Bridge Winners Profile for Doug Couchman
Basic Information
- Member Since
- Feb. 25, 2014
- Last Seen
- April 21
- Member Type
- Bridge Player
- about me
Once upon a time a part-time TD and semi-serious (well, I thought so) player and student of the game, I fell out of the swing of it (moving around a lot doesn't help) but have recently come back. Having a girlfriend who — somewhat to my consternation — is attempting to take up the game has helped.
When not playing bridge I tutor, preparing people for standardized tests. (SAT and ACT for undergrad admission; LSAT, MCAT, GMAT, and GRE for grad school.) If you or someone you care about needs help on a test, I'm your guy. See details on my website.
- Country
- United States of America
Bridge Information
- BBO Username
- atakdog
- ACBL Ranking
- Silver Life Master
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- When your tires are flat
- Elsethread I have been arguing that to the extent posters believe an unintended bid can be accepted under the Laws as they stand, they are wrong. But for the record I would prefer that the laws be rewritten as you propose. No [i]oops, that's not what I meant ...
- When your tires are flat
- I don't remember every word of evidence class, but I'm fairly sure I'd remember a [i]self serving testimony exclusion[/i] provision, and I certainly don't. Anything "could" be stricken from the record of a legal proceeding for a valid reason; I am confident that in ...
- The shape of a weak 1x (1NT) 2y
- I expect nothing nearly so specific in terms of suit quality or strength: After 1♦ (1NT), I would expect pard to bid with ♠987632 ♥2 ♦32 ♣5432
- Odd auction. What happened here?
- OK, I suppose most E/Ws will find their ruff.
- Paul Marjoram's bidding problem: AKQJTxx xxx xx x
- 3♦ asking for a stopper is sensible if you have that agreement or if you don't but pard will work it out. With no stopper he should advance 3♥ to cater to all possibilities; with a stopper, 3NT is likely to be a decent contract, and at ...
- Odd auction. What happened here?
- As others have said, N/S have no legal recourse. E/W bid poorly (I don't love 2♣, but the real problem is the pass of 4♠) but did nothing illegal. North should bid at least 5♥ at his first call, and 6♥ wouldn't ...
- When your tires are flat
- David, I'm having a hard time understanding what's so bad about West's position — it's actually better than it would have been without his opponent's mistake (because, as you say, he may get a chance to get in that 1NT bid, which should the 2♥ ...
- When your tires are flat
- David: Yes.
- When your tires are flat
- Because per Law 25, the 1♥ bid didn't happen (if RHO noticed that he'd made a mistake before his partner has made a call). It's not so much cancelling this result, it's pointing out there isn't a result to cancel. Note that this is ...
- When your tires are flat
- At least he made a noble attempt at it.
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