grizz: Hi everybody, thanks for attending another of a series of lessons on Defense. grizz: First some preliminaries. grizz: Chat logs and hand records are stored in your computer for later review. For information on how to retrieve them, go the BIL homepage or email me at grizz.den@gmail.com. grizz: Secondly, I teach private individual and pair lessons. If you would like to know more please email me at grizz.den@gmail.com grizz: There will be lots of questions. I want to address them all, but in a manner helpful to all. So please save questions until I ask for them, or after the play of the hand is ... grizz: complete. grizz: On rare occasions there is a burning question supremely relevant to one particular comment, bid or play of the cards, and if so please ask it in open chat. I cannot respond to ... grizz: private chat during a lesson. grizz: Are there any questions so far? grizz: Good. Last week we talked about notrump defense, went over some general rules and looked at some examples. grizz: Let us recap those rules, and look at more examples. As an extra treat we have at the end of the lesson a preview of what happens when you put into practice the principles that we ... grizz: talk about. grizz: But first back to notrump. Notrump is usually a race to see which side can establish and cash its winners first. grizz: Both sides usually have enough tricks to get the job done, but one side runs out of time. grizz: Notrump defense is about long suits and entries. Long suits are where the extra tricks are, and entries allow you to cash them. grizz: That is why it is usually best to start with your side's long suit. grizz: The race to develop tricks starts at Trick 1, and if the defense does not get on with its Job #1 then momentum and timing shift to the declarer. grizz: Here are some general rules for NT leads, and some examples to illustrate. grizz: 1. If your partner has bid a suit, lead it, UNLESS: grizz: A. You have a strong suit of your own, AND grizz: B. An outside entry. grizz: Why? If you have a long suit, partner is probably short in it. So declarer can hold up until partner is out, then get on with his master plan. grizz: This is true even though RHO has bid NT after your partner. He may not have a real stopper, and if he does it may be gone by Trick 2. Think Kx, Ax, or KJ. grizz: 2. Strong top-of-sequence leads from 4-card suits (KQJx. KQTx. QJTx) are better than weaker but longer suits (Jxxxx, Qxxxx). grizz: 3. If you have the choice between an unbid major or an unbid minor with similar strength in each, the major is usually a better prospect. grizz: Why? Ops frequently conceal long minors, but rarely conceal major length during an auction. Major suits rule these days, and all modern systems emphasize finding major fits. grizz: If ops haven't announced one, or inquired about one, they probably don't have one. grizz: 4. If dummy uses Stayman he can be assumed to have one or two 4-card majors. BILAssist: how often do you want to switch 2 of 3 boards?? grizz: Many auctions will tell you which one he has. ->BILAssist: we won't have volunteers today, unless i run out of material :) BILAssist: ahh : )) grizz: If RHO opens 1NT, and the auction goes 1NT-2C-2S-3NT, you can assume that dummy has 4Hs. Otherwise why would he bid Stayman? So don't lead !Hs unless you have a strong sequence. grizz: 5. If your hand is dreadful, try to hit partner's long suit, even if he hasn't bid. Any suit that he might have bid at the 1 level but didn't will be an unlikely candidate for ... grizz: this desperation lead. grizz: 6. If dummy has announced during the auction that he has a long, strong suit, you must make an aggressive lead in another suit. AKx. KQx or QJx are better in this case than ... grizz: weaker but longer suits. grizz: You must play aggressive defense, and collect your tricks before they go away. grizz: 7. Partner needs to know whether you have any honors in the suit you lead. If a switch must be made at Trick 2, partner