Bridge Winners Profile for Steve Bloom
Basic Information
- Member Since
- May 27, 2010
- Last Seen
- 5 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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- Help Newer Players Reach Slam
- Who assumed that 2NT shows a decent 11 count? This is clearly a maximum for 2NT, but, with no aces, and only one stopper, hardly a massive underbid. In any event, the other alternative is to force to game. This player ruled that out, and bid a wide-ranging three diamonds ...
- What To Do When Someone Acts on UI?
- Seems like the director needs a bit of a lecture herself. Why wouldn't North raise a natural two hearts to three? Chances are the final contract would have been four hearts, doubled, down five.
- What To Do When Someone Acts on UI?
- Sorry, but the evidence points to something worse than that. West then passed two clubs. Perfectly logical if West reasoned, "Partner already knows I have a pretty good hand, from my huddle, so I don't have to raise."
- Help Newer Players Reach Slam
- West might have had xxx x xxxxx xxxx. Bidding only three diamonds when you have a good hand is poor, but the hand is not worth a cue-bid or four diamonds, so I understand the choice, but ... Bidding three diamonds when you have a nice, constructive and descriptive call available ...
- Help Newer Players Reach Slam
- Certainly nice not to be playing Lebensohl when a natural 2NT call describes my hand nicely. A reasonable auction at this level: P (2♠) X 2NT 6H P
- 2C-2D-2S-3NT (opponents silent)
- I learned that way, and played it (though I got in trouble with a pro partner when I bid four spades on Kxxx and out, and we missed a cold slam). But two-honors fourth or Kxxxx is too much, and using 3NT for that hand seems fine.
- 2C-2D-2S-3NT (opponents silent)
- Since 2♣ 2♦ 2M 4M = no side card, I would expect 3NT to show a similar hand, but with very good trumps.
- To claim, or not To claim
- The table is in time trouble. N shows declarer his cards and says, in essence, both diamonds are off, and I have a spade entry. You can't make it. Not really appropriate, but, given the very slow play, a decent way to catch everyone up. If I were declarer ...
- Defense From the Bermuda Bowl
- The heart shift is also necessary when partner has led a doubleton diamond, and has weaker trump spots. Picture South with x AJ10987 109xx xx.
- MI (?) Ruling
- Simply because the auction would have gone in one direction over a pass does not mean it has to go that way over an intervening double. South has an extra option: Redouble. What hand type would that show? If that would show this type of hand, then three spades would ...
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