday, 02 June 2010 07:00 |
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Dear Ed and Peter,
Following up on your discussion of major suit 5-4 hands after partner opens 2NT (click here to read it), playing Puppet Stayman, how do you respond with 5 spades and 4 hearts and no slam interest? Obviously you can't transfer to spades and then bid hearts. Do you transfer to spades and then follow with 3NT, missing a potential heart fit? Thank you. Jerry Miller |
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Wednesday, 26 May 2010 07:00 |
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Dear Ed and Peter, I think Brink's views on justice are a bit odd. People who gamble on lower odds deserve to win sometimes too! How unjust it would be if you always lose having a 45% chance of winning?
The decision to bid 6♦ on this hand (those who want to read the whole of Sjoert Brink's article click here; the deal in question is the second one; the NS-hands, but not Sjoert's report, is repeated below, in Ed's reply, -Ed/Peter) is borderline at best. Here is a quick analysis using Deep Finesse (a computer programme capable of analysing whether or not a contract can be made, -Ed/Peter). On 1000 hands we get:
700 hands: both contract makes
164 hands: 6♦ makes 6NT doesn't
102 hands: 6NT makes 6♦ doesn't
34 hands: both contract don't make.
Let's compute the expected IMP gain/loss of bidding 6♦, with the assumption that NS at the other table bid 6NT.
on 700 hands we lose 2 IMPs
on 164 hands we win 16 IMPs
on 102 hands we lose 17 IMPs
on 34 hands it doesn't matter
Overall: -510 IMPs/1000 hands = -0.5 IMP/hand
Quite a big difference !
So not only the decision to bid 6♦ is worse than bidding 6NT but all the complaints about justice should be revisited. How the author would feel if his 6♦ contract makes and he was told that "it's so unjust I can't handle it!".
Regards :)
Piotrek Lopusiewicz
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Thursday, 20 May 2010 07:00 |
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Dear Ed and Peter, Hi! Partner opens 2NT. My hand: | ♠ | K J 5 4 | | | ♥ | Q 7 6 5 3 | | | ♦ | 4 3 | | | ♣ | 4 2 | |
So should I say 3♣, using Smolen, or should I transfer?
Just to "tickle" you: I have an answer from Eddie Kantar but I don't understand it!
Best regards and hope to hear from you,
Brita Flach |
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