Is It Safe to Pass 1NT Response after 1H/1S Opening?
You open with 1♥ or 1♠ (5 cards Major). And your partner responded with 1NT. Holding 5332, what would you bid then? Is it safe to pass 1NT respond?
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Month: January 2020
Convention After Ace Asking / RKCB – ROPE ROPI
You need to choose either ROPE/DOPE or ROPI/DOPI as accompanying convention after ace asking bid/RKCB. It is good for Gerber, Blackwood, Minorwood, etc.
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Bridge Spectrum: A Handy Analysis Tool
Introducing the concept of “Bridge Spectrum” as a tool for bridge analysis. This is where the High Card Point (HCP) meets with the hand pattern distribution
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Long Term Partnership Checklist: Winning Bridge
Use this long term partnership checklist to make sure you are ready for winning Bridge. Also, to have a solid & comprehensive technique and partnership.
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New Partner Checklist: Ready to Bridge in 15 minutes
Found new partner? Run through this new partner checklist and you are ready for Bridge in about 15 minutes. Beat other clueless opponents in the field.
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Better Minor vs Short Club: Which One is Better?
There are 3 different flavours to bid 1 minor opening. They are either a better minor or one of the 2 “short-club” variations. Each has its characteristics that are very important to understand. Especially in order to get the maximum result. It is the battle between Better minor vs Short club!
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The Spectrum of Level-1 Opening (12-19HCP)
The level-1 opening is the main bidding space in Bridge. See the perspective of this 12-19 HCP range in regard to the percentage of the whole possible hand. This is the cross-section between the hand-pattern/hand-distribution probability and the high card point distribution.
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The 39 Types of Hand Distributions in Bridge
The statistics of the 39 types of hand distributions in Bridge are very important to get the best result for playing, bidding and defence in the long run.
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Odds of Having At Least x Cards In Bridge
In part B, we will compile a table to answer the question “What is the odds to have at least x card in certain distribution among all the 39 hand distributions. This stats is handy in a practical situation and also for designing the bidding system.
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The 39 Hand Distributions: Extended Details
Each of the 39 Hand Distributions in Bridge has further detail that might be useful when you want to design your bidding system a little bit more accurate.
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Denomination:
NT -
♠ -
♥ -
♦ -
♣
The Cards: A-K-Q-J-T-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2
The Cards: A-K-Q-J-T-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2
- ♠T:
- ten of Spade (the card)
- 5♠:
- the contract of five Spade
- ♠5:
- five of Spade (the card)
- 5♠332:
- 5332 distribution with 5 cards of Spade
- 5+cd♠:
- five or more cards in Spade
