Bridge Winners Profile for Anthony Taglione

Member Since

Sept. 25, 2015

Last Seen

Jan. 19

Member Type

Bridge Player

about me

Something a lot of people seem to forget is that Bridge is meant to be fun.

Every hand an adventure, every bid a thrill!

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Schrödinger's Dummy Rights: Which reminds me of the pseudo-scientific question "What is a quark?" As anyone knows, it's the sound made by an upper-class duck.
Ruling fron Eastbourne: It seems to me that "mercurial" warrants a DP. As Ed alludes to above, the 2C was a mis-bid, not an indication of an agreement.
Awful Contract: With my Precision partner, we play it the other way around from Kit, ie after interference (other than 1♦) we double with GF values and bid with 5-8 points. Either one can work better on any given hand. Over a 1♦ interference, we pass with 0-4, double with ...
Bridge Stories and Jokes: Dummy had the right to prevent the ongoing leads from declarer but maybe he was too occupied with laughing.
More 4 card Majors in Precision: With my Precision partner, the auction would go something akin to... 1♣ - 1♥ (8-10 points and a five-card suit somewhere) 1♠ (what suit) - 2♣ (it's diamonds) 2♦ (acknowledged) - 2♠ (I also have a 4-card spade suit) 3♠ (I like that) - 4♣ ...
Is Not Making an Idiot Play Hard?: Robot sits there shaking his (or her) head in disgust.
Is minus 2800 a fair ruling?: I saw Pete Hollands's day-review earlier and I think it was deemed that the defence wasn't obvious for the full 2800.
Matchpoints bottom score: I'm passing, given the vulnerability and cards sitting over the opener.
Director Please! Oops there aren't any.: Well done!
Better to play 5-2 major or 4-4 possibly 4-3 minor: .. moved