Bridge Winners Profile for Paul Holmes
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- Member Since
- July 12, 2011
- Last Seen
- 5 hours ago
- Member Type
- Bridge Player
- about me
Akron OH area. 1 NABC win (Young LM pairs, 2018).
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- BBO Username
- palabreur
- ACBL Ranking
- Silver Life Master
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- Open Memphis Discussion Thread
- Thanks DB for the reference to Mott the Hoople's "All the Way from Memphis"; I'd only heard Brian May's cover.
- My 1NT engine
- "3♦ 5+/5+ minors at least invitational" but forcing? Seems strange.
- What is partner doing bidding 6!C?
- @DJ I made a poor choice of example hand... AQJxxx / A / x / AQJTx?
- What is partner doing bidding 6!C?
- Sorry to say, it was hypothetical. I held the 2♣ opener and was wondering after the hand if bidding 6♣ without the ♣K could mean something useful. I was thinking along the lines of Andrew Yeckel above... it would have to be a hand where partner did the ...
- What is partner doing bidding 6!C?
- I'm not sure we'd be on solid ground here. I _think_ they would be "showing" as you imply; i.e. 6♦ over 6♣ would show the diamond king (and all keys).
- What is partner doing bidding 6!C?
- No good agreements: 5♥ = ♠Q with ♥K, maybe other kings 5♠ = no ♠Q 5NT = ♠Q with no K 6♣ = ♠Q with ♣K, no ♥K, maybe ♦K 6♦ = ♠Q with ♦K, no other K Never discussed anything else. (edited after Steve Myerson's comment below; I had ...
- What is partner doing bidding 6!C?
- IMPs. I agree re: bidding 2NT. I don't disagree re: 4♣. These were partner's choices, I was the 2♣ opener.
- What is partner doing bidding 6!C?
- @MR I didn't mean to imply that I couldn't see an alternative; just that I didn't know which alternative JH was suggesting. Nor did I mean to defend the choice (partner's choice, incidentally; I was the 2♣ opener); I simply didn't consider it germane ...
- What is partner doing bidding 6!C?
- Thanks, forgot to mention that partner could have bid 6 suit immediately to show an odd number of keycards and a void.
- What is partner doing bidding 6!C?
- I'm not sure what other bid you're suggesting. Regardless, thanks for the pointless implied criticism. Also, there's no hyphen in "hijack". Any ideas on the answer to the question?
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