needs to know and act quickly. grizz: A. The lead of a low card in an unbid suit promises an honor. So if you lead low, expect partner to return that suit if he gets in. If you lead the 2 from 5432, he will not be ... grizz: happy - if you must lead this suit, play the 5 and hope that partner figures it out. grizz: B. Likewise, the lead of a big spot card tends to deny an honor. A 7 or 8 is usually the highest or second-highest in a long suit. It says "Partner, I have length but no ... grizz: strength here. If you have some face cards then continue the suit, otherwise look elsewhere." grizz: C. Leading from a strong 4-card suit like AQTx, AQJx, AJTx, or AKTx usually costs a trick. Odds are that RHO has the missing honor, and a lead from one of these sequences goes ... grizz: right into declarer's tenace. grizz: It is a good idea to lead from a strong 5-card suit, such as AQTxx, AQJxx, AJTxx, or AKTxx. grizz: Any of those suits would be an excellent lead, since 4 tricks can be established after surrendering 1. grizz: D. The lead of a Q shows either the top of a sequence (QJT, QJ9) OR a powerful combination headed by the KQT9. If the opening leader may have that combination, that is you do not ... grizz: see the K,T or 9 and you do have the J, you should play it at Trick 1. grizz: This is a form of unblock play, and tells the opening leader that when the A is cleared, the suit will run. Naturally, if you have AJ, you overtake with the A and return the J. grizz: It eliminates guesswork if the K holds, and partner can't see the A or J in his hand or in dummy. grizz: E. The lead of a K shows either a sequence or a short suit (AKx, KQx). grizz: F. Leading an A shows a very strong suit, headed by AKQ, AKJT, AKJ or AQJ with an outside entry. Since the A is a guaranteed entry most of the time, it is rare to expend it on ... grizz: the opening lead. grizz: G. I have purposefully left the lead of the J,T and 9 for last. In the old days, a lead of one of these cards might have been the top of a sequence (JT9x, T98x, 987x, etc) or the ... grizz: top of an interior sequence (KJT9, KT98, QT98, Q987, etc.) grizz: That led to some confusion as to whether partner should return the suit if he got in. grizz: Sometimes it was clear, but other times it was just a guess. grizz: The confusion has been lessened by a system called Coded 9's and T's, also known as Jack Denies (and T or 9 Implies). grizz: Using this treatment, the lead of a J denies a higher honor, but guarantees a sequence if it is an unbid suit. grizz: Naturally if partner has bid the suit, and you had Jx, you would lead the J to drive out declarer's honor and unblock the suit. grizz: But back to the general case, the lead of a T or 9 now specifically shows 0 or 2 cards higher. If leader has 2 higher cards, they are specifically a touching tenace (KJT9, KT98, ... grizz: AT98, AJT9, etc.) rajen: hi all grizz: If 3rd hand sees partner lead a T or 9, he looks around in dummy and his own hand to figure out whether there are 0 or 2 higher. grizz: Any questions? grizz: Now we have some example suit holdings. Look at each combination, decide what to lead and why. grizz: What is your lead vs NT from each of the following suits? And why? Play along in open chat if you wish, but I cannot respond to private chat. grizz: A. KJT85 grizz: What would you lead, and why? wyoming33: we dont care about bidding barbhow: t cause u hav e 2 higher analisals: 10 because j denies higher card illiria: J promising 10 grizz: exactly! neofito: T...0 or 2 higher sulfakh: can i join ->sulfakh: sure :) grizz: T - Jack Denies, T or 9 Implies 0 or 2 higher, including the J grizz: partner will not see the K or J in his hand or in dummy, so can infer that you have them grizz: B. AT975 wyoming33: 9 bluehi: 9 grizz: righto barbhow: 9 2 higher loubel: 9 rq4mulae: re A, same lead if 4c suit as 5c? spum1: 9 same reason. grizz: see? it's not hard :) grizz: the hard part is spotting it in the heat of battle ndrebes: t grizz: C. Q9874 wyoming33: 7 neofito: the hard part is to have apartner that knows all this :) bluehi: 7 barbhow: 7 VAD221: 7 or 8 Roe_Jamie: 9 ndrebes: 9 buckp: 7 oilysome: 4 analisals: 8 grizz: right, this treatment needs to be discussed with partner, so you are on the same page wyoming33: 9 denies a higher card spum1: 9 grizz: J Denies has been 'standard' on the west coast for a long time, but may not be in some places bluehi: 9 promise the 10 VAD221: ....ouch.....