Member Profile
Basic Information
- Member Since
- Nov. 8, 2009
- Last Seen
- 7 hours ago
- Member Type
- Bridge Pro
- about me
I am one of the founders of bridgewinners.com. More than half of my life has been spent travelling the world playing bridge. My wife Jenny and I have settled in Florida and have two children, Danielle and Brandon. We are both professional bridge players and met at the 2003 Bermuda Bowl in Monte Carlo. I love bridge.
Bridge Information
- Favorite Bridge Memory
- Winning the Blue Ribbon Pairs with my then-Fiance Jenny Ryman
- Regular Bridge Partners
- Beverly Perry, John Kranyak, Vincent Demuy, Paul Fireman
- Member of Bridge Club(s)
- Hazel's Bridge Club, The Bridge Place PB
- Favorite Tournaments
- Naples, Palm Beach Gardens,
- Favorite Conventions
- Reverse Drury, Jacoby 2NT, Keycard Blackwood
- BBO Username
- Gavin
- ACBL Ranking
- Grand Life Master
| Beverly Perry |
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| Meckstroth - Rodwell R - M Precision |
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| Steve Weinstein - Bobby Levin |
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| Nunes - Fantoni 2/1 GF except with both majors |
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| Ellen Wright |
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| John Kranyak 2013 United States Bridge Championships |
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| Fireman |
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| Steve Weinstein - Gavin Wolpert Challenge |
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- Board 8 from the 05/20/2013 Common Game
- Just looking at the results of this actual board, 6S+1 +1010 was worth 74% of the matchpoints and that is partly because 6N also makes 7. In general, I avoid bidding grand slams unless I can count 13 tricks.
- Bridge Documentary: In The Cards
- I loved it at the time and still do. I think it is great for bridge and have had numerous people contact me on BBO saying they learned bridge because they saw this on TV. Obviously its difficult to watch an edited version of your life... some comments taken out ...
- Board 4 from the 05/17/2013 Common Game
- It is an underbid to open 1NT. This hand has far greater trick taking potential than partner is expecting. I want to talk about two similar hands to give you a better understanding of my evaluation. With: ♠K73 ♥AJ ♦AKQ85 ♣T93 With 17 points and a nice 5 card suit ...
- Psych!
- Psyching against newer/weaker players should be a punishable offence. Its terrible for the game. On the other hand, in high level competition, I don't see any reason why psyches are "non bridge moves". They are typically losing propositions... unless your partner is prepared for them. I think psyching ...
- Board 11 from the 05/09/2013 Common Game
- I agree with everything you said except for me 2♣ isn't in the ball game.
- Board 7 from the 05/11/2013 Common Game
- There are two key additional things that make 3NT a better bid than stayman when you are 4-3-3-3. 1)Opponents tend to lead a major when you don't stayman. 2) opponents lead 4th best from their longest and strongest suits against NT and more passively against suit contracts. This ...
- Board 2 from the 05/07/2013 Common Game
- After a heart lead into west, I would duck it and win my queen. At this point I have 11 tricks, 5 spades, 2 hearts, 2 diamonds and 2 clubs. The 12th trick realistically can come from one of two places... a long heart or the jack of clubs. What ...
- Board 20 from the 05/01/2013 Common Game
- I would likely be in 2♠ or 3NT on this hand, depending on my mood. On another note... After East's 1NT opener, South has to make a common decision whether to come in over partners 1NT. Being Vulnerable and facing a passed hand, there is a lot of ...
- Gavin Wolpert's lead problem: Qxx AQxxx x KJxx
- No I would not make it without the Jack of hearts... I edited my earlier comment to show the jack of hearts in decl's hand.
- Gavin Wolpert's lead problem: Qxx AQxxx x KJxx
- Thanks for everyone's responses. Its cool to post a bridge hand late at night and wake up to find this many comments and votes. So I lead a trump thinking dummy was similar to what Bob Heitzman suggested. I also thought the king of hearts was certainly not in ...
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