Matchpoint Hand from Hell. Part of the ACBL's Alert procedure. Because of adverse vulnerability, South had to be bidding 3 ♦ thinking he had prospects of making it. West had already freely bid game. An open game session. However, although the vulnerability is even, my hand had too many losers (eight) to open 3♠.
Declare will come to ten or eleven tricks depending upon whether or not East cashes the spade ace. That player is going to be your partner, and together you'll play against the other partnership. 1) Captured, as in, "The king was killed by the ace. " Note that 4-3-3-3 indicates any four-card suit with three cards in the other suits, whereas 4=3=3=3 indicates four spades and three cards each in hearts, diamonds and clubs. My assessment of this hand is that it is better to play for diamonds to be 3-3. Here, however, he also had flat distribution, so I gladly passed his raise to 3NT. These were presented in the historic Lesson Sheets on the Approach-Forcing System (1927) and in numerous magazine articles written by Culbertson in the Twenties and early Thirties. Even with the required 3-card support, responder's judgment will be tested. In standard methods this shows a hand of great strength that can almost guarantee a slam (19 points or more including distribution). Bridge holdings sufficient to start the bidding with us. A colloquial term indicating that the spot cards in a suit are of no value. West could have a full opener in 4th seat, and E/W might not have half the high card points in the deck. A new suit response at a level one higher than necessary: |West||North||East||South|. So what type of hand should you have for a strong 2♣?
S: A 6 H: Q J 10 9 8 7 6 2 D: Q J C: 10. May be obtained promoting the side suit. A hand with an abundance of points. Bridge holdings sufficient to start the bidding with crossword. Immediately following the opening lead, the dummy will put all their cards on the table face up and sorted by suit (when playing in a trump contract, the trump suit is placed on dummy's right). Bidding now does carry extra risk. Holding the West hand, if your partner opened 1NT, you would not want to let him languish there. I elected to pass and see what would happen. He would do this by bidding 4♦.
After East doubled a second time, the prospects did not look as rosy. He could bat out a script for a show that would make more money in less time. Nearly all artificial bids could be considered gadgets. A score of 190 in a game with 13 rounds of two boards each and a top of 12 (312 maximum) would work out to 60.
Sure, you should subtract a point for holding no ace, but that applies more to later in the auction – not the opening bid. The time to settle in five of a minor is when you believe you have no or a tenuous stop in a single suit. The event can be a Knockout, a Board-a-Match or a Swiss. Berkeley's 2♦ was waiting. Usually confined to rubber bridge, when a partscore will convert an earlier partscore into game. This hand was one of those for us. Many clubs have invested in electronic scoring devices. A card, usually printed, with prearranged instructions to each contestant, telling him which seat to occupy and which boards to play at each round. The rank of the suit led. Opening lead from 11 determines the number of outstanding cards above. Supposde the final contract was 3NT by South and West led the ♠8. When the 4-card major is in a distributional hand, the partnership merely keeps in mind the changed circumstances and introduces that suit at an appropriate stage of their bidding sequence.
RLB - Abbreviation for Real Life Bridge [to distinguish from Online bridge]. He would gamble on not having a club stopper. It features a couple of conventional treatments that contributed mightily to our reaching the primo spot.