Member Profile
Basic Information
- Member Since
- Feb. 2, 2011
- Last Seen
- March 24
- Member Type
- Bridge Player
- about me
- I'm an electrical engineer who spends most of my work days reading and writing about bridge. I'm destined for a career in bridge... eventually. No rush, though. Not having to worry about money and playing with whoever I want to during weekends and my 4 weeks vacation is kind of awesome.
- Website
- http://bridgemaniacs.blogspot.com/
Bridge Information
- Bridge Accomplishments
- member of the USA Junior team (2008), 6th in Red Ribbons (2007), won the Charleston regional (December 2012)
- Regular Bridge Partners
- Sean Gannon, Allison Howard, Joel Haywood
- Member of Bridge Club(s)
- Macon, Warner Robins
- Favorite Tournaments
- Atlanta, Seaside, Charleston
- Favorite Conventions
- canape, fantunes
- BBO Username
- Dredog03
- ACBL Ranking
- Gold Life Master
| Andre Asbury and Sean Gannon Canape, Swedish 1!C |
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- both minors
- if you don't have a way to show a non-forcing hand with both minors (I like 3C to show 5-5 weak and 3D 5-5 invitational), pass may well be the best you can do. The opponents have a heart fit so LHO may well bid them if you pass ...
- Opening a Bridge Club
- Fountain Oaks Shopping Center, 1.5 miles inside 285 on Roswell Rd. Yes, a weekly sort of league of team matches, maybe KO format, maybe just regular 24 board matches with a big prize for the league winner, would be a good idea and might attract more of the top ...
- Opening a Bridge Club
- At first when I heard you are opening a new club in Atlanta, I was skeptical because of the recent struggles of the other full-time bridge clubs there, but on second thought, I see the potential. It is a very nice location in a nice shopping center and on the ...
- You are the TD
- The issue here is UI provided to the 2D bidder and the 3D bid is in clear violation of UI from the alert. No one in their right mind would bid 3D holding 3 hearts and 6 diamonds in this auction had 2D not reminded him that he forgot system ...
- Common Debate
- This auction came up at a local club came a month or two ago and I had something like xx, Qx, AJxx, AQxxx. I think we wound up make a 13 opp 9 3NT but my partner was surprised that I didn't have full values for a reverse. Even ...
- ACBL Restricting Junior Coupons
- I am intimately familiar with junior bridge, having been a junior bridge player for most of the 2000's, taught and mentored many juniors as well. And at first glance, I thought charging any non-pro junior full price would be lunacy. The people a price increase is most likely to ...
- Deceptive Plays Hand 4
- cute. did you find this defense or were you the declarer that was fooled?
- Juniors Who Play Exotic Systems
- As many of you are aware, I am a big proponent of canape - more of a homegrown version that also features a 2-way 1C. There are indeed some system wins and system losses from the nature of bidding 4 card suits before 5 card suits and I'd say it ...