(lol) grizz: 7 - We might have led the 9 as top of an interior sequence in the old days, but it sends a different message when we play coded 9 and T. 4th best still works when our gadgets ... grizz: don't send the right message. bdchats (Lobby): can i join ? ->bdchats: sure :) grizz: D. KQ753 bdchats (Lobby): how? bluehi: 5 wyoming33: 5 barbhow: 5 Roe_Jamie: K analisals: 5 ndrebes: 5 wyoming33: this is against NT? sulfakh: k spum1: 5 ->bdchats: oh, you must be a member of the BIL to attend - not open to adv+ unless they are mentors or teachers, sry grizz: vs NT, yes bluehi: think so wyoming33: K if against suit contract Cheeseball: with 4 card or longer suit lead 4th best grizz: 5 - same as last example, 4th best. bdchats (Lobby): ok :) grizz: E. JT7542 bdchats (Lobby): but i am a novice barbhow: 5 VAD221: 7 wyoming33: is coded normally played against suit contracts? barbhow: j spum1: j wyoming33: J ndrebes: j ->bdchats: apply for membership then, BIL is listed in "Private Clubs" buckp: j bluehi: 5 VAD221: 5 barbhow: jack denies VAD221: changed mind grizz: it is a matter of partnership agreement, many use it only vs nt wyoming33: jack must be top of seq - how many cards ? grizz: 5 - same as last example, 4th best. barbhow: ? frouu: J would promise JT9? grizz: top of sequence should always be at least 3 wyoming33: then must be 3-card seq guguerri: but J Denies... grizz: JT9x, JT8x, JT09xx, etc barbhow: does j need to be top of 3 card seq? grizz: 3rd card can be 1 spot off grizz: F. KT975 barbhow: 7 wyoming33: 9 buckp: 7 frouu: 9 sulfakh: 7 VAD221: 7 hpd2000: 7 spum1: 7 grizz: 9 - Coded, shows 0 or 2 higher, including the T. bluehi: root mentions 2 missing in seq is that the same now old book ndrebes: 9 barbhow: 9 grizz: not awful to be missing 2 spots, but no more bluehi: k grizz: partner will expect more bluehi: tu grizz: G. QJ965 barbhow: 9 wyoming33: 6 frouu: 9 spum1: 9 VAD221: 6 buckp: 9 bugsy102: 6 grizz: Q - shows the top of a sequence (QJT or QJ9) ndrebes: 9 grizz: H. AKQT4 barbhow: a neofito: A buckp: a spum1: a grizz: A - shows long, strong suit VAD221: t grizz: I. T42 Caitlin: hi there teaching? neofito: 2 spum1: t ->Caitlin: y :) barbhow: 2 bluehi: 2 frouu: 4 buckp: 2 wyoming33: t sulfakh: 10 guguerri: T ndrebes: t grizz: 2 - from 3 to an honor. LOL - you have my sympathy if this is your best suit! But if you have tenaces in all the rest, it might be the best of bad alternatives. Cheeseball: lead hi from 3 small cards grizz: J. 842 barbhow: 8 neofito: 8 frouu: 8 wyoming33: 10 shows top of nothing - so why not the 10 spum1: 8 frouu: T is something kyno40: 2 neofito: 10 is honor grizz: 'top of nothing' does not include honors, and T is an honor dbro: 2 buckp: 2 hunen (Lobby): hi grizz: played J Denies, T guarantees at least the 9 and 8 or 7 ->hunen: hi Wanda310: mud 4 grizz: 8 - If you have the same hand, or one that is totally broke and you are trying to find partner's suit, announce that you have nothing higher. grizz: from 842 wyoming33: Mike Lawrence shows to play a 9 or 10 if nothing higher when playing coded grizz: MUD is ok vs suits, but not a great idea vs NT Wanda310: ok tks Caitlin: we play 2/4 grizz: without the lower sequence cards? Caitlin: this is GREAT they need this kind of discussion grizz: K. AKJ98 neofito: A bluehi: a ->Caitlin: the game is, "what would you lead and why?" spum1: a barbhow: a ndrebes: a grizz: A - again, this shows a long, strong suit anegada: A grizz: L. 8643 Caitlin: terrific give them my awful lead of QJ32 bet you that