6-4, 6-1, 3-6: one ace (on a 2nd serve to the deuce court alley) and two doubles.
Why fix it if it ain’t broke?
Don’t know… maybe trying to better myself? The road is long and progress is slow. But I’m still trying, even the waiter’s tray is still there.
Why fix it if it ain’t broke?… 可以解释为 别多手 或者 没坏就不要修…
本来可以靠发球赢很多. 现在一心想改进 结果失误太多
今天又有二个double
(不过也一个ace …)
… 一根筋 继续改进 虽没啥长进
[捂脸][偷笑][呲牙]
歌是George Michael 的 True Faith [愉快] … I have faith to be the better me [偷笑][捂脸]
Girls night in, two interesting hands.
Bidding correctly is important: I tend to bid low, to feel my partner’s hand, or give her/him a chance to bid too. But many times, I don’t get to rebid when three passes occurred. Like this hand. My rho opened with a pass:
R1: p, 1♦️ (me), 1♠️, 2♦️
R2: 3♣️, 3♦️
Luckily, the bidding went on after my initial 1 diamond bid, which should have been 2♦️ bid.
This hand is identical to the last time at the club, 3 3 3 4, with 11 hcp, with the same partner:
R1: p, p (me), p, 1♦️
R2: p, 2♣️, p, 2N
By passing the first round, I’m telling my partner that I don’t have an opening hand, 12 to 13 hcp. She bid 1 diamond. The second round, I changed to clubs, which is my best suit, telling her that I’ve 10 points and club is my best suit. She then bid 1NT.
Although David G and I lost to Dave H and Cheri 5-7, 4-6 and 6-7 (5:7), down to the wire, but I picked up one good advise on serving: the grip – holding it like a hammer.
Again, I practiced serving before and during the game; and working on forehand as well. Served an ace on my 2nd serve, and 4 doubles.
… waiter’s tray is still so prominent …
Playing at the club today, I’ve this hand – 11 hcp, 3 3 3 4, responding to my partner’s opening bid of 1 diamond.
The bidding:
R1: p; p (me), p, 1N
R2: p; 2♦️; p; 4♦️, ppp
In fact, I should have bid 1NT or 1♣️, which is my best suit. Essentially, it boils down to my best suit vs response to partner’s bid.
Per Linda: If I have 4-4 diamonds and clubs I will start with clubs. If I start with diamonds it is because I have 4-3 or 5-3. So, knowing that we don’t have an 8 card fit in clubs, why bid them? If I have five of a minor, then I can rebid that suit because you can open with 4 or even three.
🎄 Merry Christmas 🎄 peep!
A yucky day, our 9am tennis is rained out. So I stayed in the 80° pool for 0.5 mile. I also swam and recorded my very first individual medley, with the wrong order. The correct order is butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle. Guess I don’t watch enough swimming events, or watched but not paying close attention. Oh well, senior moment.
By the way, relay order goes differently, by speed: backstroke breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle the.
🎄 🎄 🎄
☔️ 🎾没的打 只有泡池子了
闲得慌 游了第一个 IM 混合
事后觉得有点不对…
嗯 顺序错了 [偷笑]
8️⃣8️⃣一下 应是: 蝶 仰 🐸 自由[呲牙]
继续努力 大妈加油 [调皮]
My forehand has been working for me pretty good lately, but not all I do is correct. Improvement is in store for me.
Girls night in, I played the most hands, to a point I felt a little guilty. 8 hands each with two different partners, I played 3 each, total six hands.
The 1st hand, it went from pass to 4 spade.
My partner opened with a pass, who has 7 hcp, and six spades. I’ve 11 hcp, 1 void. When my rho followed up with 1 heart bid, which is my void, I took a chance to respond with 1 spade bid. Although I’ve five clubs but I don’t feel comfortable to go to level 2, when my partner passed.
The bid:
R1: P, 1♥️, 1♠️, P
R2: 2♠️, 3♥️, PP
R3: 3♠️, 4♥️, pp
R4: 4♠️, ppp
… unfortunately, we made only 8/2, down 2.
