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One, brief direct bridge advice

#1 User is offline   mike777 

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Posted 2013-October-30, 22:51

Your best one bit of bridge advice that you would like to pass on?
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Posted 2013-October-30, 23:37

Always take the action that allows you to blame your partner.

(Or to put it another way, trust your partner to know what she/he is doing. And if things go awry, don't actually blame her or him.)
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Posted 2013-October-30, 23:43

View PostGreenMan, on 2013-October-30, 23:37, said:

Always take the action that allows you to blame your partner.

(Or to put it another way, trust your partner to know what she/he is doing. And if things go awry, don't actually blame her or him.)



This one seems to lead to why we don't have long term partner even those at the very top of bridge.
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Posted 2013-October-31, 01:09

Never stop thinking - except when you are getting late play penalties.
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Posted 2013-October-31, 01:11

View PostCSGibson, on 2013-October-31, 01:09, said:

Never stop thinking - except when you are getting late play penalties.

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Posted 2013-October-31, 01:48

Don't discuss the hands during the session. "Next board, please."

Rik
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Posted 2013-October-31, 05:27

Leave bad boards behind, leave good boards behind too.

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Posted 2013-October-31, 05:28

View Postmike777, on 2013-October-30, 22:51, said:

Your best one bit of bridge advice that you would like to pass on?

play!

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this one bit relates to the 10,000 hours:

http://www.newyorker...complexity.html

gladwell said:

The point of Simon and Chase’s paper years ago was that cognitively complex activities take many years to master because they require that a very long list of situations and possibilities and scenarios be experienced and processed. There’s a reason the Beatles didn’t give us “The White Album” when they were teen-agers.

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Posted 2013-October-31, 06:19

When in doubt, duck.
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Posted 2013-October-31, 06:27

View Postbillw55, on 2013-October-31, 06:19, said:

When in doubt, duck.


... except when declaring grand slams.
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Posted 2013-October-31, 06:37

View PostCamHenry, on 2013-October-31, 06:27, said:

... except when declaring grand slams.

If you have doubts about whether or not to duck when declaring a grand slam you may need some more basic advice (though I'm aware of the Mollo story where this is the only way to get out for 1 down rather than 2 down....)
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Posted 2013-October-31, 06:46

Mine was from when I was a kid. Don't put your elbows on the dinner table or on the bridge table.
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Posted 2013-October-31, 08:01

View PostCamHenry, on 2013-October-31, 06:27, said:

... except when declaring grand slams.

I ducked a K lead in dummy in 7NT at trick 1 once. The squeeze worked and I managed to avoid an absolute bottom as I tied some people's 6NT-1.
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Posted 2013-October-31, 08:02

To keep your own game in order always treat your opponents bidding as if they know what they are doing except for the last red card.
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Posted 2013-October-31, 08:05

On topic, to quote Dr Quest: "No heroics!"
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Posted 2013-October-31, 08:22

All your opponents are stupid. Winning is just a matter of being a bit less stupid than they are.
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Posted 2013-October-31, 08:26

View Postgnasher, on 2013-October-31, 08:22, said:

All your opponents are stupid. Winning is just a matter of being a bit less stupid than they are.

I wouldn't have seen you as someone who applies this advice particularly often judging by your "Clearly, LHO does not have the club Q as he would have played a spade back to take out the entry necessary for double squeeze early." posts :P
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Posted 2013-October-31, 09:41

Do not begin drinking until halfway through the session.
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Posted 2013-October-31, 09:47

View PostCSGibson, on 2013-October-31, 01:09, said:

Never stop thinking - except when you are getting late play penalties.

The advice to international teams is more like:
Never stop thinking - even when you are getting late play penalties.
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Posted 2013-October-31, 10:12

With 11 trumps, don't finesse the Queen
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