Bridge Winners Profile for Alan Frank
Basic Information
- Member Since
- Aug. 27, 2011
- Last Seen
- a minute 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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- Why I suck at matchpoints (part 2)
- It is certainly good to have a way to show both red suits with greater length on either. Is there some general principle by which double/correct shows ♦ while 2NT/correct shows ♥?
- Why is it worth taking part in an appeal committee?
- Peter, this is exactly why the director should be polling peers of the player faced with the UI decision.
- Build a Fence
- See https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/dhs-chief-marks-first-section-trump-s-border-wall-it-n924941 for a discussion of the difference. And keep in mind that the censors are already having a hard time with a president named Trump. Maybe Gary Hart will come back to run against him?
- Build a Fence
- Would South have bid 3♦ in that case?
- !S Jx !H AKxx !D AKxxx !C xx
- What about when partner has AKxx Qx Qxx Ax and you get to play 6♦ instead of 3NT. Or if she has AKQx Qx Qxx xx or Axxxx QJx QTx xx?
- !S Jx !H AKxx !D AKxxx !C xx
- 1♦-2♥ will almost always get us to the right strain. It will occasionally get us too high, but only if partner is within a narrow range of strength, and even then our concentrations may make up for being a jack or two shy.
- What has partner got?
- Despite the agreement, I think that hand should bid 4♣. It is very unlikely that responder has a singleton and conveying the general message of the hand below game is more important than worrying about which suit has which type of control.
- Dutch Spiral
- I would suggest that a response of 4x should show 4-2-1-6 shape, since that doesn't come through on the relays. There may also be hands where partner wasn't thinking of slam until hearing this. I would expect that the more distributional you are, the less useful that information ...
- Dutch Spiral
- Alexander: there is a reason that 3♠ asks for the spade stop and 3♥ asks for a club stop. When asking for a club stop, you presumably have a spade stop. If you bid 3♠ with a hand like ♠K93 ♥AKxx ♦KJxx ♣xx, you really don't ...
- Do we want to be in slam here?
- If South is 1=2=5=5, neither slam makes if they guess the right opening lead. Against 6♥, will South lead a stiff spade when holding the ♣AJxxx?
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