Bridge Winners Profile for Sibrand van Oosten
Basic Information
- Member Since
- May 18, 2016
- Last Seen
- 16 hours ago
- Member Type
- Bridge Player
- about me
Dutch/American 20-year-old playing for the German Junior Team.
- Country
- Germany
Bridge Information
- Favorite Bridge Memory
- Gaining promotion to Germany's top pairs division at age 18
- Bridge Accomplishments
- Three silver medals at German u26 championships and two bronze medals at world youth championships
- Regular Bridge Partners
- Leo Vornkahl, Maxi Litterst, Maarten Kokkes
- Member of Bridge Club(s)
- BC Crash, Netherlands and Jugend BCD, Germany
- Favorite Tournaments
- International youth events, especially White House Juniors Internationals
- Favorite Conventions
- Two-way Checkback, Transfer-Lebensohl
- BBO Username
- Sibrand
- ACBL Ranking
- None
Sorry, this user has no cards yet.
- Do You Count Your Cards?
- A partner of mine never counts and we have a clear rule about this: Since I couldn't get him to counting his cards, I tolerate it, but he buys a round of drinks for the entire team if we get a penalty
- In the Well: Mikael and Ola Rimstedt
- @Mikael: I'm very sorry, I probably should have thought about that beforehand. Anyway I believe your trophy cabinet is still quite impressive and you got your revenge in Slovakia and in China. :)
- In the Well: Mikael and Ola Rimstedt
- Perhaps one reason not to play transfers over 1♣ was the European Championship in Tromso (2015) where then youngsters Ola and Mikael had to watch the Swedish juniors wrongside 6♠ via transfer-walsh on the very last deal and lose the championship to Poland in the worst possible way ...
- Opening 2!D/2!H weak with majors
- I've played both 2♦ (3-6 years ago) and 2♥ (1-3 years ago) for both majors and have to say I was quite unhappy with the opening. My partner and I are quite conservative bidders because we are allergic to going down for 800 and thus didn't ...
- Luc Tijssen's bidding problem: JTx QJTxxx x Kxx
- Clear 5♥ bid in my opinion: shape, good ♥s, ♣ length...
- Thomas Gotard's bidding problem: KQJT9 6 Q54 AJT8
- I would never double with this hand for a number of reasons. Firstly, because I have 5 ♠. Secondly, my ♠ are quite good. And more importantly: I don't have many quick defensive tricks. I don't think doubling 2♥ is really stupid, but I would never let ...
- Thomas Gotard's bidding problem: x KQTx J8xx AJxx
- I think a slow double suggests bidding 5♥ is winning. So if the auction proceeded, 4♠X wasn't passed, and bidding 5♥ after a slow double was winning, E/W are probably kicking themselves for not having called the TD earlier.
