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Polly Siegel
Polly Siegel
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Aug. 4, 2011
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about me

Having taken up bridge a few years ago, I am working hard on trying to improve my game. When I'm not playing bridge, reading about it, or writing about it, I'm working on Bridge Winners.

Country
United States
Website
http://www.askpolly.com/

Bridge Information

Favorite Bridge Memory
Making an unmakable 7NT contract when the opponents had an unknown 11-card club fit and both guarded clubs, allowing me to make the contract
Bridge Accomplishments
2010 National MiniMcKenney winner (50-100); finished 29th in the 2012 NABC+ North American Swiss
Regular Bridge Partners
Kevin Schoenfeld, Ron Karr, Don Rothschild, Franklin Gonzalez, Randy Ryals, Kurt Siedenburg, Peggy Sprague, Missy Verson
Member of Bridge Club(s)
Unit 503, Palo Alto
Favorite Tournaments
Monterey Clambake, Palm Springs Regional
Favorite Conventions
HeLLo, Spiral, Kokish anything
BBO Username
biciclista
ACBL Ranking
Silver Life Master
Will and Polly (rev 2)
2 over 1
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Kip & Polly Convention card
2 over 1
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Margery Yates & Polly Siegel
2 over 1
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Polly Siegel's bidding problem: AKT8 JT985 --- KQJ7
I don't know why I put that there... I felt I had to put something. Just ignore it :)
Psych!
That, I couldn't tell you. I agree that his hand was worth a raise to 3. But given how few times I've ever psyched, it's unlikely he suspected I was psyching. He may have just decided that with scattered honors and only a four-four fit in ...
Help me choose: what to read next?
Sam -- that's a great word, thanks for sharing! You would think that there would be a word in German to describe such a thing as well... if so, does anyone know what it is?
Psych!
You mean asking for keycards by bidding a phantom void (one that you have cards in) so you won't get the lead of that suit?
Psych!
thx for the recommendation -- I'll add it to my ever growing reading list!
Psych!
I'm actually looking for examples of both tactical bids (the one that John mentions above, I have made in the past), and psychs. If the bid I described in my post is more accurately classified as a tactical bid, then I have never psyched in my life. But it ...
Psych!
That's pretty awesome, John.. thx for sharing!
Psych!
Maybe all safe psychs are really tactical bids. :) Your #1 psych does seem like a true psych. I guess it's the same one my partner pulled on me in the KOs... it didn't work out well in that particular instance, but you do have a rebid. If your ...
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Thank you all for your votes, suggestions and insightful comments about the various books. This has been a really interesting and useful thread. I'm going to take a stab at summarizing, and hopefully I won't have missed something important in doing so. (This way I can come back ...
Help me choose: what to read next?
I think I'm going to wait on Rodwell, tempting as it would be to read it, based on the many comments in this post.
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