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once we learn the duplicate bridge good enough, its all in balancing and balancing please dont hang your partner for balancing. the pair who mastered the balancing wins regularly. your thought,
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Posted 2009-June-07, 05:25
Yep, don't hang partner for balancing.
Last night I watched Pepsi and Lev belatedly bid and make a game after their opponents balanced. That's always a lot of fun too, especially early in a match.
Last night I watched Pepsi and Lev belatedly bid and make a game after their opponents balanced. That's always a lot of fun too, especially early in a match.
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Posted 2009-June-07, 07:17
shubi, on Jun 7 2009, 06:13 AM, said:
once we learn the duplicate bridge good enough, its all in balancing and balancing please dont hang your partner for balancing. the pair who mastered the balancing wins regularly. your thought,
But what can you do when you're unbalanced?
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Posted 2009-June-07, 08:11
are we allowed scales?
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Posted 2009-June-07, 08:15
andy_h, on Jun 8 2009, 02:11 AM, said:
are we allowed scales?
If you want to become a fish.
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I believe that the USA currently hold only the World Championship For People Who Still Bid Like Your Auntie Gladys - dburn
dunno how to play 4 card majors - JLOGIC
True but I know Standard American and what better reason could I have for playing Precision? - Hideous Hog
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Posted 2009-June-07, 11:52
Cascade, on Jun 7 2009, 09:15 AM, said:
andy_h, on Jun 8 2009, 02:11 AM, said:
are we allowed scales?
If you want to become a fish.
mhmmm... barrels.
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Posted 2009-June-07, 17:45
PassedOut, on Jun 7 2009, 06:25 AM, said:
Yep, don't hang partner for balancing.
Last night I watched Pepsi and Lev belatedly bid and make a game after their opponents balanced. That's always a lot of fun too, especially early in a match.
Last night I watched Pepsi and Lev belatedly bid and make a game after their opponents balanced. That's always a lot of fun too, especially early in a match.
Tho it is very tempting, when it goes
1HEART- PASS- PASS- 1 SAPDE BY US- 2DIAMONDS-PASS-PASS- 5DIAOMNDS-PASS- PASS- 6diamonds!!!!!
and making
Free, on 2011-May-10, 03:57, said:
Babalu just wanted a shoulder to cry on, is that too much to ask for?
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Posted 2009-June-07, 19:24
From a live game:
1D - p - p - 1S
5C - p - 5D - p
p - 5S - 6D - all pass.
Balanced into game AND balanced into slam!
Scoring: IMP
1D - p - p - 1S
5C - p - 5D - p
p - 5S - 6D - all pass.
Balanced into game AND balanced into slam!
and the result can be plotted on a graph.
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Posted 2009-June-07, 19:31
Before someone points out that EW should have balanced into 6S, a good sac, at one table they did and then NS bid 7D, making on a spade lead!
and the result can be plotted on a graph.
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Posted 2009-June-07, 19:32
WTF?
What on earth would compel anybody to think that Balancing belongs in the water cooler?
What on earth would compel anybody to think that Balancing belongs in the water cooler?
Yay for the "Ignored Users" feature!
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Posted 2009-June-07, 19:33
To make your signature legal (multi is usually banned in acbl land).
... and I can prove it with my usual, flawless logic.
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Posted 2009-June-07, 20:07
lol. think insanity and balancing are mutually exclusive.
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Posted 2009-June-07, 21:03
shubi, on Jun 7 2009, 09:07 PM, said:
lol. think insanity and balancing are mutually exclusive.
Exactly!
and the result can be plotted on a graph.
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Posted 2009-June-07, 21:17
shubi is way more coherent than usual. congrats shubi!
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