Martin
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I think that Directors are normally volunteers and so that care should be taken with the approach.
Having said that, there are a number of roles/tasks that a Director performs on any given night:
Sorting the movement
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I would suggest a poll - I would respond only 3D with west's hand over 2NT showing both minors.
East has no UI as the 3D shows preference for D over C, 3NT looks reasonable
I would think a second poll of what to do after 3NT would be … -
Along those lines, but not a claim, people say " play the clubs from the top" or similar quite regularly... If they notice that the suit is not splitting, they are not obligated to play club after club until they lose a trick. Once they spot a b…
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But the law says only that you must disclose your partnership agreements and understandings from experience.
It specifically says that you do not have to disclose inferences and bridge knowledge.
I agree that one should disclose fu… -
Wasn't there a thread earlier about what is classed as bridge knowledge (which I would include bridge logic?).
Is this part of the laws of bridge, that explanations should include bridge logic and not just explicit and implicit agreement… -
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Is 'almost certain' enough to give a certain explanation?
If, as independent witnesses that have also not discussed this sequence with the relevant players can work out that it is probably agreeing S with a feature in C, then c…
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Quite right - as a club we encourage our 'students' to start playing as soon as possible. So they want to ask questions just because they want to know what is happening. I am fine with that and we teach them when to ask and what ques…
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I like the idea that "general bridge knowledge" is that which we would expect NGS 9 to know... the problem comes when that determines what should be alerted/announced.
Newer/less skilled players may well feel tricked or hard done by. Con…
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Ah... the rules have changed:
5 D Rules for “Strong” opening bid
5 D 1 To be considered a “Strong” opening bid, the minimum allowed by agreement is:
(a) Opening bid of 1C or 1D at least 13 HCP
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Considering the prevalence of club players not having system cards, does this mean that it should be alerted if there is no system card? Even with a system card, why would an unsuspecting opposition check for the meaning of 2C that ha…
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How does not alerting the 2C bid fit with:
4 B 1 Passes and bids
Unless it is announceable (see 4D, 4E, 4F and 4G), a pass or bid must be alerted if it:
(a) is not natural; or
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I actually think that there may be some relatively small issue at play here... The more boards that you randomly generate, the closer to 10 HCP for each direction you will have.
Deal a million boards and the distribution of points will b…
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> @gordonrainsford said:
> Whenever I've played redouble as clubs, I've played 2C as diamonds.
I do that with another partner, playing a standard e… -
With one of my partners 2C here would be Stayman (as redouble would be clubs)...
I too have not come across 2C being either natural showing clubs, or potentially a shortage wanting to redouble as a take out later. I would have expected a 2… -
Poor support from BridgeTab? Colour me surprised!
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Looks like the sort of crazy bid I do sometimes - normally considering myself as unlucky for a successful sacrifice against a laydown slam that only 1 person bid!
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Thanks for the reply Senior_Kibitzer... I am not sure that I was clear with my question, as I was thinking about in general, rather than in this specific instance... So, when a call is alerted and the ops ask the question as to what the alert was…
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Another thought occurs - the sequence 1NT - P - 2H (announced as transfer to Spades) - P; 2S is not announced/alerted.
However, in 1D - 1NT - P - 2H (should be alerted as transfer) - P; then P - 2S - I was not actually aware that this sho…
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In the description of the events, there is a note that the 1H bid was alerted, but was this questioned and explained?
If it was, then S knows exactly how N is taking the 2H bid. However, if it was not alerted, then how is N taking the bi…
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It seems to me that the underlying issue is not financial as such, but rather a membership or participation issue.
Similar to a lot of clubs, membership is declining and worsened after lockdowns - how one retains and gains new members, or…
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I suppose that what is possibly attributable to a call depends a lot on what is said at the table.
Lets say that dealer opens with NT and the next hand overcalls 2C (intending this to be ASPTRO defence to 1NT), but then it is pointed out th… -
Great post - getting volunteers is difficult, especially when people are not seeing the issue. Normally the volunteer process begins when a previous volunteer stops being able to perform that role for whatever reason. Normally someone begrudgin…
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I think we would need to see South's hand and a poll would be needed... holding this hand (whatever that may be), partner opens 2NT (20-21 bal), you bid 3H as a transfer to S (correctly announced, not alerted), partner calls 3NT. Your agreement …
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It seemed to me that Souths call was not Withdrawn, but rather Cancelled when E chose to change their previous call. So the card from South is replaced in the bidding box and E changes their call. Then S has to call (the same call may not even …
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I think the trouble is that the decision about comparability may not be in the hands of the director. There may be a poll required or perhaps an appeal by one of the parties involved that later changes that decision. Should the director state t…
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I have not come across that issue and we almost exclusively use Kindle Fire tablets (as their battery life is better than alternative cheap tablets, in our experience).
I would perhaps suggest seeing if there is a firmware update availabl…
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For me, number 1 is the correct solution, followed by a warning to those pairs specifically.
I would also announce at the start of the next session that players (and thier orientation) and boards are votrect before starting the round. -
To be honest, I really like their system and theor user interface is super easy.
However, I fell out with them as their supprt is terrible.
To use the system you need an internet vonnection everytime, so it can check their sy… -
I've not heard of BridgePal, but will take a look.
We currently use BridgeTabs (for about 6 years or so), costs about £6 per year per table. Very intutive user interface.
We tried a number pf cheap tablets and performance wa…