Wednesday, June 21, 2006 9:58 AM

Hand Evaluation – Systemic ( IMPs vrs Matchpoints )

PITBULLS:

Expert Bridge means how you “think the game” . It also can mean avoiding “thinking in match points” when you are playing IMPS or “thinking IMPS” when you are playing matchpoints. Both are destructive ways to lose at your respective games.

Bridge systems decided by a partnership should not be a “power struggle” . That means that the ego gets in the way of plain Bridge logic on what system to play. If an expert plays with a non expert , choosing the system is simple. You “play down” to the system played by the non expert. You do not expect the non expert to handle the complexities of an expert bidding structure.