say Queen vs suit barbhow: 8 spum1: 8 neofito: 8 ndrebes: 8 buckp: 8 anegada: 8 grizz: aha! you guys are paying attention! Cheeseball: some play lead highest or 2nd highest from 4 small cards grizz: 8 - If you have the same hand, or one that is totally broke and you are trying to find partner's suit, announce that you have nothing higher. bluehi: tu grizz: 2nd highest is ok, as long as it's high enough that partner won't be confused neofito: i lead 2nd highest against suits grizz: so do NOT lead 2nd from 9432 grizz: M. 972 neofito: 9 ndrebes: 9 buckp: 9 barbhow: 7 grizz: either is ok grizz: partner will know to switch grizz: N. QT965 bluehi: 9 spum1: 9 barbhow: 9 bugsy102: 9 buckp: 9 grizz: excellent! jacquiek: 9 grizz: 9 - Coded 9 shows 0 or 2 higher, including the touching T grizz: Now they get a little tougher grizz: O. AKT93 spum1: a jacquiek: k barbhow: a bugsy102: a bluehi: a Cheeseball: A asking to unblock and honor or give a count signal buckp: a ndrebes: a igneous: 9 grizz: Depends - If you have no outside entry, you must lead low and risk confusing your partner. The 3 will distort your length, which is crucial vs NT. grizz: The 9 suggests 0 or 2 higher, when you actually have 3, but that is a minor sin with this holding. Partner will just have to understand. grizz: But if you have a sure outside entry, plunk down the A and then shift, sit back and smile. grizz: Cheeseball had a good idea, but only if you have the J too grizz: This suit is missing the QJ, so won't run on unblock by partner grizz: Except perhaps by accident grizz: Next example grizz: But if you have a sure outside entry, plunk down the A and then shift, sit back and smile. grizz: oops Caitlin (Lobby): great stuff see you later grizz: P. AQT93 neofito: and i thought you typed fast :) barbhow: t grizz: lol my secret is out frouu: t buckp: t grizz: Depends again, same as last hand. But if you have good reason to think that the K is in dummy, lead the Q. dbro: 9 grizz: Q. AK842 neofito: 4 barbhow: 4 grizz: 4 - 4th highest dbro: 4 spum1: 4 buckp: 4 grizz: R. KQT94 barbhow: t neofito: K guguerri: K kyno40: k barbhow: k JohnTaylor: 10 spum1: k grizz: Cheeseball? yer up! Cheeseball: lollll ndrebes: k grizz: Q - This is an unusual lead, asking partner to drop the J if he has it, or give count otherwise. It eliminates guesswork if the K holds, and partner can't see the A or J in his ... grizz: hand or in dummy. grizz: Again, it is one thing to know the concept, but quite another to spot it at the table grizz: But this lead can be spectacular! grizz: S. J9872 barbhow: j JohnTaylor: 9 spum1: 7 buckp: 7 ndrebes: j dbro: 7 grizz: J or 9 would both imply the T jacquiek: j for jack denies grizz: 7 - 4th best jacquiek: a higher honor grizz: true, there is no higher honor here, but the J would imply the T and 9 or 8 jacquiek: ok ty grizz: 7 - 4th best grizz: T. A75 barbhow: 5 ndrebes: 5 spum1: 5 buckp: 5 dbro: 5 grizz: 5 - low from honor-third. grizz: Did you folks enjoy that? Any questions? anegada: great ndrebes: yes! tu bluehi: yes n tu jacquiek: yesss spum1: y grizz: :) Campus61: no tk u barbhow: y Cheeseball: awesome examples :) Wanda310: yessss guguerri: y ty dbro: y hpd2000: yes very fhill: a lot of good info grizz. thanks sharon J: y, should this be in profile? bluehi: do u use coded in your game? henleyma: y gypsy1308: very good learnt something new thks grizz: i do use J Denies bluehi: tu anegada: now to remember it all grizz: you can call it J Denies, or C9T grizz: And now for the special treat, a real situation from a tournament. grizz: This is not a NT hand, but it illustrates some of the principles that we have talked about before. jacquiek: c9T? grizz: Those principles were just words then, but here is where they take concrete form. grizz: Coded 9 and T jacquiek: oh....got it grizz: I have said in previous sessions that you must ask yourself lots of questions during the play of the hand, and that as you make progress you will zero in on the important