AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Paul Thurston
Paul Thurston is an old hand at the bridge writing game – an avid player since high school, he’s been writing about and teaching bridge for over 40 years. As an author, he’s recently become known for his book 25 Ways to Win 2 Over 1. Some of his lessons on the 2 Over 1 bidding system will be appearing on Mastering Bridge over the next month; in the meantime, we thought you might like to know more about the author.
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BIL LESSON WITH LINDA LEE
On Saturday, September 26th 2009, Linda Lee hosted a practice session on BBO in the Beginner/Intermediate Lounge. Download the PDF from this session, complete with full hand diagrams and a write-up of each practice hand.
TRUMP INDICATORS - SOME OF MY FAVORITES
Many of you have a favorite deck of cards or even several decks which I’m sure give you a great deal of pleasure every time you look at them. I often find myself looking at my collection of trump indicators and cannot describe the joy I derive from it. I never tire of viewing it, appreciating the diversity and creativity of the many pieces.
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Redoubles
There are many uses for the word “Redouble”. I am only going to give you the simple version of the commonest use of the Redouble. Later on, you can change your use of it or add it to other scenarios.
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Squander the Queen
We all know the basic high-low signal that we use when defending against a trump suit contract. For example, if West leads the ♥A and East has the ♥Q92, East plays the ♥9 to signal encouragement. West will now continue by leading the ♥K and a third round of ♥ follows to East’s Q. However, East would also signal with the 9 if he had only a doubleton and could ruff the third round of the suit. West does not know when East signals high whether he has the Q or a doubleton in the suit.
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Having a Fit
Since the dawn of civilization, superstars have dreamt up conventions that help us locate a major-suit fit: Stayman, Michaels Cuebids, and Negative Doubles among many others.
With this in mind, what will you bid when partner opens 1♣ and RHO (right-hand opponent) overcalls 1♦?
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