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Tuesday, September 18, 2007

International bridge

i joined my hall's INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE CLUB.
say bye to german bridge and hello to international bridge!
hahah it was a fun and super tiring night learning and playing international bridge last night.

International bridge is different from the bridge we play back in singapore (german bridge)
for international bridge right..

Golden rule no. 1

You cannot talk.

and this basically makes the whole game damn difficult. because apart from the stock market game, i always find the need to talk in all the card games!

we cannot even speak when we do bidding. we have to communicate thru this special set of card and it's not just normal "i see i got alot of spades so i bid spades" kind of phenomenon.

everytime u picked a card out to bid, it tells your partner alot about ur card and how much "points" u have for each pattern (diamond, spades, heards, clubs)

so if u anyhow bid, ur partner (the guy sitting opp u) might think that u have alot of points and will respond to you.

so must think before u bid! dun anyhow anyhow "2 no tramp!"

anyway, I figured out that we cannot talk during the game is because it's internationally played and there might be some communication breakdowns if players were to communicate amg themselves. so maybe they set this rule to prevent any miscommucations. make sense rite.

Golden rule no.2
the person opp the guy who won the bidding have to open up all his cards and place it on the table.
he will den become the "dummy" and sort of like "don't need to do anything but just watch the game"
den the guy who won the bidding will play his own set of cards and at the same time, he have to control the card of the dummy. so yah the guy who won the bidding is playing 2 pple's cards.. and IT'S DAMN DIFFICULT. coz u're controlling the game and u have to think ALOT ALOT to make sure u make the right move and dun kill ur own cards.
so actually there's only 3 pple playing the game.

the guy who won the bet (sitting opp the dummy) VS the another 2 players (they're one team)

anyway we were so awed by the way the guy taught us how to play the game.. he can design the set of cards in such a way that there's only 1 winner and i really learnt alot from him
they're bridge club is like the dota gang in hall.. like play bridge everyweek and requires 101% of concentration.

after 2 hrs of bridge, i can feel my brain inside my head.. it's been a long time since i really concentrate and focus so much.. like enlightenment. haha
can't wait for the next session on thurs! whoohoo!
kk i'm going to sch! i'm late!


i have a dream. Zhiqi kelly puaysan limei layz May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2009 March 2009 April 2009	Tuesday, September 18, 2007 International bridge i joined my hall's INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE CLUB. say bye to german bridge and hello to international bridge! hahah it was a fun and super tiring night learning and playing international bridge last night. International bridge is different from the bridge we play back in singapore (german bridge) for international bridge right.. *Golden rule no. 1* You cannot talk. and this basically makes the whole game damn difficult. because apart from the stock market game, i always find the need to talk in all the card games! we cannot even speak when we do bidding. we have to communicate thru this special set of card and it's not just normal "i see i got alot of spades so i bid spades" kind of phenomenon. everytime u picked a card out to bid, it tells your partner alot about ur card and how much "points" u have for each pattern (diamond, spades, heards, clubs) so if u anyhow bid, ur partner (the guy sitting opp u) might think that u have alot of points and will respond to you. so must think before u bid! dun anyhow anyhow "2 no tramp!" anyway, I figured out that we cannot talk during the game is because it's internationally played and there might be some communication breakdowns if players were to communicate amg themselves. so maybe they set this rule to prevent any miscommucations. make sense rite. *Golden rule no.2* the person opp the guy who won the bidding have to open up all his cards and place it on the table. he will den become the "dummy" and sort of like "don't need to do anything but just watch the game" den the guy who won the bidding will play his own set of cards and at the same time, he have to control the card of the dummy. so yah the guy who won the bidding is playing 2 pple's cards.. and IT'S DAMN DIFFICULT. coz u're controlling the game and u have to think ALOT ALOT to make sure u make the right move and dun kill ur own cards. so actually there's only 3 pple playing the game. the guy who won the bet (sitting opp the dummy) VS the another 2 players (they're one team) anyway we were so awed by the way the guy taught us how to play the game.. he can design the set of cards in such a way that there's only 1 winner and i really learnt alot from him they're bridge club is like the dota gang in hall.. like play bridge everyweek and requires 101% of concentration. after 2 hrs of bridge, i can feel my brain inside my head.. it's been a long time since i really concentrate and focus so much.. like enlightenment. haha can't wait for the next session on thurs! whoohoo! kk i'm going to sch! i'm late! 11:15 AM ·