ones. grizz: Here is an example of that principle in action. BILmanager: this is the hand you sent me ? ->BILmanager: y grizz: Your hand is: !SJ72-!HQ12-!DA32-!CAQ82 BILmanager: !D If you want this hand emailed to you please ask BILASSIST or BImanager to send it grizz: !SJ72-!HQT2-!DA32-!CAQ82 grizz: You are playing matchpoints, and nobody is vulnerable grizz: As dealer you open 1!c, and the auction goes 1!c-P-2!c-2!h grizz: Partner has denied a major and showed a minimum. First decision - compete, double or pass? grizz: Do you want to declare 2NT with this hand opposite a dead minimum? Not me! jacquiek: maybe raise clubs grizz: And 3!c could get doubled off for a phone number. You have a solid opener, but the !c suit is average, and partner didn't have enough stuff for 1NT. dbro: p grizz: Can we beat it? We probably have 1!h, 1!d and 2!cs in this hand, and maybe a trick or 2 in partner's hand. grizz: !SJ72-!HQT2-!DA32-!CAQ82 grizz: This is the kind of part-score competitive bidding decision that comes up often grizz: Besides that, partner probably would (correctly) read that bid as takeout, implying !ds. You don't have 4!S, partner has already denied 4!s, so must make his best guess whether to ... grizz: take out or pass. grizz: Does the prospect of 3!dX make your blood run cold? It should! grizz: If partner guesses wrong, it was because your X forced him to do it. So X is way too risky, therefore pass is the bid. grizz: Whew! grizz: Next decision - what to lead? Trump is out of the question with this tenace holding sitting behind the bidder. grizz: Leading from this !d suit is not a winning plan either. grizz: !SJ72-!HQT2-!DA32-!CAQ82 rajen: and the contract? grizz: We are still bidding grizz: If we lead !cs, which one? If RHO has the guarded K there is no safe lead. rajen: k jacquiek: don't want to underlead the aces so !s wyoming33: thought had passed 2!H jacquiek: 7 grizz: So by a process of elimination, we arrive at a safe !s. Dianne0516: 7!s dbro: js spum1: 2 grizz: Dummy hits the table with !SK954-!H4-!DK9654-!C943. Dummy plays low, partner plays the 8, and declarer wins the A. grizz: Declarer leads a low !d, you duck, the K wins in dummy and partner follows small. grizz: Declarer continues with the !h to his J and your Q. grizz: Question time. 1. What's going on in !ss? Where is the !ST? And the !SQ? How many !ss does declarer have? choleo: can you put the hand on ty ->choleo: patience :) grizz: i will put the hand up later, but you don't get to see it yet rajen: 3 grizz: 2. What is the !h position? grizz: 3. Who has the !CK and !dQ? grizz: 4. How many !Cs does partner have? Declarer? vugraphw4 (Broadcast): Canadian National Championships segment 7 of 8 will begin shortly in VuGraph theatre grizz: 5. What do you do now? grizz: Think about those questions for just a minute, and I'll show you the analysis. Then we will see the hand. Teddymom: I'm lost ->rajen: very good! rajen: thx grizz: scroll up for a recap, i'll wait for a minute rajen: i am right behind u Mom, also lost grizz: Help is on the way bluehi: lol grizz: 1. Declarer would have won Trick with the !ST if he had it, so partner played the lowest of equals (T98). If partner had the QT8, he would have played 3rd hand high with the Q ... grizz: since this is not an exception to the rule. ndrebes: goog:) hope: Y in good company :) ndrebes: good:) fhill: I like to see it at the table grizz: He knows not to finesse partner, and there is nothing to finesse in the dummy. grizz: BBO won't let me show you just your hand and dummy, so please bear with me grizz: If partner DID play low with QT8, invite him to this class so he can learn the error of his ways. :) BILmanager->Kibitzers: !SJ72-!HQT2-!DA32-!CAQ82 write it down rq4mulae: Dummy hits the table with !SK954-!H4-!DK9654-!C943. Dummy plays low, partner plays the 8, and declarer wins the A. grizz: 1st trick was !S528A henleyma: Have it and all the rest down to go over later,thks buckp: Making sense now. grizz: 