Comments on: Matchpoints http://justinlall.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/matchpoints/ Bridge Professional Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:08:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: justinlall http://justinlall.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/matchpoints/#comment-396 justinlall Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:01:44 +0000 http://justinlall.com/?p=160#comment-396 Great questions LC and I will answer them as an Ask Justin Great questions LC and I will answer them as an Ask Justin

]]> By: LC http://justinlall.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/matchpoints/#comment-378 LC Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:51:24 +0000 http://justinlall.com/?p=160#comment-378 I'm really glad you're writing in your blog again. Your posts are really really insightful and help me a lot. About playing matchpoints, I'm wondering why you think avoiding zeroes are so important. If you were getting two tops for every bottom before, isn't that a great 66% game? In other words, why is reducing volatility important if you have great expected value? I think Barry Crane played a top or bottom style to enormous success. I have talked to many people about matchpoints. One of them thinks that one should blast games at matchpoints because the defense will be worse. Another player thinks that one needs to be aggressive against weak players to pick up all the matchpoints against them, in order to win the event. Another player kibitzed the world open pairs and noticed the success of someone who just blasts to 3NT whenever possible (hiding his hand) and scores very well but with high variance. I'm wondering what you think about these theories. I’m really glad you’re writing in your blog again. Your posts are really really insightful and help me a lot.

About playing matchpoints, I’m wondering why you think avoiding zeroes are so important. If you were getting two tops for every bottom before, isn’t that a great 66% game? In other words, why is reducing volatility important if you have great expected value? I think Barry Crane played a top or bottom style to enormous success.

I have talked to many people about matchpoints. One of them thinks that one should blast games at matchpoints because the defense will be worse. Another player thinks that one needs to be aggressive against weak players to pick up all the matchpoints against them, in order to win the event. Another player kibitzed the world open pairs and noticed the success of someone who just blasts to 3NT whenever possible (hiding his hand) and scores very well but with high variance. I’m wondering what you think about these theories.

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