| EBU Winter Sim Pairs |
The first SIM Pairs event of the year is next Wednesday 14th January. Table Money £5.
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| Welcome to Maidstone Bridge Club |
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With 150 members, MBC is EBU affiliated and has been providing top class bridge and lessons for new members for over 60 years
The Club meets on Monday afternoons and Wednesday evenings for face-to-face bridge at the Maidstone Civil Service Club in Recreation Close Maidstone with computer scoring and pre-dealt hands
Table money is £3 for members (£3.50 visitors who are very welcome) and free tea, coffee and biscuits are available
Please note that card payments are the preferred payment method on both days
Car parking is available at the rear of the Club but be aware Monday afternoon can be congested so please follow any instructions given.
Parking on the grass is not permitted. There is no shortage of parking space on Wednesday evenings
Play starts at 1300 on Mondays and 1900 on Wednesdays; we normally play 24 or 27 boards with play finishing around 1615 or 2215
Please note we do not operate a host system but if you contact Linda for Mondays or Richard for Wednesdays they will try to pair you up
Linda Catt on 07748967416 Mondays or Richard Sissons on 07780681405 Wednesdays
For general bridge enquiries please email Pauline Davis pjdvs28@gmail.com or see our Facebook page
Scores are normally posted on this site about half an hour after play finishes
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| Last updated : 25th Oct 2025 14:08 GMT |
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| Hand Of The Week |
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Board 20, Monday 29th December
Sticking with the theme of hand evaluation from the previous Hand of the Week: Board 20 from Monday 29th December illustrates yet again how, when assessing distributional hands, the Losing Trick Count is superior to counting points.
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After West opens 1D and North overcalls with 1S, what should East bid? The Losing Trick Count suggests 4D is correct. What about South? Again a 7 LTC suggest 4S, and with such few points, it will either make, be a good sacrifice, or tempt E/W into making a wrong bid.
If West passes, E/W will need to defend very carefully to defeat 4S. Assuming a Diamond lead which West wins, if he tries to get a H ruff by leading QH, North will win draw trumps in two rounds, then ruff his remaining QD.
Now the critical play – lead a Club. E/W take a second Club trick then what? West can only lead to a ruff and discard, or East can lead away from his JH enabling North to win the 10H in hand.
West may bid on to 6D the play of which is easy – 5C + 5D + 2 spade ruffs = 12 tricks.
All of this on 21 points E/W or 19 points N/S. What makes this possible is the 10 or 11 card fits.
Of the 10 pairs playing this board, 4 of the 5 N/S who played in 4S earned 15 or more out of 18 matchpoints, whilst the 5 who played E/W in D or C earned 14/18 matchpoints. |
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| Last updated : 7th Jan 2026 10:06 GMT |
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