The Bridge Zone

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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See you at the tables

The BZ Crew

The Bridge Zone – Episode 415

The Bailiff is up this week, and his question is about dummy

Both Ross and Barry have been asked – Is there any order or rule of the way dummy presents their cards?

What do you think?

Mr Jinn shares results from around the motu and yes, East Coast Bays manages to get in again

The Gambler let Mr Jinn down being unable to play at Papatoetoe, yet he was able to find a suitable replacement

The Bridge Zone Crew looks after themselves – what a great look that was

Jacko Rory wins again – this time in Palmy and Wellington doing the double - we ask what the count for tournament wins is so far

Mereana is back and makes a goal to hit as close to 250 A points for the remainer of the 2026

The Gambler shares a request from a partner when laying Dummy down – Mr Jinn and I agree that it is a good one

Douglas Russell joins us and we talk about lessons and retention of the newbies

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Plenty to listen to!

See you at the tables

The BZ Crew

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The Bridge Zone – Episode 413

Judge Julie helps us to seed your club tournament today

You could help your Director on these things or perhaps get your billets to give their opinions

Don’t forget the Judge asks us to consider putting in rules at the table in Club newsletters so our players get more familiar with the rules as a regular feature

Mr Jinn joins us in the BZ segment as recording is a bit of a mess with the different time zones

The normal shout out to East Coast Bays – we must get up there to play very soon

Mr Jinn sets another music trivia quest for The Band now – let us know if you are familiar with it

The Gambler and Mr Jinn play at Hamilton’s Craigs Investment Partners Multigrade tourney – wonder what the outcome is going to look like

Did I see Jacko Rory’s name in the entries with Mr Jarvis? – Are we looking at a reset for him!!!

Mereana hits the Golden Gate of Ba Na Hills this week and we have a photo to prove it – this is the Bridge that is shown in the Beginner lessons as a great Bridge Hand

43 degrees in Vietnam – man it is hot here

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Included in today’s episode is the below because my commitments in Vietnam have us cutting short our talk time so added this for you

You must check it out

Combining chances and counting with one of my favourites, Gavin Wolpert

Plenty to listen to, just click and hear our discussions

See you at the tables

The BZ Crew

The Bridge Zone – Episode 412

Finally we finish with Judge Julies piece on penalty cards, weeks after starting – go back to Episode 409

Are you doomed during a game, do you need to avoid Mordor

Call the Director early and start thinking about what you may pick when you have ops penalty cards on the table

Calling all club newsletters – put the rules in it as a regular feature and the options from a opening lead out of turn won’t be so daunting

Mr Jinn joins us in the BZ segment as recording is a bit of a mess with the different time zones

East Coast Bays gets a couple of mentions

Mr Jinn becomes Mr Jinx as he puts the hoodoo on Clubs scoring programmes – we wonder what the bugs were?

Anyone heard of The Waterboys – they win over playing a session of Bridge for Mr Jinx

Waitomo Club and the supper bake offs

Are free Mr Peacock?

The new service of a review on your system card is getting critiqued as we speak

Our thoughts will be voiced shortly

Send us your system card and we will review on the show

Jacko Rory James hits the podium again though it is not on the middle step

The Gambler tips on the rule of 29 though we have to finish this one next week

The alert of a 2C opening – Mereana gives an example and Barry gives his opinion

The wee lass in Lower Hutt will join in the Graduates Certificate presentation night and our Chair Peter Newell will be celebrating with the class May 27th

Plenty to listen to, just click and hear our discussions

See you at the tables

The BZ Crew

The Bridge Zone – Episode 411

The Bailiff attempts to unravel a question put to us by the Jinn man

When is a game force bid abled to be passed surely, we can get some equity restored here

He asks for more information so it’s back to the source we go

Mr Jinn announces the results of the Jin Club tourneys

East Coast Bays gets another shout

Barry labels Waitomo club as the Waikato’s East Coast Bays Club

Mr Jinn is playing the mid-week tourney at Putaruru and visiting Waitomo as well

Alex Meyer podiums top with Lysandra Zheng- Lysandra second win of the week

Are you free Mr Peacock?

