Bridge Winners Profile for Barry Rogoff
Basic Information
- Member Since
- June 10, 2012
- Last Seen
- 17 hours ago
- Member Type
- Bridge Player
- about me
I'm webmaster for the New Hampshire Bridge Association and a member of the NHBA Board of Directors. I also write about and teach bridge.
- Country
- United States of America
Bridge Information
- Favorite Bridge Memory
- Beating the world champions in the New England Knockouts.
- Bridge Accomplishments
- Two open regionals back when winning a regional event meant something. More sectionals and flighted or bracketed regional events than I can remember.
- Member of Bridge Club(s)
- Tom Cheetham Club, Nashua, NH
- Favorite Conventions
- Light takeouts. A direct 1NT overcall is an 8-13 HCP takeout with two or three spades. A direct cue-bid over 1C, 1D, or 1H is an 8-13 HCP takeout with four or five spades. Double is 14+ HCP and can be offshape.
- BBO Username
- Balrog49
- ACBL Ranking
- Ruby Life Master
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- Defendinding against transfer overcalls of partner's 1NT (15-17HCPs) opening.
- Very few players have the time or inclination to devise methods for dealing with transfer overcalls of 1NT. I use plain old lebensohl where bidding the transfer suit is Stayman and stopper showing/denying applies to the overcaller's actual suit. It's almost impossible to mess it up and ...
- Bridge Cloud
- I've been maintaining Unit 150's website and results server on Pianola for about five years. It's not free either but the unit is willing to pay for it. Most of the clubs in New Hampshire participate by uploading their game results but some refuse outright and cannot ...
- Bridge Cloud
- I'd ask a lot of questions before taking it seriously. Good websites require graphical design, page design, and skilled implementation. They also require ongoing maintenance. I've heard many sob stories from people who get a free site that no one can maintain once the original builder becomes unavailable ...
- Help with Precision Club please
- What worked well when I played it: The Kaplan Inversion (invert the meanings of 1♠ and 1NT over a rebid of 1♥. It right-sides 1NT when that's the final contract. An accurate raise structure with mini-splinters when responder has a four-card or longer fit for opener's ...
- A point of curiosity
- "Precision" is not synonymous with "strong club system." One can say that any particular partnership's set of agreements in the context of a strong, artificial club is or isn't a variant of Precision. There's no "official" definition.
- ACBL Cell Phone Policies & Penalties
- Wouldn't that require a sophisticated detection device or a cavity search ;^? https://www.bvsystems.com/what-locates-cell-phones-better-rf-or-ferromagnetic-detectors/
- ACBL Cell Phone Policies & Penalties
- This conversation got me thinking. Bluetooth-enabled hearing aids have been around for a very long time. The ones I've had require "streamers" or pendants one must wear around the neck. They look like MP3 players. I'd never dream of wearing one when playing bridge, of course. The newest ...
- Looking to play "The Little Major" system by Terence Reese
- It was Boris Schapiro who refused to play LM in 1965. That caused a conflict between Reese and Ralph Swimer, the captian of the English team, because Reese wanted to play LM with Flint while Swimer insisted that he play with Schapiro.
- Looking to play "The Little Major" system by Terence Reese
- Hi Peter! I haven't played bridge in months, which is why I haven't seen you at the Bridge Spot. There are a few examples of The Little Major in ACBL World Championship books. Reese and Shapiro played the system in the 1964 World Team Olympiad in New York ...
- Small typeing
- Regardless of this person's posting history, doing personal computer technical support is similar to solving brainteasers in that you can never assume anything. Much of the time, they just changed something but they won't tell you what they did unless you drag it out of them.
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