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Gene Simpson's
"Top 25 Rules For Winning"
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Gene Simpson is a
nationally renowned bridge expert. The amazing thing about this list
is how few of his 25 rules are bidding systems.
1. Get a good
partner
2. Count-Count-Count
3. Balance
when appropriate
4. Count winners
and losers on each hand
5. Use your
instincts
6. Make takeout
doubles
7. Learn basics
8. Know your
convention card
9. Forget last
hand
10. Concentrate
11. Table time
12. Show distribution
when possible
13. Bid 3 No Trump
14. Read bridge books/talk
to experts
15. Hold hand back/especially
against pros
16. Hold up trump
ace
17. Don't over ruff
with sure trump winner
18. Give partner
their ruff-he/she will appreciate this
19. Return partners
lead unless you know what to do
20. Don't lead aces
21. Don't under lead
aces
22. Stop dummy from
ruffing on defense
23. Play convertions
only if you fully understand convention
24. Ruff losers in
dummy on offense
25. Balance
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During my research
for this page, I hit several interesting items.
1. Gene's list has
evolved with time. You can view
Gene
Simpsons "Top 25 Rules For Winning" in 1999
by going
to http://home.earthlink.net/~ironhawker/FORCPASS.htm
2. From: The New York
Times
Published:
July 27, 1998
Source:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?
res=9404E1DE1F39F934A15754C0A96E958260
BRIDGE;
Californians Defeat
Texans To Win National Team Title
The first major event
at the American Contract Bridge League's Summer Nationals ended here on
Saturday night in a convincing victory for a California squad. Fred Hamilton
of Fresno, Mark Itabashi of Murrieta, Gene Simpson of Redlands, Jon Wittes
of Claremont and Ross Grabel of Huntington won the Grand National Team
Championship.
3. Gene's wife wrote
a book
Behold,
the Bridegroom Cometh (Paperback)
by B.
Graham Simpson
Source:
http://www.amazon.com/Behold-Bridegroom-
Cometh-Graham-Simpson/dp/0966851706
4. I've only met Gene
once, but he seems to be a nice, down to earth
guy.
Gene gave a 30 minute bridge lesson at the Bridge Center in
Pleasant
Hill in which he handed out his 25 rules. His rules
impressed
me enough to make this page.
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Gene, thank you for
being such a good cheer leader for bridge.
Gene Simpson's picture
from Bridge
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