Bridge Winners Profile for Mike Summers-Smith
Basic Information
- Member Since
- Sept. 20, 2015
- Last Seen
- 21 minutes ago
- Member Type
- Bridge Player
- about me
English county-class bridgeplayer; or, rather, I was, when playing often enough to stay sharp. Favourite methods (1) a home-grown strong Diamond, and (2) Acol. I firmly believe that strong NT and (especially) 2/1 are inventions of the Devil.
- Country
- United Kingdom
Bridge Information
- Favorite Bridge Memory
- Discovering, in real-life play, a one-loser smother play which seems never to have been written up. Least favorite bridge memory: going for 800 in 2Sx on that hand, rather than 1100.
- Bridge Accomplishments
- Knocked the holders out of the Gold Cup 40 years ago, and.lost in the next round. Finished in the top five a time or two in the EBU Summer Congress Swiss Pairs.
- Member of Bridge Club(s)
- Coventry and North Warwickshire
- Favorite Tournaments
- EBU Summer Congress Swiss Pairs
- Favorite Conventions
- Strong Diamond
- ACBL Ranking
- None
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- ATB - Undoubled contract
- If opponents offer you +300 on a partscore hand and you have no way of collecting it, your methods may not be optimal.
- ATB - Undoubled contract
- The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet. - Damon Runyon
- Stuff about appeals that some people may find boring
- What was your line to make 3♥?
- Leading the Singleton
- "... reminds me of a hand, which you actually either defended or kibitzed, but surely don't recall, from the 1-Section Life Master Pair at the New York 1974 Summer National." Comment of the Day.
- Redoubling Isn't Rude
- Have you never played against weak/mini pairs for whom 1N(x)P is forcing to xx? You can always bid 4♥ later if your original gambit fails.
- Going....Going....Gone!
- "At last the Dodo said, 'everybody has won, and all must have prizes'."
- Another Look at Walter Avarelli
- "Belladonna's unblocking required declarer not to have the ♠9." If declarer has ♠9, Belladonna is stuffed. ♦Q, stolen ♣, 4♥, ♠AK to come = 8. 3 rounds of ♠ will put Belladonna on play to lead up to ♦Kx. With E to lead: ........♠QJ1072 ........♥- ........♦AJ ........♣- ♠K93....♠A8 ...
- Another Look at Walter Avarelli
- 3N (page 7). Smugly pointing out a mistake - Belladonna knew for sure that Svarc didn't hold ♠10. I can understand why Svarc rejected the double-dummy line of ducking ♦10. I can understand Belladonna's unblocks as a recovery play: he can see the risk of the throw-in for the ...
- Redoubling Isn't Rude
- There speaks a money player.
- 4 Convention Cards on the table possible motion
- Thou art less lovely and less temperate.
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