Tuesday Tips by Martin Clear
The Tuesday Night at City has developed its own vibe – a group of bridge enthusiasts playing a friendly competitive game with Phil Halloran and Martin Clear as the hosts. Phil organises the session to make sure that there is not sit-out, Martin continues to lead the group for bridge discussion after session. He will pick an interesting hand from the face-to-face session for the Tuesday Tips column.
Everybody is welcome to this session, you just need to contact office via office@sydneybridgecentre.com to reserve a seat.
- 12th September 2023 – When disaster strikes.
- 29th August 2023 – Investigate first.
- 22nd August 2023 – Tricks that won’t go away.
- 8th August 2023 – Protecting the high card you don’t have.
- 25th July 2023 – The Protected Loser
- 11th July 2023 – Picture the Hidden Hands to get the Timing Right
- 4th July 2023 – Le Mort
- 27th June 2023 – Why you should sometimes not cash the long suit
- 13th June 2023 – Loser on Loser
- 6th June 2023 – Set up a side suit
- 30th May 2023 – Suits that look easy
- 16th May 2023 – Think about hand shape rather than following principles blindly
- 9th May 2023 – Give “I don’t like signal” if there is something better
- 21st March 2023 – Unblocking in Defence
- 14th March 2023 – Unblock
- 6th March 2023 – Finesse that worked
- 28th February 2023 – Old Dog, New Tricks
- 21st February 2023 – Put Your Honours on Opponent’s Honours
- 14th February 2023 – Breaking up is Hard to Do
- 7th February 2023 – Don’t Discard in a Way that Exposes Partner’s Holding.
- 31st January 2023 – Hold Up!
- 24th January 2023 – Asleep at the Switch
- 17th January 2023 – In No-Trumps, keep creating tricks
- 10th January 2023 – The Kiss of Death
- 3rd January 2023 – Promotion!
- 29th November 2022 – But I don’t play McKenney
- 22nd November 2022 – Which touching honour to play and why
- 15th November 2022 – Put Yourself in the Defender’s Shoes
- 8th November 2022 – Don’t Give Away Information
- 1st November 2022 – In Pairs Play Safe but Look for the Maximum
- 18th October 2022 – The Practice Finesse
- 11th October 2022 – Don’t cash winners, Generate winners
- 6th September 2022 – Put Yourself in the Defenders’ Shoes
- 23rd August 2022 – Dead Dummy
- 16th August 2022 – Wake Up!
- 9th August 2022 – Exit Safely
- 2nd August 2022 – Half a Loaf
- 26th July 2022 – Long is Better than Short
- 28th June 2022 – A Little Light Card-Reading
- 21st June 2022 – When NOT to compete in the bidding
- 7th June 2022 – Keeping entries for communication
- 31st May 2022 – See Finesse, Take Finesse
- 24th May 2022 – Voids and Blackwood
- 17th May 2022 – The Three Meanings of Blackwood 5NT
- 10th May 2022 – Squeeze an Extra Trick
- 3rd May 2022 – Which of Declarer’s Losers might be Discarded?
- 26th April 2022 – F2F at City: Right-siding
- 19th April 2022 – F2F at City: Forcing Declarer
- 12th April 2022 – F2F at City: Weaving a Tangled Web
- 5th April 2022 – F2F at City: Bidding 2C and Responding to it
- 22nd March 2022 – F2F at City: How are you getting rid of your losers?
- 15th March 2022 – F2F at City: Where are Declarer’s Tricks Coming From?
- 8th March 2022 – F2F at City: Managing the Safety Hook
- 22nd February 2022 – F2F at City: Managing Risk in Pairs Play
- 15th February 2022 – F2F at City: The Losers that can’t run away
- 21st December 2021 – F2F at City: What Lead beats the 3H Contract?
- 14th December 2021 – F2F at City: Ruff in Dummy? Or set up a suit in Dummy?
- 7th December 2021 – F2F at City: Where are our Tricks?
- 30th November 2021 – F2F at City: Finesse, and how to avoid them
- 23rd November 2021 – F2F at City: The Purpose of Finding a Fit
- 16th November 2021 – F2F at City: Covering Honours
- 9th November 2021 – BBO#29320: Using Dummy’s Trumps and Long Suit
- 2nd November 2021 – BBO#78574: Establish Tricks, then Cash Out
- 26th October 2021 – BBO#28373: Interpreting the Lead: The Rule of Eleven
- 19th October 2021 – BBO#89393: Squeeze Out More Tricks
- 12th October 2021 – BBO#50235: Developing Tricks
- 5th October 2021 – BBO#8762: The Pub Rule
- 28th September 2021 – BBO#67992: Make a Plan
- 21st September 2021 – BBO#26407: It’s a cut-throat game without communication
- 14th September 2021 – BBO#86333: What does declarer have?
- 7th September 2021 – BBO#45477: What if this goes wrong?
- 31st August 2021 – BBO#3493: The value of shape
- 24th August 2021 – BBO#63206: Three NT is not always a race
- 17th August 2021 – BBO#23094: Leading from the right side in defence
