The Bridge Zone

The Bridge Zone – Episode 420

The BZ Crew talk about
Gloating at the table
Hamilton 5A Open Teams
Mereana plays 3 tournaments – 3 days in a row last week
And someone was OTT and played in 7 tournaments and 8 days between Saturday to Sunday
The Judge is back and rules when a card is played
Mr Jinn shares results from around the motu
And reminds us that we did in fact have East Coast Bays this week with Mac Rhodes and Alex Shan taking out the Mt Albert Intermediate – our bad
Jinnies results across the motu
Hi to Pete from Canada – a BZ listener
Jacko Rory played with Mr Jinn at Tauranga – what a guy
The Gambler shares a tip or his opinion when studying the hand analysis
Paul Marston continues to chat to the Bridge Zone – we talk Real Bridge and BBO, a tennis match and about his clubs Grand Slam
Malcolm Mayer joins the Bridge Zone next week talking about Akarana and their app and a Swiss event starting July 21st for 6 weeks
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The BZ Crew

The Bridge Zone – Episode 419

The BZ Crew talk about
The National Pairs held at Tauranga Club
Hamilton 5A Open Teams and a problem if you wanted to enter it
Barry’s date with Mr Jinn

The Judge is back and rules over fouled boards
How to handle boards with the incorrect number of cards
The result does not stand
One side at fault suggest 40/60 adjusted score
Both sides at fault suggest 40/40 adjusted score
Neither side at fault suggest 60/60 adjusted score
Procedural steps to follow
Mr Jinn shares results from around the motu
No East Coast Bays this week
Youth players take out Mt Albert Intermediate
Fielding Restricted, another Youth player on the circuit
Auckland’s Jin Club programme has begun
Online intermediate and Junior tournament this Friday needs entries
Remuera Bowling and Bridge Club Junior tournament needs more entries
Marketing your upcoming tournaments
We found a racehorse to follow
The Gambler shares a tip about what system to play when partner opens 1NT, overcalls 1NT and when opponents open at the 2 level and partner bids 2NT
Paul Marston continues to chat to the Bridge Zone – we talk Saturday Bridge, NZ lessons and more
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The BZ Crew

The Bridge Zone – Episode 418

The Bailiff gets to continue the theme of calls/bids out of turn – seems to be a trend now
Anyhooo, this time it seems like West was playing a hybrid game of Bridge and Mahjong
And the Bailiff learnt a new piece of trivia and Barry confesses to have battle scars?

Mr Jinn shares results from around the motu and yes thanks to Kat Holmes East Coast Bays gets a mention
A JIN Club member asks about Psych Bids and Barry shares his views on this part of the game
Psych registers are a thing of the past now

The Gambler shares a tip on heading into the last round at a Swiss Pairs event – what should you do? – is there a checklist of things to consider?
It’s all a bit much to think about and Mereana shares the fate of being passed the wrong personal score slip after the last round and the ups and down of winning all your matches She collected a further 3.08A points over the weekend and the race for 200 is ticking along
Good luck to everyone tripping to Tauranga for the National Pairs event and Hamilton 5A Swiss Pairs hosts their final Wednesday session
Paul Marston joins The Bridge Zone, and we talk about creating a community for new players is one way to help retention rates and wow didn’t he gather some silverware over his competitive years
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The BZ Crew

The Bridge Zone – Episode 417

The Bailiff makes his ruling on a question a player asked last week After RHO opponent discards and declarer plays to the trick,
Two questions here, can Declarer pick up their card and then can Declarer ask opponents if they have run out of the suit that was led
The sequence of play was LHO played a suit, declarer won in dummy, RHO discards and Declarer plays low – then RHO says oh I have a card in the suit and plays a winning card
Yes Declarer can pick up their card and replace it BUT...... did you know that Declarer can ask opponents if they have no more cards in that suit
Check our Law 61B1

Mr Jinn shares results from around the motu and yes
And playing last week an major infraction occurred at his table
Some news on the monthly Baden Wilson results
And he shares the form of Chris and Sam as promised from last week
Auckland region announces a new format for JIN Club members on the tournament circuit

The Gambler shares a tip on Defence How to get a rush when you count the hcp on the table and you realise how many points partner has!

We talk about the South Island teams, the Youth weekend in September, Hamiltons 5A Swiss Pairs and announce Paul Marston is chatting to the Bridge Zone next week
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Plenty to listen to, just click and hear our discussions
See you at the tables
The BZ Crew

The Bridge Zone – Episode 415

The Bailiff continues his seat at the courthouse while Judge Julie is away on the Fair Play tour
We discuss unauthorised information in relation to a hand Mereana came across directing last week
And the Bailiff makes a confession
Mr Jinn shares results from around the motu and yes, East Coast Bays manages to get in again
He appears at the Waihi Intermediate and Arthur Mann has a chat with Mr Jinn
The Beer card makes an appearance, and we talk about online bridge and the opportunities that JIN Club members can play in a social environment at night if you wish to stay nice and cosy at home
Mr Jinn meets one of the regular Junior tournament placings in the Waikato

The Gambler shares a tip on reverse attitude and internal sequence or broken sequence leads – Why show one honour when you can show TWO!!!
Douglas Russell joins us in a future show to complete us discussion on retention of newbies

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The BZ Crew