Bridge Winners Profile for Alan Frank
Basic Information
- Member Since
- Aug. 27, 2011
- Last Seen
- 33 minutes ago
- Member Type
- Bridge Player
- about me
Depending on where one puts the line between expert and intermediate, I'm on one side or the other. I've played twice on the last day of an NABC+ event. With two kids and a full-time job developing software, I don't get to play as much as I'd like. I'm interested in theory, laws, & tournament organization; I've been involved in rulemaking for chess and Scrabble in the past.
- Country
- United States of America
Bridge Information
- Favorite Bridge Memory
- Criss-cross overtaking trump squeeze
- Bridge Accomplishments
- Overalls in Fall '09 NABC+ Swiss, 7th in '14 Fall 10K Swiss
- Regular Bridge Partners
- Stephanie Hamilton, Eric Schwartz
- Favorite Tournaments
- NABC
- Favorite Conventions
- Fairport
- BBO Username
- af1211
- ACBL Ranking
- Bronze Life Master
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- Superior Defense to 2N Opener Showing both minors?
- In most cases, with the first option, advancer can request shape clarification: 3♦ over 3♣ or, over 3♦: 4♣ = to play game or will always take another bid over at least one major. 4♦ = mild slam invite. The only time you don't get to ...
- What is double? What is pass?
- It also avoids the problem of a kind person transcribing the auction to make it clearer, but getting one of the calls wrong.
- Lose the Trials Semifinal with Me, VI
- Or the bidder could give his/her screenmate either the bidding card, to be placed in the tray by the screenmate, or the alert card, to be returned to the bidder.
- A New Bridge Bot?
- It is not clear to me that the learning techniques which work well for games such as chess and go are the right way to go for bridge, with one exception. I believe that the greatest gains in the play can be made by attempting to model the other players ...
- A New Bridge Bot?
- @Hank: With regard to BG checker play, I would expect that in a match against a stronger player, I would be more likely to take chances for a gammon, whereas against a weaker player, I would want to just grind out the single point.
- A Third Option for Regional KOs - Stratified Swiss KOs
- I believe there is an error in the analysis of the double-elimination KO. If you play full-length matches, you have, as noted in the OP, 4 winners and 8 losers after two sessions. But after the third session, you have 2 winners and 6 losers (not 4). Then after the ...
- Is this hand an acceptable one-level opening bid in modern bridge?
- Partner will not expect this much defense if you open 2♠. Partner will expect more HCP if you open 1♠. And partner will not expect this much playing strength if you pass. The reason I choose pass is that it offers the best hope of recovering, as it ...
- Is this hand an acceptable one-level opening bid in modern bridge?
- A balanced hand with 8HCP wouldn't meet the rule of 18, which Ian states is the requirement.
- Sorry. Another question about a bad claim.
- Declarer will have already taken nine tricks by the time he notices the jack of clubs not dropping, so he can't get any fewer than that. And at that point, I don't see any plausible way for him to get more, even if we let him rethink his ...
- Ruling Question
- Presumably East thought that the agreement was "majors," since that's what he said. And from his hand, that seems more likely than natural. So why not throw a monkey wrench into things by passing?
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