Member Profile
Basic Information
- Member Since
- July 15, 2010
- Last Seen
- May 17
- Member Type
- Bridge Player
- Country
- United States
Bridge Information
- Favorite Bridge Memory
- Winning a 64+ board open KO match for the first time
- Bridge Accomplishments
- Open BAM 2nd
- Regular Bridge Partners
- Drew Becker
- Favorite Conventions
- XYZ
- BBO Username
- hackenbush
- ACBL Ranking
- Silver Life Master
| Kenny Horneman, Howard Liu 2 over 1 |
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| Ron Smith, Howard Liu 2 over 1 |
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- Why aren't you playing in the Grand National Teams?
- 20 teams played in GNT Open flight in D21. It seemed to be attracting plenty of interests here. And congrats Phil on your team winning this past weekend!
- Why aren't you playing in the USBC?
- I'm in the same boat - not enough vacations to go to all the nationals and team trials. This year, going to Orlando in June does not appear to be the most attractive use of my vacation time.
- Expert signaling
- Martel-Stansby among others play a 3-way signal in this situation: low - encouraging, but don't make attacking shift if A stiff middle - encouraging, but do make attacking shift if A stiff high - discouraging
- XYZ
- I may not have been clear. 1♦-1♥-1♠-2♣-2♦-2NT is all balanced invites, not forcing. 1♦-1♥-1♠-2NT forces 3♣, either weak with long clubs, or GF with 5♥ 4♦. The rationale is that going through 2♦ GF you may have some ...
- XYZ
- I play a Demirev treatment: all balanced invites go through 2♣-2♦-2NT. 2NT forces 3♣ for signoff, or if bidding on, it shows 5Y + 4X GF, and none-low-high shortness. For example after 1♦-1♥-1♠-2NT-3♣: 3♦ = 2542 3♥ = 3541 3♠ = 1543
- Defensive snafu. Comments solicited
- K asks for count in the middle of the hand, especially here, with QJ in dummy.
- Henry Bethe's bidding problem: A96 Q987543 K65 ---
- Pass, but 1♥ playing Flannery.
- Howard Liu's bidding problem: QT6 K9 K AJ97542
- Possible, though opponents would have to be at least somewhat out of line vulnerable to be competing with 8 trumps and no points. We haven't shown GF values, and they know they're putting themselves on the chopping block.
- Bridge or Poker?
- They might have a cheap save so it's good to take up some space here. If we were playing Bramley's one-bid, I'd guess to bid 6♠, but here it's just too likely that partner looking at ♠AK ♥A would raise to 7. So I content ...
- How do you plan the play?
- No one has yet mentioned that if spades break 4-4, we only need 3 club tricks. Running the J also picks up 4-0 on the right, with spades 4-4.
