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John Diamond
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Member Since
April 26, 2011
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3 hours ago
Member Type
Bridge Player

Bridge Information

Favorite Bridge Memory
winning the Rosenblum
Bridge Accomplishments
won the Rosenblum, the Spingold, the Blue Ribbon Pairs, and the World Junior Championship
Regular Bridge Partners
Brian Platnick, Geoff Hampson
BBO Username
dimebags
ACBL Ranking
Emerald Life Master
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Jason Chiu's bidding problem: Kxxx Qx J7xx Qxx
lead a trump
Lebensohl or Scramble
natural
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Kit, you say: It could be right to cross to the A, cash the A discarding a club, and play K and a club hoping to set up an end-play against East. Alternatively, you could not cash the K but ruff a diamond back to your hand and perhaps play ...
Poll for Anant's Stats Class
1. expert 2. emerald LM 3. none
Gavin Wolpert's lead problem: Qxx AQxxx x KJxx
I didn't have the Jack of Hearts. Would you still have given a mixed raise, Gavin?
Gavin Wolpert's lead problem: Qxx AQxxx x KJxx
Agree. We were playing 3 as a mixed raise, with no preemptive raise available. Gavin said that since he began playing the jump as mixed, he has never missed the preeptive raise. I told him to remember this hand next time he says that.
Gerben Dirksen's bidding problem: 3 KQ954 J94 A543
Qiang Zhang's bidding problem: A84 AK98742 Q8 5
You jumped to 3 on this hand. Haven't you done enough?
Congratulations to the Auken Team
Congratulations. Well done! Thanks for showing that it is possible to win 4-handed!
Noble Shore's bidding problem: Q9xx --- 9x AQJ98xx
I think you need a couple of more bids to show heart raises.
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