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Sam Marks Bridge
Bridge Teacher
19 Apr 10
Responder’s Rebids
Back from Gatlinburg and time to continue with the Junior Coaching. This week I want to look at responder’s rebids. Most books/lessons give detailed instructions for the first three bids in an auction. By the time we get to responder’s second bid, definitions can become fuzzy. Look at the following auctions and decide if South’s last bid is F(orcing), I(nvitational), C(ompetitive) or W(eak).
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West North East South
1 Pass 1
Pass 1 Pass 3
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17 Apr 10
Gatlinburg II
Playing in the scond round of the Knock-outs you pick up as South:
A65 A987 K752 T5
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14 Apr 10
Gatlinburg
Gatlinburg is a small town at the foothills of the Smokey Mountains. To bridge players, however, it is the place to be in the Spring. Last year, over 3800 players came and won over 62,000 master points. It is by far the largest non-national tournament every year. Continue Reading »
10 Apr 10
New Class Schedule
My schedule for Spring Classes is out.
For more informationation, call me at 770-354-6033
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6 Apr 10
Other Sports
This is a bridge blog. However, tonight I want to write about some other sports. Today was a special day. I am from Augusta, GA, and went to Duke University. I grew up watching the Atlanta Braves. Today was opening day for the Braves. Although I enjoy the games, I don’t usually get that excited this early in the season, 162 games is a long time. Continue Reading »
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27 Mar 10
Club hand this week.
This week’s Wednesday night pair game was replaced by a Swiss qualifier for the Grand National Teams. If you have never played in the GNT’s I suggest you give it a try. It is a grass roots event that starts at the club level. Qualifiers are invited to play in a District wide tournament that qualifies 1 team from each stratum to represent our district at the nationals.
I picked up a nice hand:
AKJT45 K62 J85 J
The auction went like this (opponents passing):
Me Partner
1 2
2 3
4 4NT
5 6
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27 Mar 10
Junior Coaching: Overcall style.
This week we looked at partnership style on overcalls.
The Juniors were asked whether they would overcall with the following hands
Your RHO opens the bidding with 1 do you overcall 1 with these hands.
3 answers per question,
a) you are vulnerable
b) you are nonvulnerable
c) you are nonvulnerable, Partner is a Passed Hand
1) xxxxx x AKxx Axx
2) Qxxxx AJx Qxx xx
3) KJxxx Kx Kxx xxx
4) Kxxxx Kx Kxx xxx
5) AKxxx x QJxx xxx
6) AKxxx x xxxx xxx
7) KQJxx x xxxx xxx
19 Mar 10
Hand from this week’s Duplicate game
Wednesday night I played at the local duplicate game. Midway though the session I picked up
QJT2 J43 AK AT95
The auction went:
Part RHO Me
1 1 ?
16 Mar 10
4NT always asks for Aces?
Last night I continued with my Junior coaching. I started with a partnership quiz that I passed out:
After each auction mark whether you think 4NT is
B (Blackwood)
R (Roman Key Card Blackwood)
N (Natural)
T (Takeout)
1) 1 P 4NT Continue Reading »
