Orewa Bridge Club
Alison Beer, a Life Master, is one of our most experienced Bridge Players. Alison often provides hints and tips that are published in our Newsletters and has kindly given permission for them to be published here for easy reference. Alison plays regularly in our clubrooms and is always willing to chat through any questions you may have on the subject of bridge.
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This is what a top New Zealand player, administrator and teacher (Alan Turner QSM) said to a Directors’ class I attended many years ago.
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We start with two important facts:
1. You are not competing with the room, just with that one opposing pair playing your way at the other table.
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This hint comes from Michael Ware. Michael has represented NZ on world bridge stages many times and won countless NZ Pairs and Teams Championships. So when he gives a hint I’m keen to follow it.
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This bridge bidding tip looks at how North and South, with a combined 33 HCP, can use careful early bidding to reach a small slam in 6NT.
North - 16 HCP: ♠ 3 ♥ AQ65 ♦ QT4 ♣ AKJT2
South - 17 HCP: ♠ KQ82 ♥ KT ♦ AK98 ♣ Q74
With a combined 33 HCP they should definitely be aiming to bid a small slam, but of the 16 NS pairs, only 5 did.
