Bridge Winners Profile for Steve Bloom
Basic Information
- Member Since
- May 27, 2010
- Last Seen
- 3 hours ago
- Member Type
- Bridge Player
- about me
- Retired mathematician and general curmudgeon.
Bridge Information
- Favorite Bridge Memory
- I once got nailed by a real-life rueful rabbit.
- Regular Bridge Partners
- Betty, my one and only.
- Favorite Conventions
- Transfers, of many, many breeds.
- BBO Username
- sbloom
- ACBL Ranking
- Grand Life Master
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- Assign the passing blames
- (1) 3NT is no lock. Change the cards around a little and the defense wins. (2) Good defense sets two spades 300. I would happily settle for 300 in place of a touch-and-go 400 in 3NT.
- Tough contract
- @Richard: Play goes spades, spade ruff. Of course, West may trump in with a spot, so let's assume that doesn't help, and West discards. Club ruff, spade ruff, club ruff. I am still left with AK10 in trumps. Excellent chances, but I still haven't scored that trump ...
- Tough contract
- Cross-ruff is interesting, and a line I did not consider. Seems like you need the trump jack onside in many variants.
- You be the judge!
- Six spades is not legal, but the poll gave only that and pass as options. There are other possibilities.
- Weaker than usual
- Seems we need two spades and two trumps to set this. Partner will need at least K10x in trumps, and then I can uppercut with my nine. The easy way to convince partner of that is to show two spades.
- Tough contract
- If spades are 3-3 and hearts not 5-1, either line works. If hearts are three-three, and spades not 5-1, any line works. So, assume both majors are 4-2. Then I need to establish spades. If LHO has four spades, my choice doesn't matter. If RHO has four spades, then ...
- You be the judge!
- Is there suddenly a bonus for playing in only four spades with 11 top tricks? Unless four hearts is available as artificial, saying only "I do have a club control", then the auction has simply said "I lack a control in one of the side suits. If hearts, I don ...
- You be the judge!
- And how is the five-level in jeopardy? Some of this depends on methods. Does 4♥ show a heart control and a club control, or is it Last Train, showing only a club control? Unless four spades completely denies a club control, five hearts is 100% clear. Six spades does ...
- Leading the Singleton
- Good rule of thumb - a defensive error is much, much more likely than an 8-0 split.
- Transfers responses to 1N overcall
- Transfer to their suit = one of two hands: To play in their suit (despite the known split, it could be the best part-score) or shortness, GF.
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