Bridge Winners Profile for Chris Gibson
Basic Information
- Member Since
- June 18, 2010
- Last Seen
- 3 minutes ago
- Member Type
- Bridge Player
- about me
Professional anti-money laundering investigator, amateur bridge nut living in the Portland, OR metropolitan area. I don't play as much as I would like to, and that probably isn't going to change soon. I am married to a wonderfully supportive non-bridge player, and now have a little boy, Teddy, who was born April 2017, but I hope to remain active in playing bridge while I balance my new family life.
- Country
- United States of America
Bridge Information
- Favorite Bridge Memory
- Making the round of 16 in the 2013 Spingolds with Chris Wiegand, Sam Punch, and Stephen Peterkin - the first time I had entered the event. Now up there: Getting my top 4 matchpoint finishes with 3 different partners at nationals in 2016 at Reno, including placing in the Platinum pairs.
- Bridge Accomplishments
- 6 top 10 national finishes, all in the past 7 years.
- Regular Bridge Partners
- Chris Wiegand, Eric Sieg, and Jeff Ford
- Favorite Tournaments
- any NABC, all GNT competitions, Portland and Seaside regionals
- Favorite Conventions
- Stayman and follow-ups derived from it. I played 15 years of home bridge with my parents without knowing stayman, so I really appreciate how wonderful it is.
- BBO Username
- CSGibson
- ACBL Ranking
- Sapphire Life Master
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- Precision "Pass and Pull" (Part two)
- If double is take-out, then you don't play a traditional forcing pass, and should mention that, as well as follow-ups.
- Precision "Pass and Pull" (Part two)
- The agreement that pass and pull is stronger is only playable when you have a known fit IMO. Playing inverted pass pull (where a double indicates unclear hands and pass asks for X), I think a better treatment by far with no known suits is that pass-pull shows a 2nd ...
- Yet another "Is pass forcing"?
- My meta rules are that pass is forcing when we are in an unambiguous game force, or where we have made a slam try in a competitive auction (some other clearly defined situations as well, but none that pertain to this auction). Bidding game does not by itself make this ...
- ATB - reaching a bad slam
- Its more a question of methods for me. did N-S have a serious/non-serious slam try available? Was South required to show the heart control in this auction, or could South sign off having already stretched for 3♠, knowing they were off a club control? I don't mind ...
- You be the judge!
- This is so not the conclusion you should make. You tainted the poll with the UI. To determine whether passing is a Logical Alternative, you should post the problem as a bidding problem without mentioning the hesitation and see how many actually select pass.
- A not-so-"minor" problem
- Michal - I said I was cue-bidding. But I would probably cue spades rather than hearts just to be clear as to what I was doing, I wouldn't want partner to suddenly have an inspiration thinking I was 0-3-5-5 or something - that becomes less of a worry after a jump ...
- Mike Ma's bidding problem: --- J9762 AQ732 Q98
- Good, then I've not only made the correct bridge bid, but I've also created joy for everyone at the table.
- You be the judge!
- The bid is legal. It may also be legally rolled back if polling among peers suggests that there are logical alternatives that are contra-indicated by the huddle which do not reach 6♠.
- Mike Ma's bidding problem: --- J9762 AQ732 Q98
- The hand isn't good enough for either leaping michaels or regular michaels. Partner is almost salivating for the reopening double. I oblige.
- A not-so-"minor" problem
- I'm unusual 2N then cue-bidding over a minimum level response as my initial plan. Over anything other than a minimum level response, I'm cue-bidding hearts looking for grand.
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