Bridge Winners Profile for Richard Reitman
Basic Information
- Member Since
- April 2, 2014
- Last Seen
- 2 hours ago
- Member Type
- Bridge Player
- about me
Twice a national champion,
I plan to play more often,
having recently retired from
a 33-yr career as an MD specializing
in Emergency Care and Orthopedics.
email: probridge@me.com
- Country
- United States of America
Bridge Information
- Favorite Bridge Memory
- Winning the Senior Swiss with a first-time partner and first-time teammates.
- Bridge Accomplishments
- 1st in the Senior Swiss in DC, 2nd in the Mixed Pairs in Louisville, 1st in the 0-5K Pairs
- Favorite Conventions
- (1) Drury, (2) splinters, (3) expanded use of transfers.
- BBO Username
- dbl me
- ACBL Ranking
- Diamond Life Master
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- Duane Christensen's bidding problem: AKJx AKQxx --- ATxx
- Unless we’ve agreed that (contrary to “standard”) a 1NT advance of a TOD may be rather skimpy, 2H here is functionally forcing. Having bid 2H, most of the time we would next cuebid diamonds. The problem with 3D (now) is that partner may take it as simply a warning ...
- Duane Christensen's bidding problem: AKJx AKQxx --- ATxx
- Some have argued that doubler’s 2M is non-forcing in competition, but this situation has nothing in common with a X of the 1NT advance. Were 2M passable, too often we’d have to consume vital bidding room —if not go minus needlessly—just to show a hand too strong ...
- Duane Christensen's bidding problem: AKJx AKQxx --- ATxx
- Having already chosen 1NT, advancer can afford to branch out with 3C, knowing that doubler can still bid 3D if concerned about a single stopper.
- Mikael Rimstedt's bidding problem: T5 A9765 AJ T986
- How many “extra values” can a passed-hand X have?
- Mikael Rimstedt's bidding problem: T5 A9765 AJ T986
- If analogous to a 1-level XX context, 2H would’ve denied a hand this good.
- Duane Christensen's bidding problem: AKJx AKQxx --- ATxx
- Agree; a repeat X denies a diamond void.
- Michael Low's bidding problem: AKQTx --- xxxx AQxx
- But partner will double 5H if s/he wishes to discourage further bidding.
- Duane Christensen's bidding problem: AKJx AKQxx --- ATxx
- What is partner to do with xx xx A10xxx KJxx or the like?
- Jarek Langer's bidding problem: A5 A Q8532 JT973
- (...not to mention that of a reopening 2NT.)
- Michael Low's bidding problem: AKQTx --- xxxx AQxx
- Indeed. By leaving two steps below 4S instead of zero, 4C figures to elicit helpful information—including partner’s reaction to *LHO’s* 4H—more often than would *our* 4H.
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