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- Nov. 18, 2010
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- about me
Learned to play bridge in 1958 by reading "Point Count Bridge Complete" by Charles Goren. Started playing duplicate in 1960. Conservative: I still believe in "opening bid facing opening bid should offer a good play for game" which restricts my notions of what constitutes an opening bid. Often offer my opinions as a BBO VG commenter.
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- Favorite Bridge Memory
- First Regional Win
- Bridge Accomplishments
- ACBL Grand LM; 3 NABC Wins
- Regular Bridge Partners
- None since 2003 or so
- Member of Bridge Club(s)
- Ithaca Bridge Club
- Favorite Tournaments
- Any National, Particularly Las Vegas
- Favorite Conventions
- Stayman
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- Henryb
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- Grand Life Master
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- Reprise 7
- Well now, we are all so detractive. The flaws in this hand are short honors, few controls. The plusses are that both Jacks are in long suits and accompanied by higher honors. And let us not forget that the West hand melds 160, 60 queens, three marriages, and pinochle; actually ...
- John Cunningham's bidding problem: KT83 J9874 T6 AJ
- What would 2♦-2♥-2♠ show? I have played in the past that it shows an invitational 4-5 in the majors. I am not convinced that is a good use, but I had a partner who insisted. Now I think your good spots justify 3♠.
- Bud Hinckley's bidding problem: AQ6 KQ A984 AK53
- But that is not the question we have been asked. The issue is not whether to bid game; Bud has told us he is bidding game. The question is which game, and I contend that with ♥KQ we are more likely to make 4♥ than 3N. I also contend ...
- Geeske Joel's bidding problem: A3 K96 AQT8652 9
- Oh, I agree with you, Roger. This hand is very good in context. The ♥K and the ♣ stiff are both excellent. Partner's model hand is clearly ♠KQJxx(x) and ♥A plus two or three small clubs. With a sixth spade he might not have the ♠J. At which ...
- Bud Hinckley's bidding problem: AQ6 KQ A984 AK53
- Steve: I was trying simply to move the high cards around to make a point, namely that responder should describe and opener decide. If you don't like the hand I offered, change the ♥Q to the J. The conclusion that we belong in 3N becomes stronger.
- Geeske Joel's bidding problem: A3 K96 AQT8652 9
- The rebid of 3♦ was not right even with a decent seven card suit. The way I play this hand is a good 2♦ rebid, not even a maximum. As I was taught, and remember I learned a long time ago, 1♦-1M-2♦ shows a 6+ card ...
- Reprise 7
- tks. corrected
- Splitting honors
- So in the L2H3 case, with QJ you play the J and declarer wins the K. You are now in the same position I would be in. But if you play the Q in the H3 case, agreed partner knows that you either have QJ10 or Q, no J, but ...
- BW 2013 Vanderbilt Challenge Match Boards 1-2
- Great stuff guys. Its wonderful how seemingly trivial boards can have so many discussion points. I love it.
- Tom Allan's bidding problem: Q73 9842 AQ753 4
- I'm going to cater to partner having bid 2♥ on something like 3-3-1-6 shape too strong for 3♣ over 1♦, and clubs with a hole so 3N seemed inappropriate.
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