Bridge Winners Profile for Barry Rogoff
Basic Information
- Member Since
- June 10, 2012
- Last Seen
- an hour 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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- 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.
- Small typeing
- If you say what kind of hardware and software you're using to read BW I might be able to suggest something more helpful than Ctrl+.
- Splitting in 2nd Seat: High or Low?
- Having an agreement is more important than what the agreement is. Even practiced partnerships get it wrong having never discussed it. Once or twice I've asked the opponents whether or not they have an agreement but I think that's helped them more than it's helped me.
- Canape Agape
- The Italian Blue Team Bridge Book by Garozzo and Forquet is affectionately known as "the Bible" and is required reading for anyone who plays Blue Team Club. The Garozzo-Yallouze book and Omar Sharif's book are watered-down in comparision. Simply Blue is a bad joke. The ambiguity of 1♠-1NT-2 ...
- Count as Primary Trick 1 Signal
- I agree completely. I have one partner who insists on count and has a couple of example hands that are very difficult to defend accurately without count, but I like Obvious Shift much better. Telling partner where your values are at trick one is critical on so many hands.
- Memorizing techniques
- Avoid the Sominex Coup. I've stopped playing in club games where people intentionally take forever on hands that have no chance to make, hoping you'll forget what's been played.
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