Bridge Winners Profile for Marc Bonnet
Basic Information
- Member Since
- Sept. 30, 2013
- Last Seen
- an hour ago
- Member Type
- Bridge Player
- about me
Scientist (in the applied math department of a Paris area university), married and father of 3.
Experienced France-based player.
System: French standard (5-card majors, strong NT, multi 2!D, 2M weak 2-suiters) with US twists (forcing 1NT replies over 1M openings, Jacoby 2NT, 2/1 almost GF) and many specialized treatments.
- Country
- France
Bridge Information
- Bridge Accomplishments
- One national teams title (Division Nationale 4 open teams, 2016); one third placing in national pairs championship (Division Nationale 3 open pairs, 2016) ; several regional wins.
- Member of Bridge Club(s)
- Antony, France
- Favorite Tournaments
- I only play in FFB-organized competition (except for BBO practice sessions)
- BBO Username
- m_bo
- ACBL Ranking
- None
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- Advice on minimum for a two suiter overcall
- With 5-5 majors, (almost) anything goes, especially NV (so your partner probably was right in bidding 2♦ on thin values). In particular, no min-max (one must be able to show the 2-suiter immediately regardless of strength, and most especially if weakish). With this responsive hand, I would not go ...
- Critique this matchpoint auction
- South happened to win the board by opening 1NT way out of that pair's range. Balancing double normal if unfortunate here.
- Atb on a missed slam
- This slam cannot be realistically bid I think. On the other hand, vul vs not at IMPs, East should bid 4NT. I have no issues with the 2♥ overcall (matter of style I guess). My "mostly East" vote is my blame for letting the auction die in 4♠.
- Does a solution exist?
- A possibility is to play ♥Q at trick 2 or 3, presumably knowing the ♦ count by then (since tapping declarer against a 10-card fit serves no purpose other than passivity). Partner will show ♥ count, making the ♣ count known once declarer finishes pulling trumps. Of course, this is ...
- Where did East-West go wrong on this hand?
- I do not take this view, being of the persuasion that 5-5 majors must be shown at once regardless of strength.
- Where did East-West go wrong on this hand?
- Yes, true, playing 2♣X not ideal (!) and this somehow escaped my attention. So basically two choices: a) XX = good hand, 2♠ = 6♠s, 2♥ neutral, just to extricate ourselves (and 3♥ a strong hand with 6♥s) b) XX = neutral (hence forcing in practice since a ...
- Where did East-West go wrong on this hand?
- East's inexplicable pass over North's double is of course the main reason for this missed game. Absent any more sophisticated / specific agreements, after 2♣ (X) P (P), I think 2M shows a 6th card in M while XX shows a strong 5-5 (as here).
- World Bridge Games ("Olympiad") 2020
- I work in academic research, so no monopoly indeed.
- Common Game Friday Aug 16 board 10
- This is a great hand, thanks Barry! In the last variation (p4), if West plays the ♦2 rather than the ♦8, declarer can guarantee the contract by playing small from dummy, which forces West to help setting up this eventual endplay...
- World Bridge Games ("Olympiad") 2020
- In my line of work, not announcing the precise dates and venue of a major international conference at least two years ahead would be unthinkable.
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