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For keen Junior, Intermediate and other players: It’s Fri  Day. Time for a change? Some interesting defending for you to do today. It is not always right to return partner’s opening lead…or is it! North... read more here

And Everything to Gain! Well, just beating the contract would be great! So, a defensive problem for you, here. You are playing Teams. South DealsE-W Vul     Q 10 8 7 5 A K J... read more here

Hugh McGann, Michael Ware, Matthew McManus, Mike Doecke.  Near Easter Double for Michael and Matthew. It was nearly a perfect Easter for Michael Ware and Matthew McManus as they were in the winning team in the Auckland Open Teams and were... read more here

The “Perfect Dummy”. It does not happen that often but it does happen. Is this going to be the day? Those who played in the Easter Monday 3A Pairs at the Auckland Bridge Club rather hoped that this would be the day. Well, they had a... read more here

   Minor Mayhem…and Machine Malfunction! Would you ever put down your 8 card suit as dummy? Would you ever do that if the suit contained two honour cards? The answer surely is “no”. If partner insisted on being... read more here

Pre-empts Work! We know that, often to our cost, when it is one of our opponents who open at the 2 or 3 level or even higher. Ruefully, we all admit they are just part of the game and gleefully look forward to the next time we can put pressure on... read more here

Potential…and Possibilities. Are you tired of those flat 3 counts? Then, today is your day. We have a different kind of problem…and we are going to be nice to you and say you are playing Pairs. What then is your next bid and what is... read more here

Our Aim is? There are two questions today involving playing the same deal. In the first case, our contract of 5S has not been doubled. In the second, it has! South DealsE-W Vul J 10 2 J 10... read more here

for Junior, Intermediate and Novice players...and others. It's Fri  day. The new “boss suit”! You heard perhaps that spades is the “boss suit”. That is so because whoever holds the spade suit should be able to... read more here

Discovery Play. Sometimes, you can have a Plan B when your main chance of success fails. On other occasions Plan B involves recording a minus score. Like here. South DealsBoth Vul J 6 4 A 5 2... read more here

"Take it slow, Joe." One deal and two pre-empts! The following recent bidding problem only occurred at one of four tables in play. Perhaps it should have occurred at all four? The problem below should really not have been the problem but... read more here

A Secret on the side: Part 2. Yesterday, we saw an advantage of disregarding a major second suit when it came to opening the bidding. It rather put the opposition off a relatively easy defence. What then here? East DealsNone Vul... read more here

A secret on the side. You be the judge here. Both defenders erred but who was the cause of their misdefence? The only person blameless was dummy!     South DealsE-W Vul     A 6... read more here

For Junior and Intermediate players…and others. It’s Fri   day. The Rules are there to be followed. Well, they are usually guidelines rather than hard and fast rules. Sometimes they backfire and you concede a big minus score... read more here

Which Way Next? Your partner opens the bidding with one of a suit and you can see 18 or 19 high card points in front of you. You have no particular fit for partner’s first bid suit but immediately you are focused on slam possibilities. Yet,... read more here

The Present and The Past: Useful Agreements. Have we improved over the years? I can answer this rhetorical question by saying “I hope so.” We can ignore those memory lapses which come with advancing years, of course! A very recent... read more here