Bridge Cruise
I am running my first bridge cruise from October 24 to November 2 out of and into Fort Lauderdale, Florida, aboard the Holland-America Line ship Zuiderdam.
And the prices for the cabins have just been cut up to $400.
This is the itinerary:
October 25: Half Moon Cay, Bahamas
October 26: At sea
October 27: Oranjestad, Aruba
October 28: Williamstad, Curacao
October 29: Enter Panama Canal Cristobal, visit Gatun Lake and Colon, and exit Panama Canal Cristobal
October 30: Puerto Limon, Costa Rica
October 31 and November 1: At sea
November 2: Arrive back in Fort Lauderdale
If you would like further information, please send an e-mail to me at pdabridge@prodigy.net.
Teaching “Seminars”
I have several teaching sessions coming up during the summer and fall. If you have any interest in attending any of them, please e-mail me at pdabridge@prodigy.net.
Meadow Club, Southampton, NY
Tuesday, June 21 to Thursday, June 23; low-level instruction in the mornings, intermediate in the afternoons.
Louisville Country Club, Louisville, KY
Tuesday, September 22 to Thursday, September 24: intermediate and lower-level lessons
GlenView Country Club, Chicago
Tuesday, September 29 to Thursday, October 1: intermediate and lower-level lessons
Naples Duplicate Bridge Center
Saturday, November 14: intermediate lessons
Teaching Conflict
Apologies that my site is so behind schedule on columns. I have been very busy with writing and teaching. I hope to be up to date in the not too distant future. And thank you to all who have sent me e-mails.
Theme Weeks
Some weeks, my columns are on a particular theme. In case you would like to find them, here are the themes covered in the columns available at the moment:
03.19.07-03.24.07: raising with three-card support
03.26.07-03.31.07: raising with four-card support
04.02.07-04.07.07: splinter bids
04.16.07-04.21.07: myths about the one-club opening
06.18.07-06.23.07: is three notrump playable, or should we settle in five of a minor?
08.27.07-09.01.07: pre-emptive opening bids
09.03.07-09.15.07: defending against pre-empts
01.21.08-01.26.08: some trump-suit declarer-play techniques
02.18.08-02.23.08: find the opening lead by listening to the auction
03.03.08-03.08.08: the Rule of Seven and its exceptions
03.31.08-04.05.08: guidelines for finding the best opening lead
04.07.08-04.12.08: declarer reads the opening lead
04.14.08-04.19.08: third hand reads the opening lead
04.21.08-04.30.08: dummy's job and declarer's card from dummy at trick one
05.05.08-05.10.08: bidding with weak responding hands
05.12.08-05.17.08: bidding with game-invitational responding hands
05.19.08-05.24.08: bidding with game-forcing responding hands
05.26.08-05.31.08: how the auction affects a hand's strength
06.16.08-06.21.08: blocked suits
07.07.08-07.12.08: defensive techniques
08.04.08-08.09.08: more defensive techniques
08.18.08-08.23.08: generating extra tricks as declarer
09.15.08-10.03.08: takeout doubles
10.06.08-10.11.08: other doubles: negative, responsive, support and snapdragon
10.13.08-10.18.08: penalty doubles
10.20.08-10.25.08: help-suit game-tries and slam-tries
02.04.09-02.07.09: splinter bids
Alder Transfer Preempts
To find out about the transfer preempts that I devised back in 1972, click on this link:
Alder Transfer Preempts. These opening bids have two big advantages: they right-side contracts and they are hard to play against.
Responses to a One-Notrump Opening
To see my comments about responding to one notrump with various basic methods (no transfers, transfers only into the majors, and four-suit transfers), please click on this link:
Transfers.
Balanced Hands — What Ranges and Why?
To read my discussion of balanced-hand ranges, please click here:
Balanced-Hand Ranges.
The Losing Trick Count
For further details about the Losing Trick Count (mentioned in the columns for September 19 and 20, 2003), please click on the link here:
The Losing Trick Count.
To contact me by e-mail, please click on the Contact box to the left.
I am particularly happy to receive deals suitable for the column. If you submit one, please give (if possible) the dealer, the vulnerability, the auction, the play, and the names of the key players. Also, indicate if you would prefer your name not to be given in the column.
I prefer deals with an instructive point, especially in the play, not wild layouts that come down to guesswork.
Good luck with bridge and life!
