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Bridge Thoughts: May 2009
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Sunday, May 31, 2009. I was just commenting on the Seniors Camrose on BBO and watched Paul Hackett open 1D (2nd seat, vul vs not) on the hand below:. That's 11 HCP on the 4-3-2-1 scale and only 9.6 on the 11-7-4-2-1 scale (7 7 4 4 2=24 * 4/10 = 9.6). That's before adjusting for the doubleton queen. The spades are worth a bit extra due to the honours working together, but still the hand is clearly weaker than an average 10 HCP when evaluated correctly. The Kaplan/Rubens hand evaluator. Calls it 9.75.
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Bridge Thoughts: The Case for the Weak NT: Going for a Number
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009. The Case for the Weak NT: Going for a Number. Nobody likes to get doubled and concede a big penalty. There will be times when this happens and you get a bad result that could only have been avoided by not playing a weak notrump in the first place. The question is how often this happens and whether the cost outweighs the benefits described in the previous three sections. I've done some computer analysis on this, using the following assumptions:. They may double and you make.
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Bridge Thoughts: June 2009
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Friday, June 19, 2009. I played interclub last night so missed the second half of our Juniors against Australia on Vugraph. Since BBO saves its Vugraph sessions I was able to download it and construct a text file report of the match which is below. Here is the link: PABF R1-2.txt. I've added two more, the NZ women against Australia and the open team against Singapore:. Here is the link: PABF R1-4.txt. Here is the link: PABF R1-7.txt. Thursday, June 18, 2009. One of my pet hates is 'practice Stayman', whe...
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Bridge Thoughts: September 2009
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009. I have done some analysis on the performance of each pair in the Bermuda Bowl final. The method is based on assigning each pair an IMP score on each board reflecting the result they deserve to get relative to an error-free world class pair. In most cases I did this independently of the actual result so a minus would be assigned for missing a good game regardless of whether the game made in practice. Avg IMPs per board. It appears that the choice of lineups accounts for almost...
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Bridge Thoughts: The Case for the Weak NT: Playing the wrong partscore
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Thursday, September 10, 2009. The Case for the Weak NT: Playing the wrong partscore. After a 1NT opening there is always a risk of a missing a 4-4 major fit on a partscore hand. The weak notrump occurs with greater frequency which makes this more likely and also the extra strength of the strong notrump means that 1NT will still often make when a better spot is available. To actually lose IMPs this way, though, several things have to happen:. 1NT has to go down while 2 of a major is making. Defeating an u...
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ToyBridge: Overcall lunacy
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During the NZ teams I played on a 5 person team which wasn't very serious about its chances. We had two pairs that had played quite a bit together but they had a player in common so at most we had one stable partnership. Nobody dreamed of saying no and so I got the opportunity to play on a team and at the table with a New Zealand bridge legend. And what did I pick up? After one pass, John opened 1 ♦. And before I could bid 1 ♥. Seemed like a good result. A good result indeed, what was East up to? Novembe...
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Intermacedonia BridgeClub: Concursuri de casa iunie 2011, 15 iunie inclusiv.
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Life's a Game, but Bridge is Serious". Joi, 2 iunie 2011. Concursuri de casa iunie 2011, 15 iunie inclusiv. 01Marina LUNGOCI - Ioan SZAKACS. 15 / 156 / 40. 02Alexandru STAN - Eduard C. 03Corneliu NAVROT - Cornel CODITA. 04Mihai MARGULESCU - Gabriel Serban HORODINCA. 05Stefan IANCU - Ion OSTAFE. 06Dan CATONE - Vladimir STANESCU. 07Monica MORARIU - Gabriel DINESCU. 08George NASTASA - Nicolae RADU. TANOVICI - Vladimir STANESCU. 66000% / 175 / 60. 02George NASTASA - Nicolae RADU. 60400% / 115 / 30. Pe ce loc...
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Intermacedonia BridgeClub: ianuarie 2011
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Life's a Game, but Bridge is Serious". Luni, 3 ianuarie 2011. Concursuri "de casa" - ianuarie 2011. 01Dan GEORGESCU -Marian ROSOGA. 02Andrei CRISTACHE -Vasile ISTRATE. 03Hans MANGESIUS -Dan CATONE. 04Serban HORODINCA -Adam RADUCANU. 05Mihai MARGULESCU -Lucian ISCRULESCU. 06Daniel BUJENITA - Emil DOGARU. 07Nicolae RADU -Radu MIHAILESCU. 08Cornel CODITA - Bogdan STANCULESCU. 09Cristina CRISTEA - George POPESCU. 01Nadia VALEANU- Cristina DAVID. 02Marius ROSOGA - Dan GEORGESCU. 03Ana-Maria POENARU - IACOB.
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Intermacedonia BridgeClub: Clasament - Puncte de expert - 01 dec.2010 - 15 iunie 2011 cumulat
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Life's a Game, but Bridge is Serious". Joi, 9 iunie 2011. Clasament - Puncte de expert - 01 dec.2010 - 15 iunie 2011 cumulat. 03Gabriel Serban HORODINCA 2833. 39Sava Marin CHISER 395. 40Liviu - Marinel COTFAS 380. 41Claudiu Ionut DIMA 373. 45Radu Dan VLAD 290. 69Mihai Lucian PARVULESCU 88. 72Ana Maria POENARU 78. NOTA: Conform protocolului, Pex din tabelul. Mai sus au fost transmise F.R.Bridge la. Data de 05 aprilie 2011. Pe ce loc se va clasa echipa Romaniei la Campionatul european de juniori, 2011?
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Intermacedonia BridgeClub: iunie 2011
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Life's a Game, but Bridge is Serious". Joi, 9 iunie 2011. Clasament - Puncte de expert - 01 dec.2010 - 15 iunie 2011 cumulat. 01Corneliu NAVROT 3786. 03Gabriel Serban HORODINCA 2833. 05Vasile ISTRATE 2112. 06Cornel CODITA 2037. 08Nadia VALEANU 1471. 12Dan GEORGESCU 1220. 14Constantin DOBROIU 1155. 15Cristina CRISTEA 1131. 20Eduard CIOBANU 866. 28Andrei CRISTACHE 666. 29Elena IVAN 637. 32Octavian DUTU 602. 33Marina MARCULETIU 554. 34Daniel STEFANESCU 527. 39Sava Marin CHISER 395.
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