2nd was !D34K2 Miksa: you can show your hand and dummy if the auction is finished and the lead is made. Suppose you kibitz only your hand grizz: 3rd was !H75JQ rq4mulae: declarer has stiff !d grizz: So declarer has AQ and what else? grizz: If partner had 4!Ss, he surely would have bid 1!s, not 2!c. grizz: Also with 5-4 or 6-4 declarer should have Xed rather than pick a major. grizz: Furthermore if declarer had AQ tight, he surely would have unblocked the AQ before crossing to the board, where he could then pitch a loser on the !SK. grizz: Therefore he must have precisely the AQx. See, the answer is clear if you ask the right questions. grizz: Declarer wants you to THINK that partner has the Q grizz: 2. How about the !h position? You have the QTx, and declarer just finessed the J. fhill: grizz, we are not that experienced, we need to see it in action ->fhill: wait grizz: Again, partner did not bid 1!h so he can have a maximum of 3, you see 3 in your hand and 1 on the board. BILmanager: => Club: !D!DT260 GRIZZ Defence INDY starts in 20 minutes - today random boards but concentrate on defending - the annotated lesson hand will be emailed to the players who request it - BBO masterpoints and $$$ to be won too - you can register from the table - tourney button on the right !D!D grizz: So declarer has 5 or 6, maybe 7. He could have AJxxx(x)(x), KJxxx(x)(x), or AKJxx(x)(x). grizz: If partner started with the !hA he always gets it, so we don't have to plan for that contingency. grizz: If he started with the Kx it's dead now, so we don't have to plan for that contingency. bluehi: looks like it will take many years to learn the defense part grizz: It takes some time, but less with instruction than without it! grizz: If he started with the Kx it's dead now, so we don't have to plan for that contingency. grizz: If he started with the Kxx he always gets it, so we don't have to plan for that contingency either. grizz: The only dangerous position that we can do something about is declarer holding AKJxxx. If he has that, then he has 3 top !ss, 1 long !s, 5!hs and the !dK that he took already. grizz: That's 10 tricks grizz: Therefore he can pitch a minor loser on the long !s if we don't cash our minor winners without delay. grizz: 3. Who has the !CK and !dQ? grizz: If declarer has the !SAQ (which we have deduced) and !HAKJ (which we must assume), then if he has the !CK too he would have 17 points, and probably would have doubled first and ... grizz: then bid, rather than make a simple overcall. grizz: There is room in declarer's hand for the !DQ, and if he has it then he makes 4 all day long. grizz: But if partner has it, that trick may go away on the long !s. grizz: 4. How many !Cs does partner have? Declarer? grizz: If partner had 5, he probably would compete to 3!c non-vul. So he probably has 4. That means declarer has 0, 1 or 2. grizz: 5. What do you do now? grizz: All indications are that we should go active on defense. We have tricks that will go away on declarer's long suits. grizz: Therefore we must take risks that we ordinarily would not, such as leading from AQxx. We must play partner for the K here. grizz: So the plan now is to cash the !DA, cash the !CA, and lead a !c. That will hold ops to 3. Aren't you glad that you didn't double? grizz: OK, let's look at the hand now, example hand #1. BILmanager->Lobby: !D!DBEGINNNERS INTERMEDIATES - restricted to your level T1140 INDY - BBO Masterpoints - $$s and a BONUS for all - a special defense annotated hand will be emailed to players who ... BILmanager->Lobby: request it - think Defense compete with your peers starts in 15 minutes !D!D grizz: The 8 is a surround play, the lowest of equals among the T98 on board and in hand grizz: A crafty declarer, not winning as cheaply as possible, in order to mislead ops grizz: Here we are again, at decision time grizz: We have already decided what to do, so let's proceed grizz: There was nothing remarkable about this hand. It was a part score, as 