Something new! I used html to build a little table here
Maybe it’s because it’s the only way I know of to have a few people pay me any mind, but I *DO* enjoy teaching…i.e. sharing things that I know and love and can sort of explain.
So lately I’ve been acting on impluses a lot more than would be my typical behavior. I’ve considered for a long while that I could easily give up the minutes that I go out with a lovely group of women and eat out before playing bridge Friday night, and I could give a mini lesson before the bridge game. The impulse was that I mentioned it to J & W, and now I’ll be doing a mini lesson every week. Hmmm… so now to look for an interesting hand every week.
I’m no Frank Stewart, a well known bridge writer, but I’ve been watching for interesting hands, and found this one by playing in the 2/1 teaching game, in a team format.
I’m going to be pushing my html past its limits in a hurry, but, here are the hands.
| Teams Imps Dlr: West Vul: None |
north S K975 H KT98 D Q5 C 932 |
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| west —- S T H J6 D T963 C AQJT74 |
east —– S 62 H AQ42 D A87 C K865 |
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| south —— S AQJ843 H 753 D KJ42 C |
West deals. What’s your bid as West? Follow it around and predict and auction. What’s the best contract for E/W? and for N/S? At our table it went (3c p 4c 4s) (p p 5c p) (p p x..)
Unfortunately E/W make only 4c. At the other table (our teammates are seated N/S at a table playing the same cards) the opponents were allowed to play 4c making. If east passes 4s, it makes. So, 5c x saves 320 points for our team, but it’s still horrid result. What’s the lesson in this hand? I’ve got a week to work that out. Bridge teaches nothing if not humility!
Who gets the credit or the blame for this result?
I’m thinking ahead to the HTML to make this look ok.. need a table…no big deal, except that I’ve forgotten the tags and how they interact.
And a photo for your enjoyment.. lots of swamp photos. I went to the Boy Scout boardwalk in the Big Branch nature preserve today and walked and photographed spring in the wetlands. This is from Christmas. One of the tour boats for the swamp tours.
March 14th, 2010 at 11:12 am
Apparently you’ve forgotten your attempts to teach me to play “honeymoon whist”, a card game I have totally forgotten. The table would make no more sense to me that the card alignment does. Canasta, now, I could remember with a little instruction.
March 14th, 2010 at 6:50 pm
Let’s see as I understand you will be teaching some bridge ..Then you went to take some springtime pictures..and then you send a christmas picture….?
If I were a bridge player..I will play…but I am not a bridge player.
good luck