Bridge Winners Profile for Mike Summers-Smith
Basic Information
- Member Since
- Sept. 20, 2015
- Last Seen
- 9 hours 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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- Name that Call?
- Takeout, at least two places to play. That's what's on my CC, for whenever they bid at the 4 level on the first round. Opener initially treats it as choice of minors. If the "at least two places" are various levels of ♠, I'll tell him at ...
- ATB - another slam missed
- In all the partnerships I've ever played in, 2♣-2♦; 2N-4♥ would collect dummy.
- ATB - another slam missed
- "I have a 7-card suit to A109 (AKA, "trumps"). What to do? I know -- I'll bid 2♦ and make him describe [b]his[/b] hand." After 2♦, N can't show his extras below the 4-level.
- Post 8 “Bridge Whist” Tuesday, 5th September 2017.
- According to Wiktionary, a "litterateur" is "A person engaged in various literary works: literary critic, essayist, writer". That sounds about right. I can't recall where, but I once read a suggestion that the name "bridge" came into English as a translation from a central or eastern European language, perhaps ...
- What directors might not know
- I think it's about right for a slow pass over a strong 1N. Hands with another point or two should confirm the range first. I would expect a slow pass without asking to be at around opener's minimum. Over a weak 1N, it's certainly strong enough to ...
- ATB - missed grand
- I hate almost all of this auction, but for me this is the killer point. 5♠ should we risk seven? 6♥ no.
- Richard Fleet's bidding problem: K84 A Q9652 K863
- Which rebid will cheer partner up the most? A limited raise, or an unlimited new suit bid (with - as I know - 5 Miltons between my 2 suits)? 2♣ is a good way to find our 5-2 ♦ fit if partner is 5=4=2=2. I could be persuaded ...
- A ruling conundrum
- I do like the idea that for some juniors, the only call ruled out by UI might be Pass. (edited, before any pedant points out that Pass is a call not a bid)
- A ruling conundrum
- I would open 2♠ on the W hand in 3rd. No real danger, gets in their way, it's the lead I want against 3N, warns them against non-existent bad breaks, etc. E will bid 4♠, but I expect N-S to find the sac. In one of my ...
- Picking a Winner
- I thought it was Dronno. (The one time I went there, it was Sunday and it was shut.)
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