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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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!

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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

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The BZ Crew