Grew up in Kansas, and left as soon as was polite for schooling in LA. Thought I wanted to be a scientist. Huh.
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Learned K-S in college and played a bit at the old Wild Whist in Westwood. Then I moved to Steamboat Springs, Colorado, in 1978 and took the next 30 years off (with only sporadic club experience in the Denver area). Started playing regularly again in Boulder, Colorado, and played my first sectional and regional tournaments. Learned to love Bracket 2/3 KOs. Favorite tournament: Palm Springs. Much prefer 10 & 3 schedules. Worst bridge characteristic: Black Hole Moments when I leave the planet and do really stupid stuff, usually when declaring.
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Former scuba diver, beach bum, general laborer, rocknroll bum/writer, ski bum, carpenter, bartender and tax lien investment fund manager. Currently, reformed (retired) lawyer, orphan, very happy husband, parental unit and grandfather.
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More personal disclosure than I have ever done. Weird.
Read more »I like it. But a responding GF hand with a 6cd minor and one or two 3cd majors is a constant irritant. It seems the choices are equally poor: Bid as a long minor and risk losing a 4M game, or puppet and try to figure out where responder's stiff might be. 5m-4M-3-1 hands are not a problem.
Are there reasonable solutions?
