Bridge Winners Profile for Mason Barge
Basic Information
- Member Since
- Jan. 8, 2015
- Last Seen
- July 16
- Member Type
- Bridge Player
- about me
Favorite bridge quote: "If I didn't make mistakes, why would I be playing with you?" (But only if partner will find it humorous.)
Bridge Information
- Favorite Bridge Memory
- Winning my first Open Pairs at a tournament.
- Bridge Accomplishments
- Won the Mini-McKenney and Ace of Clubs my first year (2015), albeit in the lowly 50-100 bracket..
- Member of Bridge Club(s)
- Bridge Club of Atlanta
- Favorite Tournaments
- Greenville/Hilton Head Regionals
- Favorite Conventions
- "Keller Convention": I can't see my partner's mistakes. I can't speak to criticize my partner. If my partner criticizes me, I can't hear. I play bridge to have a good time!
- BBO Username
- masonbarge
- ACBL Ranking
- Gold Life Master
| Tarokh Taefi 2/1 2 over 1 (3635481 - 9079653) |
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| Bob Abrams Standard 2/1 |
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| Charlie Babcock 2/1 2 over 1 (3635481 - 9079653) |
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| Larsen 2 over 1 |
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- Peg Kaplan's bidding problem: Txxxx --- 9xxxx xxx
- Lucky you. My partners stretch to bid 3♥.
- Peg Kaplan's bidding problem: 963 K8762 Q7 J53
- I think I actually had this hand last week. I bid 5♥ and they went down in their eventual contract. Doesn't make it the right bid, I know.
- Jim Perkins's bidding problem: --- AJ3 AKQ852 A982
- Just curious. Those who double here, what would you bid over 4♠? I don't like to bid "both minors" when they are 6-4, and doubly so when the long suit is also more powerful.
- ATB
- If 2♠ is an unambiguous game force, I completely agree.
- ATB
- Rule 1 of bidding: make sure partner understands your bid. South should bid 3NT over North's 2NT. In fact, if you play Western cue bids, South should bid 3♠ over 2♣. I need no more argument than the actual sequence. I have had an excellent partner pass ...
- Robert Thorstad's bidding problem: KQ2 A KT84 AKQ85
- I don't want to open 2♣ then NT with this. 1♣ is very unlikely to get passed out and if it is, what game do you want to be in, if partner can't respond to 1♣? When I bid diamonds on the second round I ...
- Jack Feagin's bidding problem: QJT98 K87654 A5 ---
- Would you rather explain to your teammates why you are -800 when they are +110, or why you are -110 when they are -620? I think I just learned to open this hand 1♠, thanks for posting this.
- Jack Feagin's bidding problem: AK3 875 764 8754
- As Terence Reese would have put it, "the opponents know they are missing the AK of spades." 2NT lets you play 2NT, 3NT, or any suit at the 3 level.
- Oren Kriegel's lead problem: T87543 876 5 842
- Bidding 101 says dummy’s first bid suit. Why would N double if he didn’t want a spade lead? Just as a side note, re squeeze defense, you might foresee East cashing the ♠A before running the diamonds, if partner doesn’t have it.
- Jack Feagin's bidding problem: QJ43 --- AQ53 AK632
- There is a lot to be said for bidding 3♥ initially. It’s in the opponents’ interest to jack up the bidding. I like to view Western cue bids as “convertible,” so a subsequent spade bid converts the 3♥ bid to a control bid, showing second-round control and ...
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