Category Archives: Weekly Wisdom

A splinter is a bid showing shortage in one suit while agreeing another. It is a very descriptive bid and often helps evaluate whether two hands fit together well or not. This hand from a recent pairs duplicate session was … Continue reading →

This hand is taken from a recent duplicate pairs session and shows how the vulnerability can make such a huge difference at that scoring format. South opened 1♣ and West overcalled 1♠. Although some might frown at overcalling with only … Continue reading →

This hand is taken from the SBC Harmony Park Swiss Pairs congress played on 14 February 2026 (match 4). Every pair except one played 3NT by South – most commonly after a simple auction 1NT (15-17) 3NT. Every West led … Continue reading →

This hand came up in a recent online club duplicate session. The auction started normally but then livened up somewhat! South opened the normal 1♠ and West overcalled 2♦. North raised to 2♠ (more on that below) and East bid … Continue reading →

This hand comes from the Fixed Income Solutions One Day swiss pairs held as part of the Summer Festival of Bridge in Canberra on Fri Jan 16th. It was a 6 round butler imp swiss pairs (a form of scoring … Continue reading →