Attitude signals are used by a defender to show interest in a suit. When partner leads a suit, the third hand play of a high card is encouraging, whereas a low card is discouraging. For example, if partner leads an ace and you hold KQ932, then the 9 is the proper encouraging signal. Conversely, if your
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Receive my weekly posts DIRECT to your chosen email box. Click 'Join Here' It's really easy to sign up & your email is safe so you won't be spammed - I respect your privacy. A couple of weeks ago, I was saying that Benji Acol (a system devised by Albert Benjamin), was a tad passe. Alternatively, I was suggesting, you give Weak Twos a go. It is simpler, easier to remember, and more effect in the modern game. Just like opening with a suit at the three level, opening 2 diamond, A minor little bidding ditty This is the first post in a series where I talk about ‘easy-to-implement’ conventions that you can add to your bidding with no effort or memory meltdowns. This week, I am going to talk about a really simple but little used bidding ditty that I think is rather cool: Intro One I am going to stick my neck out here and say something that you might not agree with. But, it’s not as if I am one to stop you having your say… After all you too can leave your views in the comment box beneath this post. So what am I going to be talking about? Well… the If you are a regular reader of my blogs, you will know I like to write about new and innovative products for Bridge fans. Recently, I wrote about Pianola.net and BridgeBig.com which are both very exciting Bridge products. But I believe I have stumbled upon a product that beats these two hands down. I have been Recently, I began reading ‘How to Win Friends and Influence People‘ by Dale Carnegie. I suppose I thought it a good idea because I am bad at making friends, and I’m not great at influencing people either. In fact, I could probably write the antithesis to the book. Anyway, Dale concludes chapter 1 with the following principle: Don’t I was on Facebook recently. A lot of people won’t have anything to do with it – I certainly wasn’t remotely interested in Facebook until one of my children forced me to get online and register. Nowadays I will acknowledge that there are some good things about it for the Bridge player… For example, if you search on Before I tell you about the World Bridge Federation tragedy, I need to provide some background to the story: Following last week’s blog, I bumped into a tweet on Twitter (if you, like me a couple of years ago, don’t know what tweeting on twitter is, you might want to check out the blog post; ‘How can In my last post, ‘How not to panic as declarer when dummy goes down’, I was saying that following the opening lead, you should decide which hand to be your ‘anchor hand’. This process can give you a clear indication as to exactly what your losing cards are and what you need to do in order As soon as the lead is made and dummy goes on the table, we are always told as declarer to: “Plan your Play!!” That’s all very well shouting this mantra, but HOW do you plan play? In my experience of many players, it is more like, ‘Panic and Play!’ You stare at the 26 cards before you, your mind goes |
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