5 Common Bridge Mistakes You Make

What other common bridge mistakes do you know of?
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[@benthomas3395]

I think I will put a plastic cover over you and carry you in my pocket when I play bridge. I look forward to the video "the 100 mistakes you make at bridge, over and over again".

[@tonyward9554]

Great to understand these common mistakes! Well presented with a good summary!

[@ericapierce1594]

Super clear tips so well explained. Many thanks!

[@yulina.design]

Amazing tips !!! Thank you so much ! I learn a lot 🤓

[@gladiator766]

Great explanations. Thanks!

[@Rattlefatblobcow]

Nice video! Slowly but surely learning bridge :)

[@kiwi1fruit]

Excellent points.! Keep up the good work.

[@yabbaguy]

Your thumbnail game is evolving. Well done.

[@slwyee54]

I used to do that, bid my heart suit instead doing the take out double just in case partner has a stack. Excellent

[@harikannanramadas6564]

Thanks Pete

[@michaelkingsbury4305]

6:33 Why Whist (or Spades) is a good place to start learning Bridge.

[@BridgeWithPete]

They are similar trick taking games but simpler rule set.

[@harveytang8878]

Can you give us some tips on what to do if opponents interfere?

[@lorenzobeckmann3736]

3rd & 5th hands the best

[@mariegrotepass]

Always greatly

[@denizkonuralp4563]

I make a point of watching this at regular intervals:)

[@jonthomson5764]

Was expecting that reopen with a double comment to mention that partner's pass, and the absence of a negative double, will tip us off that we don't have a heart fit

[@armantookmanian1938]

Perhaps you wanted to keep the video short, but I would have liked to see you discuss how hand #1 SHOULD have been bid to find out about the Club control. After 1S-2D (2/1 GF) 2NT-3S 4S (12-14 balanced minimum) Do you recommend cue bids? Do you play cue bids show 1st or 2nd round controls?

[@gladiator766]

Many people play Jacoby 2NT with the South hand, showing at least four card trump support and game forcing. South can bid 3S to show a non-mimumum, and NS can start cuebidding first or second round controls.

[@nicholasschneider6655]

@@gladiator766 I figured he was also going to mention that you shouldn't start RKC with two quick losers in a suit, which each hand does have. If S cuebids a D control, then N know s their suit is not in danger, but do they ever know that S has a strong enough hand to consider slam. Whereas, even if N bids a second-round control in C, there's still a danger (from S's point of view) that they lose two C tricks (if E has the AQ). So even with J2NT, I'm not sure how they can confidently get into slam exploration with these hands.

[@gladiator766]

@@nicholasschneider6655 It is not up to North to go to slam unless he can see potential for 12 tricks. This hand, if North bids 3S after 2NT, South bids 4D (important: deny club control) and North bids 4H (implies club control, else sign off in 4S. Also denies strength to RKC, even though there is no unprotected suit). South will then continue with RKC having enough strength. Also he knows that 4H must be the heart K since North's 3S bid after 2NT denies a singleton. (note: sometimes one might not be able to tell if a signoff is due to a wide open suit or the person not having enough strength. it is a system drawback which other sophisticated cuebidding methods can solve. But I won't go there over here.) One thing: Not all slams that are bid normally are necessarily good ones, even though we try to avoid them. Here, even if North has Kx club, at least it is protected from an initial club lead since he is declarer. Perhaps 12 tricks are already there for the taking, or the chance may be better than a straightforward finesse if one can develop tricks in side suits without risking the lead.

[@j31355a]

Peter, for that first example of how to not bid that possible slam, please describe on the correct bidding sequence. Thanks.

[@BridgeWithPete]

It depends on your major suit raise structure. But it might start with jacoby 2NT and depending on how you respond to that you hopefully will be able to cue bid 4D saying I have 1st or 2nd round control in diamonds but not in clubs and then partner will cooperate showing control then I would keycard find out we are missing one and then bid slam.

[@tapif]

Thanks for the video. As an intermediate player, I have a few following questions (for anyone hanging around) : 1) For slam bidding, when a key and trump queen is missing assuming we have space to ask for the queen), should we sign off at 5? 2) Regarding the 1S - 2C sequence. From my understanding : south has here a rather minimal , but well distributed hand. Partner denies having 4 hearts and 8+ points (he would have doubled otherwhise), and the opponents could very well have more than 20 points. Isn't the double here a bit risky? Or do we balance because we expect opponents with more points to overcall? Side question : if we have 2 clubs/ 2 diamonds instead of 1 club - 3 diamonds, what would be the correct bid here? Thanks in advance for the answers!

[@BridgeWithPete]

1) If you have room to ask for the queen when missing 1 keycard do it. If you don't have room then bid slam (asking for the queen is a bit of a luxury) 2) If partner is weak where are all the points. It is actually very likely partner has the penalty double. with 2/2 in the minor my preference is still to double and if partner bids 2D then just bid 2H to say nah I want you to choose from those and shouldn't be promising the world.

[@tapif]

@@BridgeWithPete thank you very much for the answers

[@archiewoosung5062]

On that first hand, would like to have seen how you would bid, not just what was wrong.

[@sandy78]

What is meant by a "Best Hand" tournament? Thank you.

[@BridgeWithPete]

You have the strongest or equal strongest hand at the table (most High Card Points)

[@sandy78]

@@BridgeWithPete Thanks Peter. I just learned that you play hearts too. I used to play in college but watching you shows the need for counting just like in Bridge. Amazing

[@almightyhydra]

Some more for you: 1) blindly continuing with a bidding plan e.g. (1S)-X-(2C)-p; (2D)-3H with a hand that's barely got enough to double-then-bid - it's clear partner has 0-2 points, unless you have a very long suit 3H is unlikely to come in and may well get X'd 2) not continuing with a bidding plan when you should e.g. 2D multi-(2H)-p-(p), consider bidding 2S if your weak two is at all decent, partner is marked with something as opps didn't explore game 3) not finessing dummy's honours, e.g. partner leads high (denying interest), you have AJx, dummy Kxx and plays small, you should probably play J retaining A to beat the K, rather than establishing K and Q separately for declarer 4) not going for the only chance to make / defeat the contract - as an advanced example, opps set up their suit against 3NT, you need one more trick from a KJ guess - you should play the K because even if J forces the A you're down; you need to play for the hand in front of the KJ to have the A and to have fallen asleep / got greedy hoping for a misguess 5) always drawing trumps - sometimes you need to only draw one round, sometimes even let the opponents take a ruff or two first

[@sigmaoctantis5083]

A great collection of common mistakes! 👍I would like to add one more: 6) Blunders in the area of _When to cover an honour?_ (e.g. covering the first honour of a sequence like QJ9 in dummy, allowing declarer to finesse against the 10 on the way back.)

[@sandy78]

It's too bad that BBO is raising its prices again . at least they should provide an explanation. What do you think?

[@dimitriskontoleon6787]

I play a lot dublicate IMP on bbo. I have see tones of bad players and tones of cheaters. Taken back cards, change the actions when he show cards robot...

[@Blogdorf]

I learned several years ago that a direct jump to 4NT in response to 1H or 1S is NEVER Roman Key Card. It is straight Blackwood. Why? A suit is not yet agreed. I’ve looked for a reference but can’t find it in my Bridge books.