The BMB Bridge Gazette

The Bridge Gazette is a free resource from Bernard Magee Bridge designed to give players of all levels a quick and informative weekly read.

ARTICLE OF THE WEEK

Entries Part Three

Entries. Where doooo they all come from? Entries are needed for many reasons. You may…

TIP OF THE WEEK

If you are feeling down or have something on your mind

If you are feeling down or have something on your mind have a game of bridge the concentration needed will give your mind a complete break from your troubles for a couple of hours and you really will feel the benefit.

Bidding Quiz of the Week

Test your bidding powers with Bernard's latest Bidding Quiz. It's free to play so give it a go. Click the image to play.

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HANDS QUESTIONS

How Would You Bid this Hand?

How should you bid this hand? Find out what Bernard thinks.

Here's the question that was asked about the hand below:

Bid of opps suit

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QUESTIONS FROM THE BMB FORUM

Forum Question to David Stevenson

Mislead by mistake with Convention

Hi David, Last night I opened the bidding with 1NT, LHO bid 2D which was alerted by his partner and described when asked as “Spades and another”. Bidding continued and finished in 5Cx by my RHO. Before I led LHO explained that he had forgotten the convention they were playing and his 2D was in fact natural. What should happen now? At the end of the board my partner said he had been damaged as he would have bid Spades if it were not for the explanation after the 2D. Is there any comeback?

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THE BRIDGE GLOSSARY

Block or Blockage

A suit has a blockage if it is impossible, without the use of an outside entry, to play out the suit by cashing top cards. If you block a suit, it means you play a suit in such a way as to create a blockage (not normally a good idea). For example:

Layout 1 starts as blocked. To cash four tricks, South must possess an outside entry since the ace will win the first round in the North hand. On Layout 2, you can avoid a blockage by cashing the ace first; if, instead, you cashed one of the honours from the longer holding, then that would block the suit.

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