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!
- Not the loser everyone else lost!
Today’s column is primarily just an amusing story but it does have some interesting points in both bidding and defence. The hand occurred in the Barrier Reef Congress teams held recently in Townsville. North South can make 6♠ because ♥A is onside. You discard North’s … Continue reading - Second hand plays low
Something often taught early on in bridge (or in fact any similar trick taking game like whist or 500) is “second hand plays low, third hand plays high”. Like everything in bridge there are no 100% rules and there are of course exceptions to this. … Continue reading - Give them some rope!
Many bridge tournaments are won and lost because of simple carelessness. It’s almost impossible to maintain 100% concentration all of the time but a simple little slip can often prove costly. Today’s hand is an example. First, however, the auction. North passes, East opens 1♠ … Continue reading - Stretch to respond to a 1 level opening
This week’s hand is once again taken from a recent SBC duplicate on Thursday 7th May. The hands were played at two separate venues at the same time. Quite a lot of East West pairs played the hand in 1♠ but, even though it made, … Continue reading - Leading dummy’s 2nd suit
Although leading an unbid suit is often right, there are also many occasions where leading through one of dummy’s suits is effective. Where dummy has bid 2 suits the 2nd is the most appealing for the defence to attack since it’s likely to be shorter … Continue reading
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