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Nothing is really memoriable … but I’ve two rubbers with two different partners tonight.

Barb played the most – 8, and I played 7 out of 22 hands.

The short club, which is 1C in the bridge bidding convention means with opening-level points (13+) but no five-card major suit.

I’ve 13 hcp: 3 4 3 3. So I opened 1C. My partner asked me if I play short club. I said no. But with this hand, it’s. So afterward, they suggested that I should pass, which I think it’s misleading and not correct.

So I checked online. AI says: To open bid a minor suit, you need at least three cards in the suit and 13 or more high-card points (HCP).

If you have two 3-card minor suits, you should always open with 1♣. If you have two 4-card minor suits, open 1♦. If you have 3 cards in both minor suits and a 4-card major suit, opening 1♣ is recommended.

How best to bid this hand?

Should I open 1N or 1C?

I bid in club, thinking my 3 diamonds are weak for a NT bid. My P bid 1♦. I rebid 2C but the hand is played at 3♣ by my partner.

This hand, my P bid

~ me: P
~ 1h
~ 2♦
~ p
~ p

Should I bid 2S?

This hand is an unbid grand slam.

I’ve 12 hcp and my P 15. We only bid 4H.

We only have 3 aces but luckily the oppenont didn’t play their ♠️A. I’m sure they would if we bid for a slam.

32 hcp, 1NT bidding …

Playing with a newbie.

I’ve 19 hcp: ♠️A42 ♥️K8 ♦️KJ842 ♣️AKJ

P has 13 hcp: ♠️KQ53 ♥️A10 6542 ♦️A ♣️10 6

We’ve all As and Ks … he should bid heart; it was a slam hand. … never mind. Next time.

It was a fun night. Joyce and I played most hands and won.

Just learnt one more thing: Boston = bottom of something top of nothing.

Out of total 17 hands, I played 6: won 4 lost 2. Got two robbers with two different partners. Nothing too memorable except three hands, happened to be winning:

Hand 1: I’ve a grand of 4 hcp, which I should not have responded at all… but I did, to the calling of my P’s ♠️:

… the bid:

… Long story short, my parter made the contract of 4 ♠️.

Hand 2: forgot my own 1C contract… thought Spade was the trump.

Hand 3 – the last hand. All we need was 40 points, which meant 2C was just right. For some reason, I thought we needed 3C – 60 point. So I said 3C. Helllllloooo can’t you do the simple math? Guess NOT. Luckily, my partner ended up making 4.

大脑进水的一晚. 17手俺没有啥好牌, 不过打了6 手: 4赢2输. 四赢中的2手难忘

1. 4分俺也敢出声 有木有搞错呀
2. 叫了♣️, 以为 ♠️是主
3. 最后一手牌: 我们只需要40分. 2C正好.不知怎么的,我以为我们需要3C—60分. 信誓旦旦那种. 喂,你算术还给老师了 – 不会摆掰着手指算一下吗?

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We played a total of 17 hands; my scores was 6-11: played seven and won six.

The grand slam was under bid 3D, due to laziness.

~I’ve 19 hcp: ♠️A, ♥️Q43,♦️AKQJ742, ♣️K7.
~ My P has 11 hcp: ♠️KJ10 5, ♥️K, ♦️653, ♣️A9853.

Since we only have 3 aces, I could only go for a slam, if I were bid. Because of 3♦️ bid, my L played ♥️10 who has the ♥️A too. My P’s singleton in ♥️, rendered her ♥️A useless.

It’s an intense one hour day of bridge: my L played bid and won 7H! My hands have been good, as usual, and won a 3NT.

Our 3N hand with 29 hcp:

• I’ve 17 hcp: ♠️KQ92, ♥️AQ7, ♦️Q83, ♣️A92.
• P has 12 hcp: ♠️A, ♥️10 6 4 2,♦️KJ94, ♣️ KJ10

One round bidding: my RH passed, I bid 1NT, LH pass and P bid 3N, which effectively close the bid.

The math: opening with 1N, means I’ve 16-18 hcp. P has 12, so we’rehacing at least 29 hcp (16+12), because two partners should have

• 26 hcp, bid a game
• 32 hcp,  bid a small slam
• 36 hcp, bid a grand slam

No Trump is the 5th suit in bridge, and it’s the highest of the four.

To bid

• 1N: 16-18 hcp, balanced hand
• 2N: asking for major suit
• 3N:
• 4N: asking for A
• 5N: asking for K

The math: opening with 1N, means I’ve 16-18 hcp. Two partners should have

• 26 points to bid a game
• 32 points to bid a small slam
• 36 points to bid a grand slam

1NT opening. You know your P has at least 16 hcp. Plus your own hand:

• 0-7 HCP: Signoff Responses
• 8-9 HCP: Invite to game.
• 10-13HCP: Game with no interest in slam.
• 14-15HCP: Game forcing, slam invitational.
• 16-17HCP: Small slam forcing
• 18+ HCP: Grand Slam Invitational/Forcing (depends on hand)

Response to NT bid

• 2N
• 3N
• 4N
• 5N
• …

Tonight, it felt like a losing game because we failed more than succeeded. But after counting closely, out of 15 hands, I played five and won four; collectively we only made 8.

The 4♦️hand: I’ve 14 hcp and my P has 12, with a void of spade ♠️. I couldn’t remember what was the reason to land us in 4 diamonds, which I’ve 3 and P has 4. But her void of spade helped a lot.

The last hand, I’ve 19 hcp, my P has 12 hcp. I dealt and opened with 1NT and my P respond w/ 2C:

A “2 club” response to a “1NT” opening in bridge is typically a Stayman bid, which means the responder is asking partner if they have a 4-card major suit, prompting the opener to bid their longest major suit if they have one; if not, the opener should rebid 2 diamonds to show no 4-card major.

1. me 1 NT; p; PT 2♣️: asking for a major suit
2. Pass; me 2♥️; pass;
3. PT 4H

So 4 hearts it’s, and I made 5.

Tonight 18 hands were played, 5 were no trump. I played 7 hands, only won 1. A big fat Waterloo night.

好牌不断
连输不断
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