The 3rd hand: after playing the previous two hands, I wasn’t going to bid again. But got this good looking hand: 17 hcp, 7 card suit, 1 singleton and 1 doubleton. The bid:
R1: 1♦️(me), 1♠️, P, 3H
R2: P, 3N, PP
R3: double, ppp
If they don’t clean us up with club, we’ve good chance to def the contract with my seven diamonds and one ace which could use it to transfer to diamond, which I did. We made 7 tricks.
My question: could or should I insist on diamond? For defeating a contract wins no under the line points.
Still working on my serve. Today, I practiced with my leg work. Although lost 4-6 and 1-6 with one double, I’m pretty happy. The stop and the waiter’s tray will be next.
A temp player, high school coach Sherri joined us. David and I lost 4-6, and she suggested battle of sexes. Unfortunately, we lost 1-6 to the boys, even there were many deuces, but we came up short. Over all a very good match.
4-6, 1-6, one double – why did I stop, and the tray [捂脸]
临时漂亮4.0女娃 (那个1 就是我们女对男的结果 她提议的… we’ve many deuces but came up
short [呲牙])
她是中学的教练 觉得她3.5 更合适: 稳但没什么武器
领养了二个🇨🇳女娃娃,二个越南(?)男娃娃
新的一星期快乐
My rho bid 1♣️ off the bet: I doubt that he’d make it.
One of conventions in bridge is doubles: takeout or penalty. It’s being used so often, that can be taken as a natural call.
I use the penalty double (jericholibrary.org) often, especially when I don’t have a biddable suit. My aim at this stage, is to win under the line points toward game and rubber, and doubling a contract, however successful, wins no such points.
The following two hands were good candidates for penalty double, at my 2023 annual party (cue bid): my rho bid twice my suit and both times, were club.
This hand, I’ve 4 clubs: ♣️Q,J,10,7, with total 13 hcp, not counting the two doubletons.
Round 1 bid: p, p, 1C, 1S – me, who won the bid.
My lho led ♣️4, my partner has ♣️8,6,3,2, which meant my right opponent has ♣️A,K,9, 5. Also, my partner has 9 hcp.
We made 2 (8 tricks in total). If I just doubled him, we wouldn’t win the 20 under the line point.
Interestingly, the same opponent bid my suit the second time, also in club.
This hand, I’ve six clubs: ♣️KQJ432, 17 hcp with two doubletons. Clearly, club is my best suit.
There was only 1 round of bidding: 1♣️, 1♠️ – me, who won the bid. At this point, I didn’t know cue bid, and also wrongfully bid 1♠️ – I think the better bid should be 1N, to show my points.
The take out doubles, on the other hand, is a little complicated, with many factors …
I hosted the first annual bridge party. 8 players show up (one was unannounced; one couple rsvp’ed but didn’t show … oh well), played on two tables. Between serving foods and drinks, I played 28 hands; won 12 bids, winning 9 of them, 75%.
There are couple of hands that my rho (right hand side opponent) Mr. L bid my suit.
This hand, I’ve 4 clubs: ♣️Q,J,10,7, with total 13 hcp, not counting the two doubletons.
Round 1 bid: p, p, 1C, 1S – me, who won the bid.
My left opponent led ♣️4, my partner has ♣️8,6,3,2, which meant my right opponent has ♣️A,K,9, 5. Also, my partner has 9 hcp.
We made 2 (8 tricks in total).
Interestingly, the same opponent bid my suit twice, also in club.
This hand, I’ve six clubs: ♣️KQJ432, 17 hcp with two doubletons. Clearly, club is my best suit.
There was only 1 round of bidding: 1♣️, 1♠️ – me, who won the bid. At this point, I didn’t know cue bid, and also wrongfully bid 1♠️ – I think the better bid should be 1N, to show my points.
Another option is to penalty double. But I’d rather play, to have the chance winning under the line points, that toward a game or rubber. I’ve used double convention many times, for the simplest reason: I’ve better hand and dare the opponent to make his or her contract.
