I got several questions of the transfer methods I used in my previous video. In this video, I go through some situations where transfers can be employed. There are also several other scenarios where they are useful, but showing suits cheaply and quickly is a common theme in all of them.
Obviously, lots of different permutations of the scheme are possible. Discuss your partner which suits you best.
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6 responses to “Video follow-up: gwnn explains how to/why play transfers”
I do not have the message box exposed on the left hand lower part of my screen and can’t seem to have it pop up?
This is probably not addressed to me but you could try hovering around the bottom of the screen and see if your cursor turns into a “mini two-headed arrow” that is normally there for resizing stuff. Then you can drag the bottom and boom the chat is there. Hopefully 🙂
Enjoyed your latest video, as always (on using transfers after overcalls). I believe I was one of the people who was surprised by the auction P-1D-2S-3S; P-3NT-P-6NT; All pass. (You held some 21 HCP’s with Axx in spades; the transfer was effective because partner held Qx in spades. To ask for a stopper, you would have bid 3H.)
That aside, I believe I read somewhere that you are writing a book on the Polish Club (in English, I hope). I assume it will include a complete description of these transfer methods. Please keep me in mind when you publish it. I am anxious to buy a copy. (Also impressive is your fluency in English and German, assuming your native language is Polish. What is your academic background?). .
Hi Dave,
Thanks for your kind words. However, I am definitely not writing a book on Polish Club. 🙂 I think I wrote in passing that I will make a video series on it. Probably only a few half-hour videos such as this one.
If you are interested in a book, I can heartily recommend Jassem’s book “Polish Club International”. It is quite readable with quizzes etc. In fact, most of it is browsable on https://jassem.pl/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Polish_Club-2010.html
My “main” Polish Club system is based on it, plus a few gadgets I picked up here and there. Anything I’d write up would mostly plagiarise Jassem.
As to languages, you can google “bridge/language experiment” where I try to play bridge while speaking all the languages I speak. Hungarian is my mother tongue. 🙂 Since then, my German and French have got better and maybe my Dutch a bit worse.
You’ll soon get another video on T-Walsh. And a few weeks from now hopefully something on Polish Club.
gwnn
Have ordered copy of Jassem book. Also kibitzed you playing a few boards with rhume. Don’t know much German, so had trouble following some chat msgs. (Coeurs = Hearts? Do Germans use French names for all suits?) Didn’t understand many bids either, but this isn’t a language issue.
Yes, a lot of French is used in bridge language in German. The same is true for Hungarian. We borrowed a lot of terms for some reason. 🙂