The new service of a review on your system card is getting critiqued as we speak

Our thoughts will be voiced shortly

Send us your system card and we will review on the show

Jacko Rory James wins the online tourney last week with Lysandra Zheng

Congrats to the Westport lads Phil and Ray for their win

The Gambler tips on conventions after opponents open a NT, talks about poker faces and not giving away a partner stuff up @ the table

What is your favourite convention over an ops 1NT opening

Hamilton Swiss Pairs – online Wednesday night has 15.5 tables already – 3 weeks in June, put your registration in – we are looking for a great number of entries here

Mereana shares a news article about a wee lass in Lower Hutt – Alan Jennings, AJ has a graduation night looming, and you will never guess who his star pupil is

See you at the tables

The BZ Crew

The Bridge Zone – Episode 410

Judge Julie and The Bailiff will play in the finals at Congress representing Auckland Northland

Unintended bids get the once over from the Judge as a listener asks about Law 25A 1 and 25A 2

The last segment on penalty cards have been adjourned – we will catch that soon

Mr Jinn announces the results of the Jin Club tourneys

And yes, East Coast Bays is back in the news

The Regional play offs is covered by Mr Jinn

Are you free Mr Peacock?

We have our 1st review of a system card

We open a new service to our listeners If you are one of the bunch that want to refresh or revamp your system,

Send us your system card and we will review on the show

CD Regional Restricted Open 3A Swiss Pairs – someone got another A point

It’s a busy week of Bridge for everyone

Booked out tournaments, plenty to keep a eye out on

See you at the tables

The BZ Crew

The Bridge Zone – Episode 409

Judge Julie will rejoin us next week to finish off the penalty card case

And we have two stonker questions coming in from a listener about Law 25A 1 and 25A 2

Join our public gallery when Law 25 is addressed by the Judge

Mr Jinn announces the results of the Jin Club tourneys

No East Coast Bays this week

JIN members feature at Waikato Area Pairs

Wellington had 30 Intermediate and 15 Junior pairs at their Congress

We expand the discussion on how to improve your performance at the table

Mr Jinn stays on for the entire BZ session this week

Are you free Mr Peacock?

We open a new service to our listeners If you are one of the bunch that want to refresh or revamp your system,

Send us your system card and we will review on the show

We are happy to glance over, so email them and we will get the iron out

And Jack James does it again, win number 11 is now down in ink and the record 9 week run is still on

We really must find Jack a Green Jacket and next week we share a new nick name for him

Jolly awesome Jack, he’s coming on the show soon folks

Some days are Diamond and some days are stone – a nice nod to a crew member is mentioned

Plus, Mike Ware – wins at Wellington Open Pairs with Martin Reid as well as the Open teams and yes the team name was Ware!!!

There are tips a plenty this week from The Gambler, something for everyone

See you at the tables

The BZ Crew

The Bridge Zone – Episode 408

Judge Julie has penalty cards in the dock today

Helpful hints for those that hear the plethora of options coming at you and things are no clearer

And did you know that these options can be repeated every time the offending partner is on lead or remains on lead whilst the penalty card is still on the table

It’s not a one-time thing and you can change your mind as well

Mr Jinn announces the results of the Jin Club tourneys

East Coast Bays slips in again and Mr Jinn visits Hibiscus Coast for the 1st time

JIN members are featuring at Restricted 8B tournaments, stepping onto the middle podium

Unbelievable at Hibiscus Coast 1st and 2nd places were a repeat from 2025

Mr Jinn drops a teaser question – How can we help members that do not have a lot of experience playing and joining in sessions that may be a stronger field than their capability? This is a pretty long-winded way of describing Mr Jinn’s question – verbal diarrhoea today

Join us next week as Mr Jinn has the name of the couple who took up NZBs challenge to play at every NZ Bridge Club

Ps – don’t forget the Teaching and Learning Committee brings to you next month

May Intermediate/Improver Lessons - $8 for one or both sessions

Sunday May 10th 4.00 – 6.00 pm Lesson 1 Declarer Play NT

Tuesday May 12th 7.00 – 9.00 pm Lesson 1 Repeated

Barry and Mereana announce again the fab run of Jack James this time at the Hamilton Restricted Pairs April 19th - can he continue the streak at Wellington this weekend

And we have an upgrade on pickle juice!!! Someone drank this concoction on Sunday - for $61.20 for a 12 pack you can have some too

It’s tip time – If you’re keen to improve because life at the table is like eating without a knife and fork, Barry shares some tips on how to improve your partnerships experiences

Plus, a bonus tip on something to think about before drawing trumps

See you at the tables

The BZ Crew