Bridge Winners Profile for David Burch
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- Member Since
- May 17, 2018
- Last Seen
- 14 hours ago
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- Bridge Player
- about me
I'm just a pretty average club player in the UK. However, I am Chairman of Woking Bridge Club in Surrey, UK, which is a friendly ethical club, so do join us if you fancy a game while visiting the area.
Also, I have a Ph.D. in Statistical Mechanics, and know how the odds of suit distributions really work.
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- United Kingdom
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- A specific hcp count - how often?
- I can offer a very simple and reasonably accurate formula for the probabilities of HCP holdings... Start by assuming 10 HCP occurs 10% of the time (it is actually 9.41%), subtract 1% for each HCP lower or higher than 10. For example: the probability of 6 HCP is about ...
- What does this bid mean to you?
- With that shape, I might have opened a dull 1♠... but you never know!
- What does this bid mean to you?
- Take-out, I opened a frisky 1NT with a 1-4-4-4 hand.
- Get the Promotion
- "You play suit-preference at trick 1. 10, 9, 8 are, by priority, suit-preference high. 2, 3, 4 are, by priority, suit-preference low. 6, 5, 7 are, by priority, encouraging." Is this Dual Meaning signal legal? I guess it must be in the Senior Trials.
- Here I Go (Again)
- "I never win, never win; Baby, I never win..." Here I Go Again The Hollies 1964
- The Right Shift
- It seems strange to me that such Dual Meaning Signals (as in East's Heart at Trick 1) are illegal here in England according to the Blue Book - HANDBOOK OF EBU PERMITTED UNDERSTANDINGS 7F3 (b): "7 F 3 Dual meaning signals Dual meaning signals (when following suit) are not permitted ...
- "Under strength" 2!C opening bid - ruling?
- In England, we have this thing called The Blue Book, which states in para 5C3 "To be considered a ‘Strong’ opening bid or overcall, the minimum allowed by agreement is either or both of: (a) any hand of at least 16 HCP (b) any hand of at least 12 HCP ...
- What is the right thing to do?
- If you were called to another table where this had happened, would you enforce the rules? Yes? Then you have to do it at your own table, too.
- Define Your Bids Before I Tell You My Defense
- This sort of thing is just why I will never trouble myself to play the same sort of shenanigans bridge that many of you seem to.
- Good Director Story
- After East accepts North's insufficient 1H, my second bid as South would be to repeat my 1NT opening - and away we go! Secondly, surely the director should not advise North as to whether a particular bid (2C in this case) is comparable or not before North chooses what call ...
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