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The congress included a daily bulletin edited by Will Jenner-O'Shea that are worth reading. They include an interesting series of articles on Redoubles and discussion of hands played by winning pairs and teams that day.
Here are some notes on how to claim and concede and what to do when an opponent claims or concedes.
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The cost is $160, this includes the Joan Butts book Play Bridge 1: A Workbook for the Absolute Beginner and printed notes are given after each lesson. Each lesson lasts 2 hours and usually starts either at 10am or 7pm.
AG asked: I would love to hear from some of the experts at the club the answer to this question (both as Declarer and the Defenders): ‘What’s the first thing you do when the dummy is laid down?’ I know the short answer is ‘Make a Plan’ however, I’d like to know more than that. What are they looking for, what makes their hearts glow? What makes their hearts sink? What are their strategies for play?
AG said: "With a Take-Out Double, I was playing with someone on Saturday who was using it to indicate that the player to their right had stolen their bid. This would indicate that they have lots of the bid suit, but I understood that the Take-Out Double indicated that you had nothing in the bid suit but an opening hand and cover in the other suits. Surely, both can’t be right ?"
Here we go:
AG asked: "How do you count losers and why would you want to?"
"Counting losers" comes up in at least two different contexts. The one I hope you have heard of is as part of a declarer planning how she will play the hand, particularly in suit contracts. For example playing in 4H you may look at your hand and dummy and see:
