Bridge Winners Profile for Karen (Kate) McCallum
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- Member Since
- Dec. 6, 2010
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- an hour ago
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- Bridge Pro
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- United States of America
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- BBO Username
- vagabond3
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- Grand Life Master
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- Board 26, August 13th
- This seems to work well. And there's clarity which matters a lot. The only downside I see is the one you mention in your last sentence - the penalty double doesn't come up very often. I don't see that you've defined "Pass & Double" which can be useful ...
- Board 5, 13 August, USA1 vs Norway
- Axel and I had a strong club auction, which made it fairly easy to reach 6S. He was able to show game-forcing values and describe his exact shape. I found the AK of spades and no heart controls and that was that. In standard it's a very difficult hand ...
- Board 26, August 13th
- It's a style I'm not very familiar with, so not sure if you are maximizing or not. How would you make a 100% penalty double? Can you distinguish the number of trumps you hold for your doubles? I think this is pretty important or you won't know ...
- Reviving old questions.
- Discussed and avoided with a King. Never with an Ace.
- Board 16 August 13
- LOL! That wasn't really my point, but thanks for the laugh.
- Board 8 August 13
- The opening bid(s) on this deal depend entirely upon partnership agreements. Some open the West hand and some don't. I don't think there's much in it in the long run. That said, I do have a personal preference for opening the bidding light whenever I can ...
- Board 16 August 13
- Sorry.... But, yes, you should bid 3NT. You'd like to have a source of tricks, of course. But "you can't always get what you want..." :) When you're faced with a 3-level preempt and you have a sound strong notrump, the percentage action is to bid 3NT and ...
- Board 26, August 13th
- So what are your agreements over 1N (2D) Barb? At lower levels. It's tricky to play against.
- Board 26, August 13th
- 2H to play, also, then? And how do you define your double of 2D? What you play works fairly well, but there can be problems. * You have no cue-bid, since you don't know their suit, which makes it difficult to know when you don't have their suit stopped ...
- Board 26, August 13th
- What about pass and double? How do you play that?
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