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Useful abbreviations wdp etc where do I find the bridge shorthand?

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Posted 2013-July-29, 23:21

EPV = ?
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Posted 2013-July-30, 12:11

View Post32519, on 2013-July-29, 23:21, said:

EPV = ?

Context? I suspect something like Expected P--- Value

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Posted 2013-July-30, 15:16

I think the E stands for Equal?
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Posted 2013-July-30, 16:45

I don't think I've ever seen EPV on the forums, I've seen +EV and -EV (Positive Expected Value and Negative Expected Value).
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Posted 2013-July-30, 22:25

View Postmanudude03, on 2013-July-30, 16:45, said:

I don't think I've ever seen EPV on the forums, I've seen +EV and -EV (Positive Expected Value and Negative Expected Value).

This certainly makes sense. I saw it in this post and wasn't sure what it meant?

View PostAvoidance, on 2013-July-10, 06:24, said:

My experience with these sort of bids at Pairs over a number of years is that Vulnerability is critical. With 5-4 they are +EPV Non-vulnerable & -EPV Vulnerable.

This guy doesn't post much, so maybe he hasn't seen the question yet.
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Posted 2013-August-23, 06:49

MTP = probably a typo, meant to say NTP (Nice Try Partner)
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Posted 2013-August-23, 07:11

Not "Middling try partner" then?
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Posted 2013-September-30, 09:34

And then there's the guilty sry or sp. :)
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View Postbridgecat2, on 2010-July-29, 09:03, said:

How do I use the card symbols in a chat ???? what are the short cuts ???


use the exclamation mark ! followed by the letter of the suit you want
S = H= D = C =
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Posted 2014-April-07, 09:21

View PostPhilG007, on 2014-April-06, 02:31, said:

use the exclamation mark ! followed by the letter of the suit you want
S = H= D = C =

This 4-year-old question has already been answered about 5 times in the thread.

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Posted 2014-September-21, 11:32

((*.*)) - female
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Posted 2014-December-21, 13:27

oh yes !
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Posted 2014-December-26, 11:49

What is

gto hl
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Posted 2014-December-26, 14:27

View PostMichael000, on 2014-December-26, 11:49, said:

What is

gto hl


gto = good try opponent
hl = hard luck

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Posted 2014-December-26, 15:47

shocked it wasn't "go to hell" :P
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Posted 2014-December-26, 22:18

View PostPhantomSac, on 2014-December-26, 15:47, said:

shocked it wasn't "go to hell" :P


In some circles gto = "Get Thou Out."
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Posted 2014-December-28, 17:16

View PostGreenMan, on 2014-December-26, 22:18, said:

In some circles gto = "Get Thou Out."

When we hold the Victorian England trials online? :)

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Posted 2015-January-05, 17:47

ah yes, with my standard translations:
"glp" = "Gulp!" aka "where's the hand you held in the bidding?"
"typ" = "typical!" aka "I bid like a master, and partner drops me in the third-rate contract, *again*."
I like the gto, hl - except that it has to apply to CHO as well.
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Posted 2015-May-25, 22:17

CPU = ?
Psych (pron. saik): A gross and deliberate misstatement of honour strength and/or suit length. Expressly permitted under Law 73E but forbidden contrary to that law by Acol club tourneys.

Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. mPosted ImagesPosted ImagetPosted Imager-mPosted ImagendPosted Imageing) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees.

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Posted 2015-May-25, 23:20

I used to have a large collection of the terms .

BBO Common Terms



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