Bridge Winners Profile for Ken Gamble
Basic Information
- Member Since
- Aug. 20, 2015
- Last Seen
- April 24
- Member Type
- Bridge Player
Bridge Information
- Favorite Bridge Memory
- At a table in the Hawaii Regional (1985), Max Hardy mentioned my takeout double had a slight odor to it. Five days later he was able name every spot card in my hand
- Bridge Accomplishments
- Many Regionals, no Nationals
- Regular Bridge Partners
- Carol Maggipinto, Bob Price, Don Seldeen
- Member of Bridge Club(s)
- Santa Cruz Bridge Unit
- Favorite Tournaments
- Monterey Regional
- BBO Username
- KenGamble
- ACBL Ranking
- Gold Life Master
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- Can a declarer ask what the contract is?
- Thanks, I read it again.
- Can a declarer ask what the contract is?
- I was not at the table when this happened. But suppose after a few tricks, the declarer, heavy in concentration, forgot whether he was in a suit or notrump contract. Of course most of us would gladly tell him, but I don't see anywhere in the laws that forces ...
- Claiming with a trump out
- Sorry Gordon, I guess I was trying to say that some directors in my club will automatically give the trick penalty to the defenders.
- Awkward situation - AI, UI or neither?
- Shuffle all effected the decks. Afterwards, the Dealer4 machine can read in the shuffled hands and produce a pbn file. This file can then go through normal post game processing.
- Transfer Advances After 3 Bids
- So opener's if 1♦ call is natural, then 2♣ would be a limit raise or constructive raise in diamonds? Anyway for making a non-constructive raise in diamonds?
- Change of Call
- My understanding was the LHO didn't accept the change.
- Runout Systems Poll
- The first 13 names are from Bridgebum.com and I assume they are not bogus names. Since I needed names in order to add methods to the list, the rest may be bogus. The purposes of this poll were to: (1) look at the popularity of each escape. (2) learn ...
- Runout Systems Poll
- For those who haven't taken their recovering name-dropper training, I've add two more escapes to the list: Hinden and Shannon Cappelletti Escapes. My understanding of Shannon's method is (correct me if I'm wrong): o pass is neutral. o Either partner can show their one or two-suited ...
- Opponents have penalty doubled your partner's 1NT overcall
- 1)How do you handle non-touching 4-card suits. 2) If you pass, does the 1NT bidder use Suction to show his long suit?
- Opponents have penalty doubled your partner's 1NT overcall
- Is the wriggle suit bid, alertable?
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