Why don't defenders themselves ever call the director when they think they might have UI? Would imho make the game a lot nicer if everyone could just be honest about breaks and accept the fact that whether or not we want to be, we are always influenced by BIT ...
I think it is way too big a task for a single player to come up with evidence to suggest that someone is playing dirty. I think that we need players to report when something fishy is going on, not how and why. Then it should be up to the ...
EBL decided that the venue wasn’t large enough to host the event. What I’ve heard is that they’re talking about a venue “somewhere in Turkey”, but I might add this is only rumours. Source in Swedish: http://www.svenskbridge.se/node/20454
Absolutely, but what about the x Axx xx Kxxxxxx hand that has to set NTs in the wrong hand?
I dont think it (3-3-2-5) will be a problem you'll lose too much sleep over. Some of them will pass 1♦ (up to 8hcp with a bad suit?) some ...
No I dont think its a great deal not being able to play 1N if opener is (4)5+♦ and unbalanced. Most often you'll be ok with playing in 2♦.
If you're playing 1♦ = 11-18 4+♦ unbal and 1N over that as forcing, then ...
If I ever were to play against a pair that played 2♦ = Weak 2♥ / intermediate 2♠ or FG 5+♦ I would not have a hard time to decide my defensive methods. Dbl: 13-15NT or (17)18+ any hand. 2N = 16-18NT Other natural. Maybe some leaping Michaels ...
Mikael Grönkvist writing about Mikael Grönkvist nominated/winning an award for "best defensive play". Do you know the guy? Do you really want to boost his self confidence like that? :D
I think the seeding system is as good as it gets. Of course a lot will be random because performance can vary a lot from day to day especially for the lower seeds. I think there bridge technically is no big difference (as always with exceptions) between the sub-top seeds ...
This may have been said before, but given that there were exactly 13♥ in the board and dummys highest ♥ was infact the 8, going up with the ace to score your safe 4♥ tricks is safe. Had dummy had the 9, then it would still be the ...