Bridge Letter October 2009

Last month I did not mention that we had been to Swansea for a family ‘do’ and managed to get an evening’s bridge at Llanelli bridge club where we had our usual warm welcome.

  Thank you everyone, it’s really a pleasure to play in such a friendly club. 

www.Llanellibridgeclub.org.uk

This month’s English Bridge

(www.ebu.co.uk)

A good article by Paul Gipson listing Blogs which are of interest to bridge players.

Two of the top directors have blogs in which they focus on laws and regulations.

http://dcrcbridge.blogspot.com/

and

http://rmbarkerlaws.blogspot.com/.

Other blogs mentioned  are the EBU

http://englishbridgeunion.blogspot.com/

http://www.clairebridge.com/blogs.htm

http://lina.bridgeblogging.com/

http://bridge.df7cbde/

http://thebeercard.blogspot.com/

Paul also lists some blogs from around the world

http://stacyjacobs.com

http://theimpchimp.blogspot.com

hhtp://bobbywolff.bridgeblogging.com

I haven’t yet managed to read them all yet but am looking forward to doing so in the long evenings when I am manning the phone at home.

New Life Master

Congratulations to Myra Twyman on gaining life master status- well done!

Also congratulations to the English seniors team who won a Gold Medal in the World Bridge Team Championships in Brazil.

The English Seniors Team
 
John Holland,

David Price,

Peter Baxter

Colin Simpson,

Paul Hackett,

Gunnar Hallberg
Ross Harper.

Glossary of bridge terms

Valet   jack.
Vanderbilt Cup

one of the major American national team championships, a knockout event.
Variable no trump

split no trump.
Venice Cup

the women's world team championship.
Verify

agree the score on a deal, session or match.
Victory points

a scoring system for multiple team contests in which the actual score of each match is converted according to a standard scale.
Vienna coup

the cashing of one or more winners to avoid blockage in a squeeze position.
View

(slang) decision about what action to take or the layout of a deal.
Virtual cue-bid

a bid in a suit that an opponent has suggested artificially. [Example: one no trump -- pass -- two hearts, transfer to spades -- two spades, virtual cue-bid]

Void

a holding of zero cards in a suit.
Voidwood

Exclusion Blackwood.
VP
abbreviation for victory points.
Vu-graph

a method of displaying bridge to an audience.
Vulnerable

having scored one game.
Vulnerability

statement of which side, if any, is vulnerable.
Vulnerability conditions

(slang) amber (U.K.) = both sides vulnerable.
(slang) equal = neither side vulnerable or both sides

vulnerable.

(slang) favourable = non vulnerable against vulnerable opponents.

(slang) green (U.K.) = non vulnerable against vulnerable opponents.

(slang) horse and horse = both sides vulnerable.

(slang) red (U.K.) = vulnerable against non vulnerable opponents.

(slang) red (U.S.) = vulnerable.

(slang) red against red (U.S.) = both sides vulnerable.
(slang) red against white (U.S.) = vulnerable against non vulnerable opponents.

(slang) unfavourable = vulnerable against non vulnerable opponents.

(slang) white (U.S.) = non vulnerable.

(slang) white (U.K.) = neither side
 vulnerable

(slang) white against red (U.S.) = non vulnerable against vulnerable opponents.

(slang) white against white (U.S.) = neither side vulnerable.

Pattie Dupree