Bridge Winners Profile for Sibrand van Oosten
Basic Information
- Member Since
- May 18, 2016
- Last Seen
- 12 hours ago
- Member Type
- Bridge Player
- about me
I'm 21, Dutch/American but play for the German Junior Team because I grew up in Germany. My profile pic shows me raiding the cabinet my parents kept boards and bidding boxes in, roughly two decades ago. :)
I'm available for BBO tournaments, however since I currently live in Brussels they should start no later than around midnight CET. You can contact me via vanoostenbridge@hotmail.com
- Country
- Germany
Bridge Information
- Favorite Bridge Memory
- Traveling across the globe playing tournaments and making friends
- Bridge Accomplishments
- Bronze at the 2019 u-26 Euros
- Regular Bridge Partners
- I currently play online with many different partners, my Junior team partner is Leo Vornkahl
- Member of Bridge Club(s)
- BC Crash, the Netherlands; Youth BC, Germany
- Favorite Tournaments
- youth events, especially White House Juniors Internationals in Amsterdam. Hope to come back to Amsterdam in 2021!
- Favorite Conventions
- Two-way Checkback, Transfer-Lebensohl and of course the Stripe-Tailed Ape Double. After all, I'm a junior :D
- BBO Username
- Sibrand
- ACBL Ranking
- None
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- No <50% boards
- My funny story isn't about boards but about sessions: In the german pairs division 2 years ago my partner and I scored below 50% in all five sessions, but only got relegated by a margin of 5MP in a field with 26 pairs. (Our session results were: 48.06 ...
- A question on discarding
- I really don't like the way this is displayed. When I see two hands with the bidding in the left corner I automatically assume that my hand is the hand on the right and the dummy is the one at the top... Not your fault of course but it ...
- Sibrand van Oosten's bidding problem: AT42 A A763 K975
- Yes, the 1NT opening is 10-13 here, so a rebid shows 14-16. I guess the big question here is whether 2♦ shows a strong hand or can be this hand type where you don't want to bid 1NT and are looking for a minor fit
- Sibrand van Oosten's bidding problem: AT42 A A763 K975
- Hi Richard, normally I would have chosen to open 1♦, but my partner really wants me to just open 1♣ and doesn't mind me rebidding 1NT even with a singleton. Playing transfers has its benefits: you can let partner play the spades if he has a ♥ ...
- Sibrand van Oosten's bidding problem: AT42 A A763 K975
- Do you think that the 1♠ bid and responses to it should be treated differently after a 1♥ intervention? Here's another poll: https://bridgewinners.com/article/view/bidding-problem-2-m2jxhv2w37/?cj=954476#c954476
- Sibrand van Oosten's bidding problem: AT42 A A763 K975
- Do you think that the 1♠ bid and responses to it should be treated differently if opponents pass? Here's another poll: https://bridgewinners.com/article/view/bidding-problem-2-csufilfnfr/
- Peter Gill's bidding problem: --- AK96 J98654 QJT
- At the 2017 Bermuda Bowl this occurred in the RR match Brazil-Netherlands. The bidding started something like 1X - 1♠ 2X - 3♠ or 1X - 1♠ 1NT - 3♠. on both tables. The Dutch knew their system and bid 7♠, the Brazilians unfortunately didn't, and scored a ...
- Table presence?
- I completely understand NS frustration about the hesitation, but in my opinion, a hesitation here is more likely to show AQ. What I'm wondering is why declarer didn't play the ♥J.
- What would it take for Bridge to match this?
- Bridge most certainly is an adrenaline sport for me :)
- Thomas Gotard's bidding problem: Q842 84 K987 T54
- I don't think this hand has the strength to envision anything but a 3♦ preempt :)
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