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!
- 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 - Care with entries
To make a contract there is usually a key suit you need to play on. But sometimes there are other considerations as well. Today’s hand taken from a recent Sydney Bridge Club duplicate is an example. The normal start to the auction will be Pass … Continue reading - Defending against a weak no-trump
Recently I played in a session where the weak no-trump opening that we play (11-14 balanced) came up quite a lot. It was evident that many pairs, clearly not used to it, had no idea how to defend against it. So today we’ll look at … Continue reading
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