Bridge Winners Profile for Sabine Auken
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- Member Since
- July 22, 2010
- Last Seen
- 11 hours ago
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- Bridge Player
- about me
World Champion and author of I Love This Game
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- Bronze Life Master
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- ACBL Nationals Start times
- @Bob as much as you like playing against juniors, it may not be enough to gain you admission to Junior events. @Peg I was being half serious, half joking. Actually I feel very strongly that the top competitive events (in this case ACBL+ events) should take place at times, when ...
- ACBL Nationals Start times
- How about this idea instead: Junior events start at 1 and 7:30. Everything else starts at 10(11) and 3(4). Some scientific evidence to support the proposal: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/08/08/brain-function-morning_n_5661856.html
- ACBL Nationals Start times
- "Christina, I'm sure a little bit of what I'm saying has to do with what I'm used to." Hey Bob, you just admitted to being affected by status quo bias! :)
- ACBL Nationals Start times
- @Bob I found your comment interesting. There was a period of about 10 years in my life, where I tried very hard to combine having two children, a very demanding job in the financial sector and high level competitive bridge. I did not attend any American Nationals at that time ...
- ACBL Nationals Start times
- Since we are still at the world championships in France: à chacun son goût. As pointed out by others the playing schedule issue has been discussed several times before and the outcome seems to be the same every single time: people have different tastes and preferences. Seeing that is the ...
- Open Lyon Discussion Thread
- I would be worried that automatic penalties for not remembering the system would elicit "we don't have an agreement in this situation" or "just bridge" or shrugging shoulders more often from both opponents trying to avoid the penalty. Not desirable in my view.
- Open Lyon Discussion Thread
- Juhuuuuuuuu! Three cheers for the laws committee!
- RR4 Board 30
- @David Burn at our table the opening leader knew that dummy had 5S and a fairly balanced hand (i.e. 5332 or possibly 5422) and that declarer had 5 hearts (also 5332 or possibly 5422) with a slam invitational hand opposite a minimum opening hand. Number of aces was not ...
- RR4 Board 30
- Playing from the North hand I got a club lead. I took the spade finesse and when a diamond came back I finessed again to go down. It felt like the percentage play, but I would be curious to hear what the percentage gurus say.
- Open Lyon Discussion Thread
- First quick recap: On the positive side the Lyon championships offer quite possibly the best playing facilities and conditions I have ever experienced On the negative side there is a part of the WBF rules and regulations that I personally consider detrimental to the spirit of the game of bridge ...
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