Bridge Winners Profile for Ron Zucker
Basic Information
- Member Since
- Aug. 26, 2010
- Last Seen
- 35 minutes ago
- Member Type
- Bridge Player
- about me
I'm neither as good as I'd like to be nor as bad as I fear I am. I'm exactly the guy you play against most. I'm not incompetent, but you don't fear me. Since I'm not good enough to be arrogant, I aim for polite instead.
Bridge Information
- Favorite Bridge Memory
- before the days of bidding boxes, LHO and pard passed. RHO heard 1C from another table, so holding 4-4 in the majors and an opening hand, he doubled. I hadn't been paying attention, looked at my hand and counted 10 HCP, so I redoubled. LHO called the director. "What seems to be the problem?" "We're playing in redoubled." "What redoubled?" "Nothing. Just redoubled."
- BBO Username
- RonZ
- ACBL Ranking
- Silver Life Master
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- It Hesitated. Should I Shoot Myself?
- That's effectively what I did. My thinking was that after the hand, I wanted to assure opps, who, as mentioned, are quite competent, that, if they wanted to call and ask for an adjustment, I would not contest the BIT (though I would have contested whether there was an ...
- Going for the Cycle
- I called it hitting for the cycle (admittedly, in two session match) when partner and I cumulatively both made and went down in: a partscore; a game; a slam; a doubled partscore; a doubled game; and, a doubled slam. (The doubled slam was a grand when partner thought we were ...
- ATB -620 instead of +620
- First, THANK YOU! I used to be quite active on BW and play more bridge. The last couple of years, I've not had time. I missed this kind of back and forth and different viewpoints. @David, I agree with Mike and Ian. I understand if I'm pushed into ...
- ATB -620 instead of +620
- I understand what people are saying about West, but I have the doom holding in both opponents' suits. xx xx is terrible. Especially since it's far from clear to me that N-S have a 10 card heart fit. If it's only 9, I have the worst possible holding ...
- What is fair.
- Ian, notwithstanding the argument, simply saying, "Fair points, I got this one wrong" is the most honest I've heard a bridge player. I simply want to give you kudos for saying that.
- Is this a way to run an organization?
- I want to second Greg Lawler's comment. I'm a solid intermediate who loves to play up, whether that's the Vanderbilts or a top flight at a regional, yet I don't show up for regionals anymore. And Oren is right. My opponents have always been very kind ...
- Bringlish
- FWIW, I don't object to 1♦. If partner bids 1♥ over 1♣, life is easy. I'm willing to bid 1NT. But if partner bids 1♠, life could get ugly when I have a doubleton in the other major. I don't think I'd ...
- Bridge Player Archetypes
- Unfortunately, it's been a while since I've been able to be at an NABC. I'm definitely a "toughest competition" person. I like being beaten by the best, and try to be respectful as I try to learn to play better. Once they identified me as this type ...
- Petter Bengtsson's bidding problem: AT542 J3 J Q8643
- I didn't bid 1NT over 1♠ for a reason. I'm backing that judgment now.
- Martin Lindfors's bidding problem: AJ8632 --- KT5 KQ98
- I'd bid 3♠ at IMPs, but it's MPs. I'll pass.
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