Bridge Winners Profile for Phil Markey
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- June 3, 2015
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- Bridge Player
- about me
Lawyer, gambler, monogamist, wolfhound lover
Personal philosophy - clothing optional
- Country
- Australia
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- winning
- Regular Bridge Partners
- Bruce
- Member of Bridge Club(s)
- South Australian Bridge Association
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- National Open Teams
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- specific 2's
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- stiff queen
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- Four for the price of one
- I pass all 4 times. I spent some equity bidding over 3H's so if that goes bad I will assume I am a chook. As is I am not going to "Chevy".
- Competing against mini-NT
- Let's assume that you are not going to take action in the immediate chair with a 4432 13/14 count. If you are going to protect that position and make sure they don't play 1NT undoubled when you have game values you are going to have to double ...
- Competing against mini-NT
- "2) Balancing X show balanced hand covering for the maximum direct seat could have and not X for your side to make game." Can I interest you in a rubber game if I promise to play a 10-12 1NT opening ? I don't think there is a winning way to ...
- Cost/benefit analysis of redoubling 1 notrump
- I agree with your comments regarding the tempo of the doubling side if you play XX. In practice these auctions create a tempo minefield and directors are not astute enough to appreciate the position. A good reason to have appeal committees... It helps the tempo/legal problem described if you ...
- Cost/benefit analysis of redoubling 1 notrump
- "There is a practical consideration which I think outweighs any such analysis. If you pass out 1NT doubled, the auction is over. The opponents don't get a second chance. However, if either partner redoubles, whatever it means, then both opponents have the opportunity to reconsider." In my view this ...
- Cost/benefit analysis of redoubling 1 notrump
- "Maybe Europeans are not as aggressive as Australians but the final contract is more or less never 1NTxx; someone always bails." Snap. In terms of development of the method it is all about what to do when they run. Don't get excited about doubling them in a part score ...
- Cost/benefit analysis of redoubling 1 notrump
- I confess to not following every part of your post and analysis. It is an issue I have a lot of practical experience with. I play a 9-14 1NT opening. If it is doubled by the next player to bid XX by responder shows (7)8+ to play. If the ...
- ACBL convention chart - the 5 point notrump rule
- To quote Kieran Dyke - "you live in a system gulag". I have played 9-14 for decades in Oz. Reading this thread the irony of playing a broad weak range is that because it is not common I respond to my opponents questions about it by providing a more detailed description ...
- ACBL convention chart - the 5 point notrump rule
- I play 1NT in first and second seat as 9-14 balanced. When you ask me about it I tell you when it will be 9-10 and when it will be 14. I do not understand why there is any need to impose a restriction on the range of a 1NT ...
- Play a three no trump
- I duck trick 1. Win the king of diamonds trick 2 and play a club to the ace and then a spade to the king.
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