Bridge Winners Profile for Gregory Nowak
Basic Information
- Member Since
- May 13, 2014
- Last Seen
- 12 hours ago
- Member Type
- Bridge Player
- about me
Beyond over the hill but not hope.
Cherish BW discussions.
I like thoughtful comments and apolitical analysis.
- Country
- United States of America
Bridge Information
- Favorite Bridge Memory
- Walking into the local club at the tender age of 31 (1980) armed with 16-18 and Blackwood that I had gotten out of a book. In a few months I got to play with a decent standby and we won. The next week we won again. And then ..."What is this club bid you call Stayman and I'm worried about my clubs?". And we didn't win.
- Bridge Accomplishments
- Winning 2 events at an old sectional when they only had 4. I had 200 masterpoints. My team won the thu bam and my partner and I won the sat open paris. There were no strats or flights.
- ACBL Ranking
- Sapphire Life Master
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- Andy Caranicas's bidding problem: 8752 KQJT8 AQ8 3
- Jealous of your result. For some(many) reasons not high on my horizon of expectations.
- David Sackett's bidding problem: QJ987 975 973 86
- 1♠ is surprising to me. Looks most important- does partner know? The opps? Why? Is a lot better answer than it's clear.
- David Sackett's bidding problem: QJ987 975 973 86
- You can edit. I think in the 1st 24 hrs.
- Andy Caranicas's bidding problem: 8752 KQJT8 AQ8 3
- I don't play Ripstra and would guess very few do. But it looks good if it comes down to landing in 2♦ on this 3 suited hand or 2♣ on another. It just doesn't come up that often. Don't like Capp/Ham. I like Hello.
- Andy Caranicas's bidding problem: 8752 KQJT8 AQ8 3
- Ripstra might be even better. People's preferences on what to use for interference are likely to always be different. My preference with this hand is to show both majors rather than a single suited hand if I can with whatever I am using.
- Jenish Shah's bidding problem: 752 842 4 AKQ742
- The hcp for one jack has more power in the laws than it can ever have in hand evaluation.
- Jenish Shah's bidding problem: 752 842 4 AKQ742
- Can Common Law be a part of the laws. You can "get away" opening 2♣. But you might not get away with opening 1♦.
- Jenish Shah's bidding problem: 752 842 4 AKQ742
- Is opening 2♣ also illegal?
- Andy Caranicas's bidding problem: 8752 KQJT8 AQ8 3
- Advertising a single suit in hearts and playing in the safety of 2♥ doesn't have to be a likely result. If we advertise spades and hearts, how do they get to spades. Qbidding and passing?
- Jenish Shah's bidding problem: 752 842 4 AKQ742
- The difference of 1 hcp is not a psych.
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