Bridge Winners Profile for Max Schireson
Basic Information
- Member Since
- Dec. 8, 2014
- Last Seen
- 15 hours ago
- Member Type
- Bridge Player
- about me
Trying hard to learn to play bridge well. Stubbornly believe that is possible despite learning in my 40's.
Bridge Information
- Favorite Bridge Memory
- The first 105 boards of the 2018 USBC round of 16, where we played ROSENTHAL to a draw. (The match was 120 boards, the last 15 were less successful).
- Bridge Accomplishments
- Won 9 of 17 matches to finish 10th in the 2018 USBC RR. 27th in 2018 Blue Ribbon pairs and a couple other national pairs overalls. Won 2017 GNT-C Nationals (is winning a limited event really a bridge accomplishment? Dunno...)
- Regular Bridge Partners
- Debbie Rosenberg, Cadir Lee, Lynn Shannon, Sarah Youngquist
- ACBL Ranking
- Life Master
| Olivia / Miranda JUSBC |
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| Max and Lynn 2/1 (major suit rebid usually 6), Walsh style forcing NT |
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- Is it Restricted Choice?
- Yes, I was between the first choice and second choice for the same reason.
- Anyone for going back to the old Fall schedule or moving the Reisinger to the first weekend of the tournament?
- Marty, I think having the Blue Ribbons completely overlap the Swiss is problematic, otherwise I would agree with your suggestion.
- Anyone for going back to the old Fall schedule or moving the Reisinger to the first weekend of the tournament?
- Brian, Your suggestion is logical even if I personally hate it :) The issue I have is that I can’t play bridge over Thanksgiving weekend due to family commitments. I don’t know how many others have similar conflicts. In some ways it’s a non-issue because some event will ...
- Anyone for going back to the old Fall schedule or moving the Reisinger to the first weekend of the tournament?
- The Soloway is a great event (even if I can’t play in it). The watering down feels noticeable and is very disappointing. We have Spring, Summer, and Fall nationals. Why not create a Winter nationals? Make the Soloway the premier team event there, and return to a matchpoint/BAM ...
- Never a Senior
- John, Sorry if my comment missed your main point. My intention was to respond to your question about whether they are afraid, and I think that may likely play a big role. I understand that being on the cusp of eligibility for along time can be really frustrating and I ...
- BridgeWinners Golden Raspberry Awards 2019
- Not so clear to me from the cheap seats. If partner has Txx, KTxxx, xx, xxx, which seems like a “very light” overcall to me, 2H seems like a fine place, and you are happy to encourage partner to lead a heart. It easily could be winning. It might be ...
- Never a Senior
- Jeff, I understand the idea of non-pro events, but to be clear that isn’t what has been created. Since the ACBL doesn’t seem to officially recognize professionalism, and anyway it might be hard to draw a line and enforce, there are no amateur-only events. Even the 10k events ...
- Never a Senior
- John, Afraid? Probably something like that. It’s always risky to attribute motivations, but the new spring schedule provides a whole track of “National Championships” where you won’t have to play against a top level field. I think there is a significant population that wants to come to NABCs ...
- BridgeWinners Golden Raspberry Awards 2019
- @Justin, Thanks. It seemed high, in part because I suspect that on a decent day a team of me might have decent chances with a 1 imp per board per table handicap (don’t even ask about a bad day...) and if the top team was also blowing an imp ...
- BridgeWinners Golden Raspberry Awards 2019
- Craig, Totally agree that it is natural that there will be some howlers. That said my guess is that they average quite a bit less than an IMP per board on clear errors, despite the difficulty of the competition. I am curious if anyone has analyzed that, or if anyone ...
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