75% of them will be. grizz: There was no way to set the hand, as is often the case. jacquiek: would it have mattered if we'd played !Cq instead of !cx to p's king? grizz->Club: no difference on this hand grizz: All that mental energy was expended for the sake of one less overtrick? grizz: You asked all the right questions, and figured out the position and the correct defense. grizz: So what was the upside of all that work? Teddymom: I'm spent grizz: Glad you asked. We are playing matchpoints: -170 = 27% :( grizz: -140 = 65%!!! Cheeseball: extra tricks in MP's give good pts grizz: That in a nutshell is what good defense is all about. You can sit back, follow suit and hope for good things to happen if you want to play 30% bridge. grizz: Or you can do some detective work, analyze the position, make some assumptions, discard others, and play 65% bridge. grizz: The extra work is what separates the good players from the average ones. grizz: When you kibitz good players you will see them making plays like this, but you can't see what their thought process is. BILmanager: be an intermediate or an expert :) grizz: It might seem as though they are lucky, but in reality the harder they work, the luckier they get. Miksa: And remaining 5% 100 - (30 + 65)? grizz: You folks would not be here if you were satisfied with 30% bridge, and I am glad that you are here. BILmanager: world class :) Miksa: :) grizz: We have already learned a lot, and will be learning a lot more as we proceed. grizz: Put these lessons to use at the table, and I guarantee 3 things - grizz: 1. You will score better. grizz: 2. You will have more fun. grizz: 3. And you will move to the next level in a hurry. jacquiek->Club: you are inspiring!!! grizz: OK, that was intense, but instructive. Are there any questions? bluehi: n tu great lesson wyoming33: N - thank you BILmanager: !D and you will beat the advanced in the MBC :) Wanda310: tks super lesson! BILmanager: T260 GRIZZ Defence INDY starts in 8 minutes - today random boards but concentrate on defending - the annotated lesson hand will be emailed to the players who request it - ... BILmanager: BBO masterpoints and $$$ to be won too - you can register from the table - tourney button on the right spum1: tnx :0 mei ann: excellent Dianne0516: Thanks Pete grizz: That concludes today's lesson, and next week we will look at what the opening lead looks like from the point of view of the 3rd hand. Miksa: Excellent lesson, thanks a lot! spum1: :) Teddymom: enjoyed it so much, looking forward to next one grizz: If anybody needs help retrieving the hand records or chat log, please email me at grizz.den@gmail.com. Cheeseball: amazing lesson Peter !h awesome examples and explanation of all !h ndrebes->Club: tu bluehi: for sure rajen->Club: thx grizz henleyma: thks Pete see u next time grizz: I am also available for private lessons, you can email me at grizz.den@gmail.com for more information. kyno40: ty grizz: Thanks for your interest and participation, and I hope to see you next week. buckp: Thanks whoscousin: tx Pete especially for the review- missed last weeks lesson :) grizz: Thanks also to Maureen, Fred and the wonderful people at BBO who make this all possible. loubel->Club: do u suggest coded 9 10 in trumps as well as nt? Cheeseball: tku so much ->whoscousin: great! BILmanager: !D!D have a quick coffee and register for T260 analisals: thanks Pete will have to review chat and movie before I understand it but get the jist Karenesser: thanks all:) BILmanager: !D!D THX Pete Wanda310: thanks Maureen & Rosemary!H grizz: i use them all the time, less exceptions for this old bear to remember camilleln: where are more rules about the correct card to return to partner? analisals: Yes thanks Rosemary and Maureen for your help grizz: we will start on that next week :) gypsy1308->Club: thks grizz: i will stick around for a while to answer questions grizz: for those not playing in the tournament camilleln: great lesson...ty! grizz: glad