Bridge Winners Profile for Ken Gamble
Basic Information
- Member Since
- Aug. 20, 2015
- Last Seen
- 9 hours ago
- 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
| KenG & Class Modern Standard American |
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| Class V.1 2 over 1 |
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- Treatments over 1NT with 5-card major
- What do partnerships with 3M and 6m do when partner opens 1NT? Seems like a conflict between puppet and 4-way transfers?
- Treatments over 1NT with 5-card major
- Since this player is not active on BW, let me counter some of these arguments: Assuming responder does not have a garbage hand: 1. Opener's 15-17 count becomes 16-18 because of a length point in the major. So he doesn't not have that bad "15" count. 2. What ...
- Treatments over 1NT with 5-card major
- I asked our club's top ranking player what treatment he uses when biding 1NT with a five card major. His approach is to jump in his major when partner bids 2C. He argues when partner has a garbage stayman hand then they have found a 9-card trump suit so ...
- Treatments over 1NT with 5-card major
- Are you showing 5-5 minors when bidding 1NT-3C and 1NT-3D? In the following auction, does 3D ask for the major if partner has one? 1N-2N-3C-3D? 2N= asking about a 5-card major. 3C= don't have one, but may have a 4-card major. 3D= what do you have?
- Treatments over 1NT with 5-card major
- I wish. "He" is my partner. I have not found any articles on this. Does anyone know who Bell is/was?
- Treatments over 1NT with 5-card major
- The way he described Bell was: Over 2C Stayman, 2NT = 5-card major min, 3M = 5-card major with max. Others use 3C for 5M and max. I'm sure there are other variations
- It's Your invitation
- Excellent Doug! So just having 2 Aces and no tens, one should never invite with 4432 hands (23% making game). Correct? But KnR is saying two Aces is worth 9 points which is probably invitational to most players. So if one invites, the 16 point notrump partner will accept and ...
- It's Your invitation
- Actually the simulations I would like to see are: 1. North has 16-17 points so game is bid on every shuffle. 2. South has 8 points with two Aces, 2 four-card suits and no tens. 3. Same with 2 tens. 4. Repeat 1-3 with one or both suits being a ...
- It's Your invitation
- I didn't consider tens and nines which was clearly an error as most are using these cards for their evaluations. My partnership doesn't open 1NT with a 5 card major so I was being a little selfish here. But I'm very happy with the comments and they ...
- It's Your invitation
- Got it! Never used KnR.
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