Bridge Winners Profile for Mike Richey
Basic Information
- Member Since
- Aug. 5, 2013
- Last Seen
- Aug. 13
- Member Type
- Bridge Player
- Country
- United States of America
Bridge Information
- Favorite Bridge Memory
- Getting clobbered by Katz, Jacobs, and the Italians in the 2002 Spingold.
- Bridge Accomplishments
- Third in flight B NAP in 2010. Played in third day of LM Pairs in 2002. Beat a 21-seed and a 38-seed in half-day Spingold matches. Wrote an article published in "The Bridge World" in Feb 2006.
- Regular Bridge Partners
- Clyde Kruskal, Lloyd Rawley, Ron Zucker
- Favorite Conventions
- forcing club with transfer responses; 2D natural and weak (5-baggers OK NV); variation of Meckwell over 1NT where 2m shows 4+m with 5M and dbl shows majors or 4M with 5+m instead of m
- BBO Username
- spare3
- ACBL Ranking
- None
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- Paul Block's bidding problem: AQT8 QT732 Q7 KJ
- Yeah, I think partner should pull your double.
- What do you think of convention to overcall 1N Bergen used before DONT?
- Replying to Benoit's modification several posts above: X = 5M + another suit 2m = 5m+4M 2M natural The problem with 2m = 5m+4M is similar to the problem with 2M = 5M+4m, namely that advancer doesn't know what the 4-card suit is, so he's reluctant to pull. If ...
- What do you think of convention to overcall 1N Bergen used before DONT?
- Me too, John, and playing weak NTs have a lot of experience with it. If responder passes, opener redoubles with a 5-card suit, else we play 1N doubled.
- What do you think of convention to overcall 1N Bergen used before DONT?
- I prefer giving up on single-suited minor at the 2 level in order to get the suit lengths in for most 2-suiters (but not when holding both majors). 2♣: 4+♣ and 5M 2♦: 4+♦ and 5M 2M: natural 2N: minors (5-5 at this level) dbl: 4M ...
- Peg Kaplan's bidding problem: x KJxx JTxx Kxxx
- Doubler could have a 19 count and a relatively balanced hand. Since I have three 4-card suits, we should play in one of his suits and likely make.
- Debbie Rosenberg's bidding problem: T3 8743 A8 K9862
- A doubleton spade is the worst holding for offense, I have no offensive texture in my suits, and 1.5 defensive tricks - definitely pass. Just to be clear, this penalty double shows cards, something like a strong NT opener with or without a stopper. If you have KJx / Axx / Axx ...
- Deb Dhar's bidding problem: 9xx Txx 9xx Jxxx
- Yes. Also, if partner doubled with both majors (equal-level conversion), I can pass partner's 1♥ correction. Or pass his 1♠ or 2♥ bid that shows a moose.
- Brian Davies's bidding problem: 98764 QJ932 --- 975
- Yeah, I wouldn't like it if partner rebid 3♦ either. Would have been interesting to include in the poll 7♠ to mean the voter would have started with 1♠ and 7NT to mean the voter would have started with pass (like me).
- Leo Lasota's bidding problem: 983 AQJT763 T83 ---
- Yeah, but the void is in a lower-ranking suit, so 3♥ is enough, especially vul. (The "Law" supports competing more aggressively when the opponents have a fit in a higher-ranking suit.)
- Rowland Reeves's bidding problem: AK85 Q83 T2 AJ84
- It's a nice hand, but no tens, no 5-card suit, so no upgrade.
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