Vil Gravis's blog

I wonder why slam bidding is so poor in every session of bridge that I have looked at lately.

Board 23 from Thursday 18/07/2010
Dealer S All Vul

	QJ32 432 Q9876 9
AK87 AQ986 A T76		T4 J5 K2 AKQJ853
	965 KT7 JT543 42

Vil begins a new series of commentaries on hands played at his home club of Hutt on Thursday nights.

From Thursday 11/07/2019
Board 12 Dealer W NS Vul

	43 K852 AT94 KQJ
Q965 J974 732 T4		A82 AT3 KJ65 872
	KJT7 Q6 Q8 A9653

Good bidding by one person in a partnership can sometimes be undone by impetuosity on the part of the other.
Board 28 from 13-06-2019
Dealer W NS Vul

	AQ3 KQ863 54 AK7
T7 JT QJ98763 T2		J54 A974 T 98543
	K9862 52 AK2 QJ6

Thank you for your input from last week, folks. It is always apparent that the general standard of declarer play AND defence does need considerable improvement. For those of you who are interested in improving the way you think about things in the play, I am reproducing last week’s deal and suggesting some things you should think about when declarer. Those of you who responded did show that you were prepared to think and not just play your cards out and hope for the best.

Board 16 from 5/06/19
Dealer W EW Vul

	2 5 A98732 KQJ83
9865 QJ9743 K6 2		AQJ43 A6 QT A976
	KT7 KT82 J54 T54

This week we see the first session of a Swiss Pairs at our club, so I will be looking for deals where an emphasis on teams play strategy is necessary to achieve best results. That means bidding confidently to your games, and taking great care in your declarer play, as well as good defence. All that will come with more play and learning. Maybe I will get some responses from readers this week, I still have not had any responses to the previous review which asked for suggestions on declarer play.

Board 16 from 5/06/19
Dealer W EW Vul

	2 5 A98732 KQJ83
9865 QJ9743 K6 2		AQJ43 A6 QT A976
	KT7 KT82 J54 T54