Bridge Winners Profile for Al Hollander
Basic Information
- Member Since
- June 20, 2010
- Last Seen
- 6 hours ago
- Member Type
- Bridge Player
Bridge Information
- Favorite Bridge Memory
- getting harry goldwater to laugh when opp called director on me
- Bridge Accomplishments
- bbo vugraph commentator, extensive library
- Regular Bridge Partners
- none this millenium
- Member of Bridge Club(s)
- none
- Favorite Tournaments
- none this millenium
- Favorite Conventions
- big club, relay, transfer/flip-flop in non-nt
- ACBL Ranking
- Silver Life Master
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- Prelude to Bermuda Bowl-1959
- [b]In 1956 the Spingold/Master Team of 4 ended in a 3-way tie; not possible in a double KO. I am guessing it was a VP format in 1956. Goren’s team defeated the Roth-Stone and the Apfel team in a playoff to determine the 1957 Bermuda Bowl entry ...
- Symmetric Two-Bids (clubs and diamonds both strong and artificial)
- Bridge World, May 1970, p.15-17 What's New in Bridge Symmetric Two-Bids Jon R. Nance 2♣ = a) BAL, 23-24 b) strong ♣ or ♥ 2♦ = a) BAL, 25-26 b) strong ♦ or ♠ [i]possible memory aid bid minor or corresponding major[/i] in both cases step ...
- #saynotocheats
- Peter - mentioned in a different thread, for a different reason the following confirms your understanding of the 4 players being expelled http://web2.acbl.org/discipline/CurrentlyUnderDisciplineList.pdf the other discussion was confirmation of Nicolas' assertion that Balicki-Zmudzinski are NOT listed as being disciplined by ACBL
- Do What Is Possible, Not What Is Easy
- in support of Nicolas' statement re: status neither player is listed in the latest acbl whodunit document http://web2.acbl.org/discipline/CurrentlyUnderDisciplineList.pdf
- Sources on the early history of bridge
- already in Australia immediately suggests Tim Bourke and his donated collection as a resource i have at least one clipping of a Sidney Lenz article, but don't recall it being apropos for your task.
- Guidelines for BBO Vugraph Commentators
- What, if any, impact do you think this thread had on bbo vugraph commentary during the Orlando World Bridge Series marathon?
- World Bridge Series Pairs Winners
- at the Orlando WBS, isn't the WBF also concurrently holding an event for Juniors doing battle for the Joan Gerard Cup? correction: Joan Gerard Trophy, not Cup
- ROSENBLUM BRACKET
- drat - that is strike 2 you would think that in an election year i would know when to waffle
- ROSENBLUM BRACKET
- top 16 from qualifying swiss got to pick R64 opponent from bottom 32. the remaining teams were shuffled apologies to anyone who saw my commentary on sunday when i incorrectly said top 16 choose from bottom 16. i trusted input from someone rather than verifying for myself in the Supplementary ...
- #saynotocheats
- i applaud the sentiment, but wonder about the implementation presumably this is a non-issue in ACBL-land (expulsion) and the WBF (no invitation) but I am not sure about events hosted by other Zones. Biggest concern is probably EBL because the big scandals of this decade have all involved European players ...
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