Re: What's wrong with the Roth point count?

On May 4, 11:22 am, Stig Holmquist <stigfjor...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

My students are only going to play rubber bridge in the near future
and they need a bidding method that yields makable contracts at least
75% of the time, or else they get discouraged if they  fail too
often.

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Then teach them that opening 1-bids require 14 hcps in 1st and second
seat and can be shaded to 13 in 3rd and 4th seat.  After all, the
stronger the initial opening bid the more likely that they will find a
makable contract 75% of the time.

And do you not teach your students anything about defending a bridge
hand?  I can't speak for others, but psychologically I'm very
discouraged when the opponents bid to 20 making contracts in a row,
especially at rubber bridge where every making contract costs me
money.  How do you handle their discouragement if the ones bidding and
making contracts rarely go down?

Perhaps you could let your students know that defeating borderline
contracts is a cause for rejoicing, and that occasionally getting to
an unmakable contract is part of bridge.

Henrysun909

/disable sarcasm/