Bridge Winners Profile for Richard Whitehead
Basic Information
- Member Since
- Feb. 6, 2011
- Last Seen
- April 23
- Member Type
- Bridge Player
- Country
- United States of America
Bridge Information
- BBO Username
- richard09
- ACBL Ranking
- Silver Life Master
| Harvey 2 over 1 GF |
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| Carolyn |
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| John 2/1 Game Force |
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| Penny Mexican 2/1 GF |
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| Team Whitehead 2 over 1 |
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| Bob 2/1 Game Force |
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- Trick 1 Pause, Platinum Pairs
- I have one partner who frequently moves cards around in his hand when he is declarer. One card at a time. My usual task as dummy is to remind partner "no, you're in dummy", but with him, he almost always says "I know". So I've had to learn ...
- A Director Call Protocol?
- My understanding is that the person who calls the director gets to state their case first. Then the others can have their turn. And points of agreement/disagreement are identified. The director moderates this discussion (for want of a better word), keeping things (relatively) civil, and also asking questions of ...
- 4 Way Transfers with Range Ask
- Almost any auction is a demonstration. 1N-2♥; 2♠-2N; is a raise to 2N that includes a 5-card spade suit. How do you do that without some convention (transfers being the simplest)?
- Unusual over unusual
- It's fine some of the time, but leads to UI problems in others. After 1H-(2N)-3D showing spades, what if Opener only has 5 hearts, but also doesn't like spades? Does a 3H bid here promise 6? Responder has no problem, because a prompt 3H promises 6 ...
- Value of Support Doubles?
- There are not a few situations where having a support double available is quite handy. The alternative nebulous "good hand" isn't very helpful, and as a penalty double it would virtually never come up. My partner and I play that support doubles are not (in theory) compulsory, as long ...
- Too stringent with the announcements/alerts?
- "Expect to get a call at midnight blaming you after someone misses first at a tournament for alerting a non-alertable bid." What's the penalty for an unnecessary alert?
- Too stringent with the announcements/alerts?
- With one partner, I play a home-grown version of mini-Roman 2♦, and I choose to alert responses of 2♥ or 2♠ because they are not forcing. The bids are natural, and if the opponents have asked for (and listened to) the explanation of the opening bid, they ...
- Junk Stayman with 4-4 Majors
- These days, I tend to agree. What to do may well depend on who the opponents are, for sure. I never used to play any run-out scheme, and we survived well enough. These days I play Moscow run-outs (compulsory redouble) which are somewhat OK, but I'm not yet convinced ...
- Junk Stayman with 4-4 Majors
- It was standard practice many years ago to take out a 12-14 1NT when you had <6hcp, unless you have a 5-card minor and the ability to play in 2minor if 4th hand doubles. It still makes sense. I have been known to bid Stayman on a 4-3-3-3 2-count, just ...
- Junk Stayman with 4-4 Majors
- 54 or 55 would be nice, but 44 will do if you're desperate. To make that palatable, you should avoid opening 1NT without a 3-card major (not a significant restriction, in practice). If Opener has 3-3 in the majors, more often than not he should do the crawl, so ...
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