Hi ,
We're very happy to welcome India back with a new video and supervised play session this week!
In this interesting hand that came up in one of India's play sessions, we find a fantastic example of how our different bidding systems can lead to very different outcomes.
Sitting South, Standard players will open this hand a simple 1NT which becomes the contract. But with both four spades and four diamonds, Acol players will have to decide as a partnership whether they open their higher 4-card suit or their lower.
Bidding the same hand, three different partnerships will end up in either 1NT, 2NT, or 3NT. And all three of these are "correct." As India points out, each of these auctions give different hints to the defence about what to lead and how to best defend this hand.
So, what's the best system? It really depends on the context, but it is always important to understand how the different systems you encounter might give different clues.
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We've had a wonderful turn-out of new students joining Pam's class for her four lessons on Counting. You can still register now to view last week's replay right away and join us for lesson 2, presented live this week:
(Tuesday evenings in UK, Europe, and USA)
£35 or $44 for four lessons (before member discount)
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And of course, we hope you can join us for our online supervised play session at RealBridge on Tuesday. This session is free for members of all LBO classes (but non-members are most welcome as well):
Tuesday at 9:30am, UK time
Free for all members / £8 or $10 for non-members
This week's play session is expected to last approximately 90 minutes. Our January sessions will be free for members of all classes. Play with your partner or come and you'll be paired. All levels welcome!
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Wishing you the best!
Yours partner in learning,
Bajir from LBO
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