Bridge Winners Profile for Gerben Dirksen
Basic Information
- Member Since
- Feb. 1, 2011
- Last Seen
- 23 minutes ago
- Member Type
- Bridge Director
- about me
Originially Dutch, now living in Fürth, Germany. Silver TD. Played for Dutch U20 in Channel Trophy, German U25 in Euro championship.
- Country
- Netherlands
Bridge Information
- Favorite Bridge Memory
- Playing against the stars in the Forbo, Verona Mixed Pairs
- Bridge Accomplishments
- Former Junior National Team player
- Regular Bridge Partners
- Norbert Stübinger, Michael Thomsen
- Member of Bridge Club(s)
- BC Nürnberg Museum, Kultcamp Rieneck
- Favorite Tournaments
- Pula Festival, German Bridge Team Trophy
- Favorite Conventions
- Fantunes
- BBO Username
- Gerben42
- ACBL Ranking
- None
| Gerben Dirksen - Oliver Hevemeier 2/1 GF |
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| Norbert Stübinger - Gerben Dirksen Short !C with intermediate 2-bids |
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- Late Start Netherlands v NZ QF1
- Wayne, this tells you that the Dutch were at the playing area BEFORE the match. Then they apparently asked the director about the new convention, and the director apparently ruled: "Go ahead and discuss a defense". The director did not rule: "You should have known before, sit down and play ...
- Anticipatory Responses
- We play this in combination with 2♣ including a weak two in ♦. In that case, 2M is either to play vs semiforcing or natural and forcing opposite weak two.
- Why are there round robins in the World Team Championships?
- I suggest anti-Swissing the field on a daily basis. So after a random day 1, on day 2 the top 3 play the bottom 3 and so on. When this is done on days 2-6, on the last day the top teams will have top teams left and the bottom ...
- How would you rule?
- Anthony what you say is true. However sometimes also dummy gets ahead of himself. Fact is whatever you rule, someone is going to be disappointed.
- Who will win the BB, VC and D'orsi?
- Bangladesh beat Italy, so bookies are getting nervous :) Just no easy matches anymore...
- Yuan Shen's bidding problem: AKQT875 --- AKJ985 ---
- Ian in that case you have not lost anything. You can still make a guess which was an option on the opening bid.
- Yuan Shen's bidding problem: AKQT875 --- AKJ985 ---
- How about 2♣, then bid 3♦ followed by 4♦ ace asking for ♦. You'll find out about ♦Q (not caring about how many aces partner has). Then jump to 6/7♠ accordingly.
- Flipping for Winning
- How about leaving your cell phone turned off on the bridge table where everyone can see it, and everyone can see that you are not using it?
- Stick to your claim?
- I am not saying I never claim on a finesse or a split, sometimes I do, it's just that one shouldn't criticize someone who doesn't. I mean if you can resolve the situation by playing one more trick that should be just as fast since you save ...
- Flying to Lyon? Be prepared. Flying out? Leave many hours or you may miss your flight
- When in Europe, do as the Europeans, which is take the train :-) If you fly to Geneva I would recommend a train from Geneva to Lyon. Single ticket costs around €33 (2nd class) and takes 2.5 hours from Geneva Airport to Lyon central station. Time table can be found ...
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