Member Profile
Basic Information
- Member Since
- July 19, 2010
- Last Seen
- May 17
- Member Type
- Bridge Pro
- about me
- Grew up in Connecticut. Lived in Boston, Seattle, Chicago and now Dallas. Learned bridge from my father. My mother is a Life Master. Go Yankees!
- Country
- United States
Bridge Information
- Favorite Bridge Memory
- Winning 2002 BR Pairs w/Sidney Lazard
- Bridge Accomplishments
- Won 13 Nationals - 2nd in World Par Contest
- Regular Bridge Partners
- Lew Stansby, Sidney Lazard, Judy Bramley
- Favorite Tournaments
- Any National
- Favorite Conventions
- Flannery, Step Responses, Rusinow
- BBO Username
- bbramley
- ACBL Ranking
- Grand Life Master
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- Joan Levy Gerard
- I concur with everything Henry said. Joan was one of the greatest friends that bridge has ever had, as well as a personal friend. Judy and I will miss her dearly.
- A Puzzle
- Too fast! I was about to send in this exact comment when it appeared. This is a cool squeeze, first a three-suiter against East, then a one-suiter against West.
- We Were Cheated
- I agree with Daniel Gulyas that "pulling a hand is penalizing the public, not the players." I agree with Thomas Gotard that, realistically, "bridge is NOT a timed event." (my emphasis) The presence of clocks serves to inhibit the grossest violations, but until there is a comprehensive set of rules ...
- The Ethics of Dumping
- Barry, your recollection of what happened in the 1991 Bermuda Bowl is absolutely correct. I was on USA2, playing with Mark Feldman. (One pair of teammates was Steve Weinstein and Fred Stewart. We qualified in a Pairs Trial.) In the final round-robin match Poland could not dump enough to prevent ...
- Penalty Doubles
- Bringing back a nice memory A number of years ago in the Cavendish I held x-xxx-A10xxx-AKxx in fourth seat with none vul and saw the auction 1♦(Precision)-1♥-DBL to me. After thinking briefly about how to investigate a heart game, I realized that our best contract was ...
- Off-shape Takeout Doubles
- I'm a true believer in 4333 takeout doubles. I'll make them down to 12 HCP, matchpoints or imps, vul or not, passed partner or not, regardless of the opening suit (as long as it's one of my 3-baggers). I tell my partners not to worry about what ...
- Upgrading Into / Out of 1NT
- Clarifying an earlier comment Bob H. quoted me as never passing 12 HCP "at matchpoints", to stay with the field. That's true, but I never pass 12 at imps either, because I always seem to get "unlucky" when I do. For the same reason I never downgrade 15 HCP ...
- USA 2
- The 1991 team was younger than the 1981 team The average age of the 1981 team was at least 36. It did have young Levin, Rodwell and Meckstroth (23, 23 and 24) and John Solodar (about 37), but also included Russ Arnold (53) and Bud Reinhold (about 56) for an ...
- A Little Bit of Everything
- When I went back to check the matchpoints I was surprised to find that making 4♠ would have been just a little over average (85/69). The board was played 78 times. 8 pairs made 660 in 3NT(!). Only one other pair matched my 650 in 4♠, also ...
- A Swan in San Jose
- I agree with the recommended line except for one detail. We start with ♦ ruff, ♥ ace, trump to the queen, ♥ to the king. Suppose West follows and East does not ruff, the only threatening case. Now, instead of pulling a second trump, immediately ruff a ♥ with the ...
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