Bridge Winners Profile for Ron Zucker
Basic Information
- Member Since
- Aug. 26, 2010
- Last Seen
- Aug. 28
- 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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- How should this hand be bid/ATB
- Thanks, all. Once it was suggested, it seems clear that 4♥ was my correct bid after 4♦. It's clearly last train, suggesting some interest in slam, thus some extra values, but not a likely perfecto that can take control. I think 5♣ created the problem.
- How should this hand be bid/ATB
- Leonard, that is the best suggestion I've seen thus far. 4♥ after 4♦ HAS to be last train. I chose spades, after all. It didn't occur to me at the table, but I like it.
- How should this hand be bid/ATB
- Isn't this auction in standard 90+% a doubleton spade? With a 3 card limit raise, most (including us) jump after a jump shift. With a marginally constructive raise with 3, we raise immediately. The only hand with three spades on this auction is a hand that would not accept ...
- How should this hand be bid/ATB
- Mostly because we play a few times a year, and Jim was (correctly, I think) unwilling to whip out a jump shift to 3♣ on a stiff undiscussed. If you have that agreement, it would work well here. But how certain are you that the agreement is in force ...
- How should this hand be bid/ATB
- I commented last night that Gazilli would make this hand much easier. So, for that matter, would my Meckwell-lite influenced precision card with another partner. 1♣ 1♥ 1♠ 2♣ 2♥ 2♠ 2NT 3NT 1♣ - Strong forcing and artificial 1♥ - 8-11 HCP, game ...
- How should this hand be bid/ATB
- I don't much care for 3NT from north after 3♥. With three dead diamonds, we can easily end up down one in 3NT cold for 6C. (AKxxx AKQx x Kxx is certainly a 3♥ bid after the forcing NT.) And, at the very least, 4♠ will ...
- How should this hand be bid/ATB
- Ah. Here's the nub of the matter. I would also bid 3♠ over 3♥ holding, say, xx xxx xxx AJTxx (or, if you'd pass 1S with that, make it AQTxx) How much better, with the ♠Q and AQJxx of clubs, a potential source of tricks, and ...
- How should this hand be bid/ATB
- ARRGH! Editing. N was NOT a passed hand. E was dealer.
- Ron Zucker's bidding problem: 9542 872 A A8753
- If it makes you feel less lonely, that's what my partner, whom I respect a great deal, chose. I was, at the time, underwhelmed, but on further review think it's closer than I gave it credit for. I tend to agree with Steve and think this hand has ...
- Ron Zucker's bidding problem: 9542 872 A A8753
- Partner will understand. He is a capable player, just not world class, but a solid Flight A player. As I said, the question is if you would take action. So I'm mentally putting you down for 1NT.
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