Bridge Penalty Doubles and Environmental Factors 11-15 in Contract Bridge
Watch Your Opponents, Know Thy Partner
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Okay, we’ve covered Environmental Factors number 1-10, with only 5 more to go. As we’ve mentioned from time to time, Bridge is an ecosystem that lives and breathes with each player’s bid, their play, their gestures and mannerisms – even knowing their style before sitting down to begin shuffling the cards. When we first begin playing Bridge, we are so focused on ourselves and the basic mechanics of the game we have little hope to be aware of our environment. Over time, we realize that Bridge is not a solo event; it pays handsome dividends to both be a good partner and trust that your partner wants to help you, too.
When you stop to think about it, nurturing your partnership is the secret sauce of successful Bridge players. But then that’s true with personal and business relationships as well, right? Ah, there’s another secret of Bridge – the things we learn at the Bridge table are transmutable in our daily lives.
Continuing on our paradigm, at some point advancing Bridge players realize that in addition to paying close attention to one’s partner, it pays to keep an eye on the opponents, too. Or as the Chinese General Sun-tzu eloquently stated,
“Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.” [Read more…]
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