you enjoyed glayva1: thanks loubel: i learned coded few years ago with Kantar's lessons,i have them all ->loubel: excellent Teddymom: I missed your very 1st point (A) on leads. Can you repeat it? ->loubel: he is my guru too Campus61: tk u grizz: sure ->Teddymom: sure gypsy1308: this is the first i have heard about coded leads eire1: sorry, life dictated I miss the beginning of class. Do you have a good reference for explanation of c9T ? ->Teddymom: 1. If your partner has bid a suit, lead it, UNLESS: rq4mulae: Pete, i've heard a number of good players recommend against coded 9's & 10's due to the disclosure to o's at least as much as to p. comment? ydannac: do you use these leads in trump bids or just nt bids? ->eire1: sure, email me and i will send you the whole narrative with examples eire1: ty grizz: giving good info to partner is more important than withholding it from declarer grizz: I use them all the time, less memory work involved that way loubel: we have to alert allways? BILAssist: Miksa, bluehi, cheeseball, eire1, hope, and wanda310 ->Teddymom: A. You have a strong suit of your own, AND bluehi: yes ->Teddymom: B. An outside entry. grizz: no alert necessary, but you should announce when play starts Cheeseball: I also saved the hand so I can review it later can do this from the movie grizz: please do me a favor - replay it now, and tell me whether the annotations are on it? Cheeseball: ok give me a sec :) Miksa: no, it's not rq4mulae: i saw one text note: about the quality of W's H's and inadequacy for TOX Miksa: but I can make it, if you want? bluehi: so busy reading for got to save it grizz: there are only a few notes, not on every trick Cheeseball: no it isn't there Cheeseball: usually they don't come up just the hand and play grizz: if you need the comments too, please email me bluehi: no they do come up grizz: do? or do not? bluehi: depend how was set up Cheeseball: do not on mine Miksa: do not :) bluehi: on some in gneral grizz: what if you retrieve the hand from your own hard drive? Miksa: I did that... and looked at the source... no annotation at all bluehi: usually when the teacher sends the hands like gru Miksa: and I saved tha hand separately, the same again grizz: ok, guess i have to email it grizz: but the comments are the same as, but not as detailed as the chat log bluehi: ok the we can just read the chat tu grizz: sure Miksa: would you like me to try to make a movie with detailed annotations from the chat? Teddymom: was your lesson on leads this time, meant for defense against NT only? bluehi: thanks ;-) ->Miksa: would you see if it's possible for me to send the hand WITH the annotations to the group during a lesson? rq4mulae: tx, Pete. we've needed this stuff for a loonnnnnnnggggg time. :) bluehi: lol grizz: grrrrrreat! Cheeseball: Miksa does an excellent job of putting a lesson together with the exam etc :) Miksa: (seing only dummy and North's hand, etc...) Fazza: lol many thanks:) ->Teddymom: y, this was a NT defense lesson Teddymom: ty ->Miksa: y, that too Miksa: ok ->Cheeseball: thx, he volunteered and we are chatting privately Cheeseball: good :) Miksa: I'll try that... ->Miksa: ty :) grizz: if there are no more questions, it's margarita time Miksa: :) yw... need 2-3 days, have some urgent things to finish now... Cheeseball: nite Peter and tks for the amazing lesson and examples !h mi_mi1: thanks:) glayva1: i printed screen as we went but did not save may have missed some chat Miksa: thanks again, bye ->glayva1: do you know how to retrieve the chat log and hand records from your computer? Fazza: bye:) LadyStar17: !H ->LadyStar17: :) glayva1: no LadyStar17: Thanks, Grizz great lesson!! ->glayva1: email me, and i'll send it to you] eire1: thank you for the lesson. I had emailed you concerning private lessons and have started a special "Patti needs bridge lessons" fund. I will contact you when I have enough. Thanks grizz: ty, gtg now glayva1: thanks ->eire1: thx :) grizz: bye now, seeya next week