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Last night was the final session of the 2022/2023 Bridge Year.

The full results of the ladder competitions can be found by clicking the "Competitions" link.

Congratulations to the winners

Individual:    Paul Morris

Pairs:   Diana Cawdron & Jean Ingham-Johnson 

Slams Trophy:  Jean Wadsworth

New ladders will start next month for 2023/2024.

 

Competition Winners 2019/20

​​Diamond Teams  - Peter Bowen, John Wills, Steve Rotherham, Dennis Virgo
Campoli Teams Trophy - Angela Adams, Leonie Pulford, John Hooper, Barbara Lewington


 

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Welcome to Thame Bridge Club

Welcome to Thame Bridge Club
Welcome to Thame Bridge Club

We aim to provide good but friendly bridge for players of all abilities. 

We meet at Chinnor Rugby Club (off the Thame by-pass) on Monday evenings - duplicate pairs sessions start promptly at 7.15pm, so please arrive by 7.00pm.  

(We are hoping to re-commence monthly Teams of Four sessions when interest allows).  Hands are pre-dealt using Duplimate, with hand records available at the end of the session and on this website.

Visitors are always welcome - please contact Barbara Jordan 01844 212 195 for further details.

If you need a partner for any of our sessions please contact Barbara Walker, 01844 208 531.

The "information"  menu contains more information about the club

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Interesting Bridge

Which bid is the most profitable opening bid?
Playing Pairs, Dealer West, Vulnerability: None

                                                                  North: ♠ Q 7 2
                                                                              ♥ K 7 5
                                                                              ♦ J 7 6 5
                                                                              ♣ 8 5 4

                            West: ♠ J 9 4                                                                          East: ♠ A 10 8 5 3
                                       ♥ 2                                                                                          8 4
                                       ♦ 10 3 2                                                                                  K 9 8
                                       ♣ A Q J 10 7 3                                                                      ♣ K 9 6

 

                                                                South:  ♠ K 6
                                                                              A Q J 10 9 6 3
                                                                              A Q 4
                                                                             ♣ 2


Bidding:           West           North          East     South
                       3♣1                P              5♣2       53 
                         P                  P               P

  1. Computer simulations demonstrate what a big long-term winner the 3 ♣  opener is (by putting the opponents in nasty guesses as to whether/what to bid). This being the case, you shouldn’t wait for the pure hand with seven good cards.
  2. Although sacrifice bidding isn’t generally good tactics at Duplicate Pairs, the advance sacrifice such as East’s has two important things going for it. (i) The opponents may not realise you are sacrificing and let you play there undoubled; and (ii) they may bid on (in which case your sacrifice can’t cost and will gain handsomely if their Five-level bid goes down).
  3. You can hardly blame South with his very powerful playing hand, although the general motto is “Don’t bid Five over Five”.

On this deal, East-West’s preemptive bidding catapulted South to the dizzy heights of 5  . This would have been a bridge too far had West led a spade or diamond (able to lead a second round of that suit when in with the club), but in practice he reasonably led the ace of clubs.

At trick two West led the queen of clubs ruffed by declarer, who seemingly had three losers: the ace of spades and, unless East held a miracle   Kx, the king of diamonds. Declarer cashed the ace of hearts, then led the nine to the king, preserving the six, so that he could shortly cross to dummy’s seven.

Declarer was pretty confident that East held both the ace of spades and the king of diamonds, because West had preempted and had revealed seven high-card points in clubs. At trick five he led a low spade towards his king, East correctly ducking (or declarer would have two spade tricks).

Declarer led the preserved six of hearts to dummy’s seven, then led a low diamond to the queen, the finesse as expected winning. Rather than cash the ace of diamonds in the (vain) hope that East’s king would drop  a doubleton, he started rattling off his trumps.

When declarer led his last trump and threw a spade from dummy to leave ♠  Q and   J7 [in hand: ♠  6 and   A4], East was in some difficulty. What could he discard from ♠  A10 and   K9?

If East threw the nine of diamonds, declarer could cash the ace, felling East’s king and score his 11th trick with dummy’s promoted jack. In practice East threw away the ten of spades, but now declarer exited with a spade to dummy’s queen and East’s ace, awaiting the lead from   K9, which he could run to dummy’s jack, scoring the last trick with his ace. 11 tricks and game made.

5 ♣  would have been just down two (-300 if doubled, cheap against 4   making), so South had to bid (and make) 5   to score well.

Reminder: If you're going to introduce highly pre-emptive bidding, or many conventions, then ensure your declarer play is spot on. Playing of the cards is often the last aspect learned when, in fact, it's the most important. Bridge books on declarer play should be top of your list!

 

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Opportunities For Learning

Thame Bridge Club - Player Support Workshops

We offer some informal workshops and sessions for players new to the game and those wanting to improve their bidding and play.
Because of the nature of bridge the sessions and workshops need at least 4 people to be interested for each one to run. At the moment there are a number running but if you are interested and would like to put your name down for future sessions please contact Barbara Jordan 01844 212 195
 


Paul Morris (a member of our club) regularly offers classes in Aylesbury
Paul can be contacted by email or phone  paulbridgelessons@gmail.com.  or phone 07956 442 273


Further opportunities for both beginners and improvers can be found by clicking on the "Lessons & Courses" button in the blue menu on the left.

 

Social Bridge in the County

For information please contact: Barbara Jordan, OBA Social Bridge, 01844 212 195     Banjo44@btinternet.com

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EBU Events

For forthcoming EBU Events please click on link EBU Events.pdf

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Calendar
2nd October 2023
Pairs
Director: Jean Wadsworth
Scorer: Jean Wadsworth
Dealer: Jean Wadsworth
9th October 2023
Pairs
Director: Tim May
Scorer: Tim May
Dealer: Jean Wadsworth
16th October 2023
Pairs
Director: Paul Morris
Scorer: Paul Morris
Dealer: Jean Wadsworth
23rd October 2023
Director: Jean Wadsworth
Scorer: Jean Wadsworth
Dealer: Keith Schurch
Results
Pairs
Director: Tim May
Scorer: Keith Schurch
Dealer: Jean Wadsworth
Pairs
Director: Jean
Scorer: Jean
Dealer: Jean Wadsworth
Pairs
Director: Keith Schurch
Scorer: Keith Schurch
Dealer: Keith Schurch
Pairs
Director: Paul Morris
Scorer: Keith Schurch
Dealer: Keith Schurch
Pairs
Director: Paul Morris
Scorer: Keith Schurch
Dealer: Keith Schurch
Pairs
Director: Jean
Scorer: Jean
Dealer: Jean Wadsworth