| Kenneth Bodenham - Funeral Arrangements |
Kenneth's funeral will take place on Friday, 23rd October at 11:15
Northumberland Woodland Burial & Crematorium,
Bockenfield Wood, Felton, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE65 9QJ
followed by refreshments at Linden Hall
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| Wow! |
Its not very often we see a club night score of 74.64%.
Winning by a full 4 boards.
Well done Janet and Pauline
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| House Matters before you play |
Registration
To allow us to gauge numbers, please register here sometime before 6.30 pm on the day of play. Please try to get there for about 6.45 pm to start at 6.50 pm. If you can't play after registering please contact Mike either by email to mike@hawthornes.plus.com or text/telephone 07802425428 and he will delete your entry.
Fee's & Payments
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Members are charged £3 and Visitors £3.50 per session.
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We normally allow play on credit and will send an email requesting payments one month in arrears.
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Bank transfer for monthly arrears are the preferred method of payment.
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If you wish you can pay by cash on a monthly basis or on the night every time you play. Speak to Ken Reed for your preference.
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We no longer accept cheques.
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Charity events normally charged at a minimum of £5 are collected in cash on the night unless you are able to make a bank transfer.
Full Details of methods of payment can be found here
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See Frank's interesting "HAND OF THE WEEK"
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| The Losing Trick Count 13/10/26 |
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Despite what AI thinks once you have found a suit where you and partner hold at least 8 cards, points do not work. While you should still use the basic point count you should adjust the level using the useful Losing Trick Count. The interesting thing; the method was first described in print in the 1930's. Interesting how long it takes for good ideas to be taken up and how quickly poor ideas get woven into bidding methods.
So what do you bid on this hand?
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Again the method that Klinger uses is just too complicated. What is 1/2 a loser? A simple way that appears to work really well is as follows -
You count how many tricks your hand is likely to lose.
The fewer losers you have, the stronger your hand.
1. How to count losers
Look at each suit separately. You never count more than three losers in any one suit.
The basic rules are:
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Three or more cards: Count one loser for each missing ace, king and queen.
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Two cards: Count one loser for each missing ace and king.
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One card: Count one loser if it isn't an ace.
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Void: Count zero losers.
When you count your losers there are a few easy adjustments to your total. These are -
- A J 10 x x is 1 loser not 2
- Add a loser if your hand has no Aces
- Subtract a loser for more that your share of Aces
- Q x x (x) is 3 losers unless you have A x x x in another suit to counteract it
An opening bid in a suit will hold 7 losers or fewer, a response in a new suit at the 1 level (6+ points) will be 9 losers or fewer, and a response in a new suit at the two level is 8 losers or fewer. So when you have found a fit add your losers to partner's presumed losers. Then subtract that from the magic number of 18. Bid at that level.
Look at hand 13 from this week for an example.
You opened 1♦ and partner responds 1♠. You have found a fit so switch to L.T.C. Your losers are =
♠ - 2 (Ace and queen missing);
♥ - 2 (king and queen missing)
♦ - 2 (king and queen missing)
♣ - no losers
Total - 6 losers
Adjustment: 1 losers off for more than you share of Aces. Total losers 5. Partner should be 9 losers or better so do the sum,
18 - (5 + 9) = 4 bid 4♠ .
If you bid this making game you would have been 1 of 2 to get there. Easy game, bridge |
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| The Blackwood roundabout |
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Yes this is a real roundabout........well almost!!! (29/9/26)
if you go up the M80 and leave at the B4048 you will find the real one.
Yes, lots can go wrong with Blackwood which includes -
- You should not use Blackwood on this hand;
- Partner gets the answer wrong
- Partner answers correctly but you misinterpret it
This is shown on hand 18 this week. Ordinary Blackwood (even RKC) is NOT appropriate. The bidding shown is almost the way it went against us.
Blackwood should never be used on this hand. As it is if partner's 2 keycards are ♠ A and ♠ K the slam is a reasonable gamble but if it is the 2 black Aces the slam is poor.
How can I tell you say?
Well, the first pointer is that a void in partner's first bid suit is, almost always, bad and the hand will often play at least 1 trick worse than you expect.
As you can see even game on this hand can go wrong. How can you get the warning? By the clever use of fourth suit forcing but that is a story for another day.
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| Castle Morpeth Bridge Club (CMBC) Home Page |
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Welcome to Castle Morpeth Bridge Club (CMBC). We are an EBU affiliated club that plays every Tuesday evening at St. James Hall in the center of Morpeth. All are welcome.
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| Need a Partner? |
If you need a partner, please contact Freda on telephone 01670 822158 or by email to fredaread194@btinternet.com
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| EBU National Law Clarifications and Amendments |
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