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TUESDAY MORNING STUDENT GAME
TUESDAY MORNING STUDENT GAME

STUDENT GAME
We will resume our Tuesday morning game (0-20) beginning 
November 1 at 9 a.m. at the VBBC.
Please join us.  No partner or reservation is required.

Perfect venue for those taking our bridge courses, players
wanting to get back in to bridge, or for those who wish to learn about duplicate bridge. 
 

0 - 99 GAME WEDNESDAY SUSPENDED FOR THE SUMMER
0 - 99 GAME WEDNESDAY SUSPENDED FOR THE SUMMER

0 - 99 PLAYERS!

THIS GAME IS SUSPENDED FOR THE SUMMER. PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE OPEN GAME AT 1 PM.  LOOK FOR THIS 99ER GAME TO RETURN FALL OF 2016.
 

One of the Best Florida Bridge Clubs

Located in Vero Beach Florida, the Vero Beach Bridge Center is a member-owned bridge club. We host daily bridge games, duplicate bridge tournaments, bridge classes for all levels,  celebrity speakers, and student games for new players which are all sanctioned by the American Contract Bridge League. In fact, the size of our club allows us to hold many restricted games for up and coming players, no need to swim with the sharks! 
Pre-dealt boards for pair games mean no shuffling and hand records are available after each game, whether for the daily bridge play or on-site duplicate bridge tournaments. The use of Bridgemate II allows results to be ready immediately following the game.
We have one of the best duplicate bridge clubs in Florida, if not the nation.

New Score Sheet
New Score Sheet

Convention Card filled out already? Just need a score sheet? Grab one of our new two-sided Bridge Buddy score sheets. You'll love the layout and by using it twice you'll help your club save money.

Full Disclosure
Duplicate Bridge is a game of full disclosure. Please have two completed convention cards on the table and announce and alert bids appropriately.  VBBC enforces the Zero Tolerance Policy for unacceptable behavior.  The policy is to create a much more pleasant atmosphere in our games and to attempt to eradicate unacceptable behavior in order to make the game of bridge more enjoyable for all.
The Bridgewebs App for the Apple iPhone / iPad / iPod Touch is now available.
If you like to use our website, want to access it when you are "on the go" and own one of the above devices you may wish to click on this story. The link will take you to an overview of the features of a bridgewebs app. If you like what you read, use the link on the lower left of that page to go to iTunes store.
 
Play Course - Homework
Dummy's Long Suit, Hand 8 Nov 24

Despite only 11 HCP; with 2.5 quick tricks, the master suit and aggressive distribution it is clear to open the North hand. Playing 2/1 Game Force, it is normal to reverse over a 2/1 response with a minimum, but this pair was playing that it shows extras to rebid on the three level. Therefore opener chose between 2S and 2NT for his rebid.

So much for the auction, now make 6. East leads the K.

Declarer has 2 diamond losers and a club loser. That is if trump behave. Clearly with weak trumps in his hand he can't ruff the minor suit losers on the board. It looks like we will need to setup dummy's long suit.

Win the K lead and ruff a heart to hand. As the opponent's follow, hearts prove to be 4/2 or 3/3. Therefore we need at most two more dummy entries to lead hearts (ruffing in hand, or discarding once) and one dummy entry more to enjoy the long hearts. We have four entries, two in trump and two on the side. So you can draw trump ending on the board (there is an alternative of playing only one round of trump to the dummy). Ruff a heart (they go 4/2) with your last trump and use one of dummy's remaining entries to go back to the board to lead and lose a heart. The dummy's hearts are now good and you have one entry left to enjoy them. You lose only a heart to take 12 tricks. If trump had gone 4/1, you would need 3/3 hearts.

The field did pretty well on this hand. Bidding and making 6 was worth 5.1 in one section and 6.5 in the other. Two pairs made 7, they likely played to Kafter the initial heart ruff and ruffed another heart in hand. Back to the board with a side suit entry to ruff a third heart in hand, over ruffing West if necessary. Now use the last side suit entry get to the dummy, draw the last trump and claim. The analysis of how many rounds of trump too draw and when on this hand is a bit complicated for the space available.