Detective Bridge Strategy Insights and Commentary
Explore bridge strategy insights and commentary on bidding, card play analysis, and defender choices. Uncover clues to improve your game with practical examples and expert commentary.
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BRIDGE DETECTIV E Colorado Front Range Bridge
Good practice.. Remember the bidding (or lack of) Analyze the opening lead Count your winners, and losers Identify entries Try to place the missing cards 2
The Clues Discovery plays Watching exposed cards Inferences Diagnose defender choices Probabilities 3
A N E S W North North A Q x x x x x x K J x x K J x x Q T x Q T x A Q x x 1 D P 1 S P 2 S P 4 S all pass Lead: Heart duce, East plays Ace South K J T 7 3 K J T 7 3 T T T x T x K J 9 x K J 9 x x x South Commentary: How many Hearts does East have? What Heart honors are in East Where is the Ace of Diamonds? Where is the Ace of Clubs 4
A Commentary: 4th Best lead suggests East has 6 Hearts A Q x x x K J x x Q T x x x x x x x x x K J x K J x 2 2 A Q x A x A x x x x x Q x A x A x x x x x x x K J T 7 3 K J T 7 3 T T T x T x K J 9 x K J 9 x x x A Q x x x x x K J x x Q T x West is not likely to underlead Ace A Q x x x x x x x Q x x x What West did not do? Lead from KQ or QJ East is likely to have AQ in Hearts 5 Other Aces in West
W N E S 1 D P 1 Nt 2 H all pass B North North Q x x x x x x x K x K x x x x x x x Q x x Q x x Q x Lead: Diamond Jack South x x A J T 9 x A J T 9 x x x A K x A K x x x x x x x South Commentary: Where are: Diamond Q? Spade Ace Spade King Club Ace Club King Heart Queen 6
B Commentary: Why lead Jack if you have the Queen? East has it. Q x K x x Q x A J T x K x A J T x K x x x Q x Q x x x x x x x J J T x Q x T x Q x x x x x A J x K T x A J x K T x x x x x A J T 9 x A J T 9 x x x A K x A K x x x x x x x Q x x x x x x x K x x x x x x Q x x x What West did NOT do? Missing AK in both black suits but neither lead? If East has K K Q, then Queen of Hearts is likely in the West 7
The world is full of obvious things which nobody by and chance ever observes. Hound of the Baskervilles 8
