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IAC Teaching Sessions / Re: Slam Tourney Hands - 2020-02-14
« on: February 17, 2020, 06:54:15 PM »
Hi All,

I had not uploaded the BBO formatted hands .. it is attached.

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IAC Teaching Sessions / Slam Tourney Hands - 2020-02-14
« on: February 14, 2020, 10:32:54 PM »
Attached are the hands from the Slam Tourney of 2020-02-14.  Drop them into aaBridge and replay them in the aps double dummy feature, or play against the program's robots.

See   https://rogerpf.com/bridge/aaBridge  for a free download of aaBridge . .there are Youtube videos if you need help with installation,  and lots of videos on how to use aaBridge.

C
GG_Bridge

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IAC Tourneys / aaBridge feature for predealt hands in a Tourney
« on: January 30, 2020, 04:50:21 PM »
There's a new feature in aaBridge to aid directors when creating a tourney with predealt hands.  The process outlined will set the dealer, vulnerability, and declarer in the right location so that your hands won't be unexpectantly changed by BBO when downloaded for the tourney.

Feel free to contact me for clarification -- I will happily Skype with anyone who needs help .. my Skype ID is the same as my BBO ID.

C

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IAC & Master Solvers Club / Re: 2020 February - MASTER SOLVERS CLUB
« on: January 05, 2020, 06:23:34 PM »
Here we go again .. I almost didn't submit these publicly when I read everyone else's thoughts  (which is why I send in my answers before reading the comments)

PROBLEM A: 4 Spades  - Just feels right.
PROBLEM B: 2 Notrump  - I'll take a chance and show my strength.
PROBLEM C: (a3)  - Partner could still have 4 hearts, and 1NT understates my hand, 2NT overstates ..
PROBLEM D: 2 Notrump - I know I only have 4 hearts, but if I bid Clubs and partner comes back with spades - I'm stuck.  My hearts are good, so I'll risk it.
PROBLEM E: 2 Hearts - Partner could only have 3D, so it's better to risk a 5/2 fit in hearts.
PROBLEM F: 3 Clubs - Only bid I have.
PROBLEM G: Pass - This looks like a hand where I've gotten in trouble in the past by rebidding my clubs, only to find that partner has 1 club no points, and one opp has 5 clubs.
PROBLEM H: Heart 7

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IAC Tourneys / IAC Slam Tourney Hands
« on: January 03, 2020, 08:17:10 PM »
Here are the hands from today's Slam Tourney ..2020-01-03

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IAC & Master Solvers Club / Re: 2020 January - MASTER SOLVERS CLUB
« on: December 12, 2019, 04:36:29 AM »
thanks for that excellent explanation ..

C

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IAC & Master Solvers Club / Re: 2020 January - MASTER SOLVERS CLUB
« on: December 11, 2019, 04:56:53 AM »
Can some kind person explain or point me to some text in the Bridge convention document as to why "minimum equal-level conversions do not apply".  I took that as a prohibition of the double bid.  Is it because you have no tolerance for clubs if they bid that suit?

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IAC Tourneys / Re: New weekend tourneys
« on: December 07, 2019, 08:40:39 PM »
I have changed the time for the Sunday tourney ...

I shouldn't complain since this tourney is scheduled at a time I'm already playing ... but I always wonder why if a few players say we want to play faster it happens ... that's definitely going to favor the more advanced players (imo).  As we're a teaching club, why not give players more time to think?

C

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IAC & Master Solvers Club / Re: 2020 January - MASTER SOLVERS CLUB
« on: November 30, 2019, 05:18:59 AM »
I'll state my disclaimer upfront .. not familiar with the "Bridge World Standard 2017" conventions, so for this exercise, I just bid as I would normally -- we'll see if I crash and burn .. but certainly hope I will learn from the experience.

PROBLEM A: 2 Diamonds -   I would have doubled if not for that note, which I couldn't find a reason for in the "Standard 2017"
PROBLEM B: 3 Notrump
PROBLEM C: 3 Hearts 
PROBLEM D: 1 Spade - 3 bidding choices .. am I too cautious not to bid NT?  -- showing my spade stop, maybe North can bid diamonds or rebid hearts?
PROBLEM E: (b1)  - I want my partner to bid again.
PROBLEM F: 2 Hearts - I want partner to know I have 5 hearts
PROBLEM G: 1 Notrump
PROBLEM H: Diamond Ace - Feels like the lesser of evils?

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IAC & Master Solvers Club / Re: 2020 January - MASTER SOLVERS CLUB
« on: November 28, 2019, 07:20:54 PM »
Hi,
I've submitted my answers to Bridge World for the first time.  I've read the posts about how this works, but not quite sure if others will see my answers if I don't post them in the forum.  I decided to answer all the questions without reading what anyone else had posted as to their answers.

Am I supposed to put my answers up before the contest ends?  I don't mind if others see my answers.

Charlene (GG_Bridge)

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