The Bridge Zone

The Bridge Zone – Episode 427

The BZ Crew talk about

• South Pairs: Glenn Coutts and Graham Stout won the event, Jesse Pelienato and Brad Johnston finished second, and Sam Coutts and Nick Bailey finished third

• Moss Wylie and Jeremy Fraser Hoskins won the plate

• WAPS: Jennifer and Christine Gibbons won with a first-session score of 70 and a second-session score of 63.3

• However, Barry and Liz Fisher took the A-point in the afternoon session with a top score

• Cranmer Bridge Club Mereana achieved a top score during a session at the House of Cards .

• Club Visits On the trip from Dunedin to Christchurch, Bridge Clubs in Oamaru, Timaru, and Ashburton got their photos taken

• Travel Hazards Heavy snow and traffic delays of nearly two hours on the Kilmog outside of Dunedin eventually led to the road closure

• Local Trivia Barry gets grilled on this as we trip from Christchurch to Dunedin

Mr Jinn shares results from around the motu

• Ashburton Intermediate, Hutt Intermediate, Tudor-Biggs Intermediate (Auckland), Tauranga Intermediate, Junior and Novice, Kaikoura Junior and Novice

• Gin Club Circuit: The Alex Baker, Barfoot & Thompson Jin Club Circuit continues, and Mr Jin gives a roundup

• Ross shared an embarrassing story about accidentally backing his trailer into a tip in Taupo

• Feedback – Are you a couples who met over the Bridge table? – Barry and Jenny met outside an Appeal room – Does that count?

Judge Julie is covering Jury service today and returns next week

The Gambler tips today

Play up to honours

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The BZ Crew

The Bridge Zone – Episode 426

The BZ Crew talk about

Final preparations for the NZB Youth Weekend in Christchurch

Mereana's upcoming South Island Pairs in Dunedin

Morning Shadow

Mr Jinn shares results from around the motu

Paihia Club and growth – Oh what a beautiful view

Focus Mr Jinn

South Island is represented at Paihia and tournament format

Strong tournament activity with multiple fully booked events

Great personal stories

Judge Julie bangs down the gavel

Rules regarding revokes and dummy conduct

Emphasizing that the director should always be called immediately when a mistake occurs to prevent further complications

A revoke can be corrected if not yet established

Dummy is strictly prohibited from touching other players' cards or initiating calls to the director

The Gambler tips today

Around 30 second?

Barry evaluates opening bids and planning rebids before acting

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The BZ Crew

The Bridge Zone – Episode 425

The BZ Crew talk about

BBO is ending unlimited free play!

IntoBridge (by Stefan Skorchev) identified as a free unlimited alternative

Uncle Bulgaria?

10 things to take to a tournament – Barry can’t even name five

Tournament results from the Fullerton Teams and Canterbury Regional Pairs

Hello to Gerry Plamer.

Mr Jinn shares results from around the motu

Weekend tournament results across multiple regions

7-year-old player Rory McDowell at club night sessions

Twenty Seven – 04 – twenty seven mentioned again

Mr Jinn fronted at Upper Hutt – kms to C points calculation

Plenty of tournaments offered for Jinnies this weekend

Judge Julie gets a bonus question today

What to do when a partner pulls faces or wriggles during bidding

And

When does a player may ask clarification questions during online play

Both answers hinge on the same core principle

Information must come only from bidding and play, and questions may only be asked when it is your turn to bid or play.

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The BZ Crew

The Bridge Zone – Episode 424

The BZ Crew talk about

World Youth Transnational Championships in Hefei China – mission accomplished?

Results from Cambridge Sixes

Mr Jinn – potential B point record attempt

NZB tournament entry outage

Luna snaps a photo of the Buckleton gloves

Mr Jinn shares results from around the motu

Mr Jinn heads to Upper Hutt Club – we recall their 50th Jubilee in 2019

Thanks Geraldine Club for sending the Jinnies results though

Luna and Mr Jinn pair up for a tournament

Is it true the old fart is taking on the B point challenge?

Judge Julie talk to Rule 66 - Tricks

2 Core principles

ANY player may review their own last trick before leading to the next trick

NO player may touch or rearrange another players cards

We also finish off our chat about slow play and reference playing behind screens

The Gambler has a tip

Pearson's Law for spade-based bidding decisions.

And memories on why partner did not take another bid relating to Pearson’s Law

Plus a story about how Pearsons Law worked favourably for the opponents once

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The Bridge Zone – Episode 423

The BZ Crew talk about

World Youth Transnational Championships in Hefei China

New Plymouth North Island teams

The Buckleton gloves

Mr Jin gets an envelope to help pay for his travels

Judge Julie continues with Slow Play tips

NZ standard time to play a board is 7 minutes

Slow play is one of the hardest Director duties to manage

And an opinion of using a clock in room is given

Mr Jinn shares results from around the motu

One fantastic result - Mr Jin gets gold

Tales of a card turner in NZ is alive

Drug testing?

Three generations at the tables in Whakatane with 5 variations of soup for lunch

Malcolm Mayer shares a solution to solving your insomnia issues

He continues to tell the story of the Akarana app

Thanks for your time Malcolm, from the BZ Crew

The Gambler has a tip

Bidding with 0-5hcp – do you, don’t you – it’s the Angel vs the Devil time

Did you catch Richard Solomons article on bidding with a 2 count - if you haven’t read – look it up on the NZB website – It is a great read

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The Bridge Zone – Episode 422

The BZ Crew talk about

Weather, robbing a bank and funding

The Bailiff rules about the difference between a Major and a minor penalty card

Also – what do you do if you feel uncomfortable at the table during a post mortem

Mr Jinn shares results from around the motu

Jinnies are posting some superb results

Kevin Hu directs a tournament that he won as a Junior back in the day

We had a “quaddie” at the Howick tourney

Malcolm Mayer shares when he first represented NZ and his travels then wasn’t that exciting

He tell us a story that did not have a favourable outcome at the table yet the result changed the way he plays to this very day

He continues to tell the story of the Akarana app

Join Ankarana’s Swiss pairs online – the remaining 4 weeks can count towards your total score

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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 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 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