Bridge Winners Profile for Gerben Dirksen
Basic Information
- Member Since
- Feb. 1, 2011
- Last Seen
- 3 hours 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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- IBPA MPP Book of the Year Shortlist
- If so, why aren't there more pages like page 64 in your book? :-)
- Watching Videos of F-N from Opatija
- As others have noted, the part where you would WANT to get illicit information most during the auction is when your partner has opened two of something in F-N system. I've been playing the two-bids for quite a while now, and there are some hands where you are simply ...
- You Be the Judge: who overbid?
- Although I can understand North downgrading with a minimum 4333 and no intermediates, the action will be very much anti-field. Better to try 1N - 3N with the field and make one trick more than the rest of the bunch. Not raising to game with 10 HCP opposite 15-17 is nuts ...
- What would be comparable?
- Dbl as pass/correct would certainly not be comparable to 2♠ pass/correct as Dbl is unlimited and 2♠ was limited. I would accept 3♣ if it is pass/correct as comparable.
- What do you say if anything?
- My personal strategy is to say nothing during the session and discuss clearly after the session or after the tournament. Then I will state my opinion that 3♥ was a terrible bid and not pretend that I felt it was close. During the session, it is my job to ...
- Gerben Dirksen's bidding problem: 8642 9643 QT K72
- I passed, partner DID have a 4-card major (as he would approximately 50% of the time) and it would have played better. However how do you weigh in the fact that on the one hand: * when you wiggle, opponents are more likely to bid something other than Dbl, but on ...
- Another idea to improve system compliance
- I don't understand - what is your goal? There are some pairs who play a self-invented system and what should they enter? For me it would be "5-card majors with weak NT" but it would not tell you much, really. You can have my convention card any time, also a ...
- For the Throat
- Carpe jugulum :)
- WBF Leaves International Olympic Committee
- I would think maybe move the WBF headquarters to Ostia, home town of one of our favorite Monaco star players.
- Systems with no forcing opening bid or with all 1-level openings forcing
- What Boye uncovered had nothing to do with bidding. Fantunes is an effective bidding system and for me much more fun to play than standard.
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