Welcome to Brighton Central Bridge club at Patching Lodge

Please feel free to contact us at any time,

LIFELINES HAS DECIDED TO TEMPORARILY SUSPEND ALL ACTIVITIES AND ARE NOTFYING ALL BRIGHTON CENTRAL BRIDGE PLAYERS SO PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAILS ESPECIALLY FOR NEWS OF WHEN WE RE-START 

IF YOU WANT A "BRIDGE FIX" WHILE BRIDGE IS SUSPENDED YOU CAN ACCESS BRIDGE BASE ONLINE (BBO) WHERE YOU CAN CHOOSE TO PLAY ON LINE OR WATCH OTHERS PLAYING

BRIGHTON CENRAL BRIDGE CLUB

New Virtual Club BRIDGE BASE ONLINE ("BBO")

Starts 12.15 for 12.30 on Tuesday 6/10/20

Please:

(1) if not already sent, send your BBO USER NAME to brightoncentralbridgeclub@gmail.com as soon as possible whether or not you intend to play on 6/10/20;

(2)if intending to play on 6/10/20:

      (a) sign on to BBO;

      (b) go to "COMPETITIVE" on dropdown menu;

      (c) go to "ALL TOURNEMENTS" on dropdown menu;;

      (d) find "BRIGHTON CENTRAL BRIDGE CLUB" among the clubs - this will show AT LEAST 90 MINUTES before the start time;

      (e) follow instructions to register for play - this will cost 3$ per player ( BBO$ can be bought through the BBO SHOP);

IF YOU ARE HAVING PROBLEMS ON THE DAY CALL STEWART ON 01273-682439

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS PLEASE CALL STEWART

ON 01273-682439 or 07714-768-287

IT WOULD HELP TO KNOW

WHO WILL BE ATTENDING THE FOLLOWING WEEK

to allow the Director to set up the appropriate movement.

Thank you,

Stewart,

Chair.

The club operates zero tolerance to bad manners at the bridge table.

PERMITTED SYSTEMS ARE STANDARD ACOL AND BENJI ACOL.

Thank you for your support.

If you enjoy these events, please mention them to friends who might be interested in attending.

Brighton central bridge club is an activity of Lifelines charity for over 50s and retired.

In order to continue expanding we would appreciate any unwanted Bridge equipment, Tables ,scorecards , bidding boxes etc.

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(1) What do you play as a suit overcall ? Good 5 card suit and 8-15 HCP ?   Weak Jump Overcall ? Intermediate Jump Overcall ? South's hand is plainly too strong for any overcall !

(2) What do you play for 1NT overcall ? 15-17 HCP with good stop ? 16-18 HCP with good stop ? South's hand is plainly too strong for any overcall !

(3) What do you play as 2NT overcall ? 20-22 HCP, balancved with a good stop ? Do you play the "Unusual NT" ? Neither of these bids describes you hand accurately.

(4) When your overcalls are inappropriate and/or you are too strong, do you think about DOUBLING which partner will understand as for TAKE OUT and will respond unless partner holds length and strength in the suit opened.

(5) When 2nd hand doubles, 4th hand will bid at MINIMUM LEVEL with 0-7 HCP and JUMP RESPONSE with 8+ HCP.

(6) Here partner does not bid 1♠  but 2♠  confirming 8+ HCP and probably 4+ spades, so you have found a SUIT FIT and SUFFICIENT FOR GAME IN SPADES.

(7) You see that you dummy holds 9 HCP so with your dummy you hold 28 HCP - to open East must hold at least 5 hearts and the remaining 12 HCP ? 

(8) So long as you can reach dummy, you can finesse through East for any missing honour cards.

OPENING THE BIDDING & LIMIT BIDS (1)

When opening the bidding, the simplest opening bid is a LIMIT BID which describes in one bid the opener's strength and shape.

An opening bid of 1NT is a classic LIMIT BID - when playing "WEAK NT" an opening of 1NT shows:

12-14 HCP

no void,

no singleton,

not more than one singleton,

no 5+ card major (♠  & ♥ )

no 6+ minor (♦ & ♣) 

This means:

(a) that opener, havng desc ribes the hand in a single bid, does not need a RE-BID; and

(b) that responder is the CAPTAIN, ie is in charge of whether and how the bidding continues.

On this hand North and East pass, South opens 1NT ("WEAK NT") and all pass.

West leads, with a STANDARD LEAD of ♥ K (top of hoour sequence) and South makes a plan before playing from Dummy.

South holds 3 Aces (♥A, ♦A and ♣A) and 4 tricks in Spades SO LONG AS SOUTH TAKES THE 4 TRICKS IN THE CORRECT ORDER.

When South takes the 1st trick, unless the ♠ Q is taken first and then ♠A ♠K and ♠J it will be impossible to take the 7 tricks needed to make the contract.