Julian Foster’s hand commentary provides a good read every week. He picks up an interesting hand for commentary (sometimes from an SBC duplicate, sometimes from elsewhere). His column starts with a basic analysis of the hand then lists some key points to note as a quick summary to take away. It then ends with some more advanced points if you progress well with this laddered reading.
Julian is a many times NSW representative, he has an impressive bridge career as an individual player and coach!
- Keeping your options open
On today’s hand taken from a recent teams congress most North South pairs played 3NT. But only 3 out of 10 made it. How would you have fared? The auction is likely to have been the same at most tables. 1♦ P 1♥ P 2♦ … Continue reading - Count tricks as well as losers
It’s always important to count your tricks as well as your losers. Today’s hand is an example where doing that should point you to the best chance of making the contract – although good defence can always beat it. Despite only 10 high card points, … Continue reading - Suit preference in the trump suit
Today’s hand is again taken from the SBC Stroke Awareness session held on Wed 9 Sept. The auction will almost certainly start Pass Pass 1♠. East will probably bid 2♥ – it could be very wrong but he surely has to do something with a … Continue reading - It’s a bidder’s game!
You may have heard players use this expression. It’s referring to the fact that so often at bridge when you have a choice of passing or taking a risk and bidding – it’s the bidding choice that tends to pay off. Today’s hand taken from … Continue reading - Endplays and sacrificing
Quite a number of North South pairs played 4♥ on today’s hand. That’s pretty reasonable – they have a 4-4 fit and a combined 27 points. For many pairs South will have opened a strong 1NT, North will stayman and then raise 2♥ to 4♥. … Continue reading
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