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Basic Information
- Member Since
- Dec. 25, 2010
- Last Seen
- 7 hours ago
- Member Type
- Bridge Pro
- about me
- I am a full time professional player, and have been so since 2004 (before that, I was semi-professional). I play in all the Nationals, a few Regionals, and do a little online teaching. My wife Debbie is also a full-time professional. We have a son, Kevin. I have two daughters, Ivana and Jahna, from a previous marriage
Bridge Information
- Favorite Bridge Memory
- Winning the 1994 Rosenblum
- Bridge Accomplishments
- Winner of Rosenblum, 1998 Par Contest, 4 US Trials, Spingold(2), Vanderbilt(2), Reisinger(2), More
- Regular Bridge Partners
- Zia Mahmood, Debbie Rosenberg, Chris Willenken
- Favorite Tournaments
- World Championship(any), US Trials
- Favorite Conventions
- KeyCard Blackwood, Transfers, Jacoby 2N
- BBO Username
- scotty
- ACBL Ranking
- Grand Life Master
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- BTC
- 3N on these auctions with (say)Jx is only a consideration (for me) if I have no other choice. That would usually be over their 3-of-a-Major. Also, 3N is more attractive against non-vul opponents, who are more likely to have a poor suit.
- BTC
- And the ♥A magically disappears?
- Slam Play Decision
- South had ♣10, so ♣J play not relevant
- Game Play Decision
- When East doubled 3♠ he was taking a big chance - that his partner might underlead the ♠A (hoping for Kx). Would he take this chance with the ♣A in his hand? Doubtful. Combine that with the fact of West's vulnerable weak two on a king high suit and ...
- 1!S (4!H) 4NT
- Phil, if you have a hand such as x, ---, KJxxxx, KQxxxx you have no reasonable call over 1♠(4♥). Not close to 5N. and both double and pass are, in my opinion, favorites to lead to disaster. All you can do is guess at 5 of a minor ...
- 1!S (4!H) 4NT
- 4N for minors (in addition to the advantages provided by slam try in diamonds and an additional slam try in spades) would be bid on any appropriate 6-5 or 6-6 hands. It would also be bid on some appropriate 5-5 hands. If I wanted to bid 4N natural, but am ...
- 1!S (4!H) 4NT
- Since the question was "should be" I feel confident that the answer is "Other." KC Blackwood is a very narrow target. You should already have 3 slam tries (5♥, 5♠ and another we shall see). If you get dealt a perfect KC hand, boo-hoo. To say that you ...
- Use the Tools
- It's a LOT easier to read a long article and pick on the thing(s) that are 'wrong' than it it is to write a totally unflawed long article (almost impossible). I find the ratio of correct (and interesting) things in this article (and every article you have written ...
- What is wrong with using Double Dummy Simulations
- Yuan: I wouldn't be surprised if your number (1) came close to approaching eqivalence - to be "close", it would have to be some some fraction of a trick, though I wouldn't know how to quantify what "small" means. You are correct that it is (2) I feel strongly ...
- What is wrong with using Double Dummy Simulations
- I just do not believe that if you take a thousand, or a million or even a billion hands, and discover that what actually happened at the table ON AVERAGE was close to what a DD simulation would have predicted, that you have really learned anything. Every hand is different ...
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