Bridge Winners Profile for Bruce Rogoff
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Love bridge, but don't get to play enough...hope to change that in the near future. Also play serious tennis, and some golf as well: waiting for the IOC to institute the Country Club Triathlon.
Otherwise, I am a senior partner at Gargoyle Asset Management. Married to the beautiful Victoria, with 2 kids still living at home (see photo for one of them). The others are grown up (or think they are!).
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- Was anyone at fault here?
- Thanks David, meant to type 5♠, not 5♥, which I've now corrected. But now that I mention it, what would 5♥ have meant in 1975?
- Was anyone at fault here?
- East should move, but the question is, how? RKCB wasn't available 40 years ago, 5♠ sounds like a request for ♥ control, and 5m is a suit. I guess 4NT is most practical. What say you Michael?
- Johan Karlsson's bidding problem: KJ8 A9 KQJ83 KT8
- That's aiming at a VERY small target, don't you think? Requires partner to have just about all the remaining strength (West is vul, so that means something), AND he has ♠ length, AND he decides to look for ♠'s in a scenario where he know's they ...
- Johan Karlsson's bidding problem: KJ8 A9 KQJ83 KT8
- There's definitely no Stayman consideration here with West holding both majors. I would expect partner to have a weak hand with ♣'s, and prefers playing 3♣ to 2NT. An easy pass IMO.
- Finn Kolesnik's bidding problem: xx A9xx AQJT9 xx
- Nicholas, I wouldn't put too much stock in the "strong majority" argument once a problem has been around for a day or two. I'd guess that many people change their vote to the majority choice, (especially if world class players like JD or Jim Munday voted that way ...
- Finn Kolesnik's bidding problem: xx A9xx AQJT9 xx
- I'd guess that almost all of the 3♦ bidders would do the same with xx Qxx AQ10xx xxx, because opener can still have a 17/18-count. Give him the more likely AKxxx x Kxxx Qxx and 3♦ is plenty, yet you'll want to play 5♦ ...
- Craig Zastera's bidding problem: KT7 6 AT63 KQT95
- This hand looks suit-oriented to me, so would open 1♦. Should be able to find good 4-3 ♠ fit this way if that's best. And maybe 2♦ is a better spot than 1NT, if it comes to that.
- Craig Zastera's bidding problem: T8x AKxxx xx KQJ
- Lynn, would you like an "UNDO"?
- Will Engel's bidding problem: AQ74 Q5 AJ74 AT8
- description above said 6♥ shows lowest king. That can be interpreted multiple ways, guess i assumed they replied high-middle-low or somesuch. If I know partner has ♥K 7♠ now has multiple ways to win: ♥J, or ♥10, or ♥'s 3-3, or ♥'s 4-2 with trumps 2-2 ...
- Will Engel's bidding problem: AQ74 Q5 AJ74 AT8
- Partner's shown the ♣ king, so no worries about minor loser. S/he will bid seven with ♥AKxxx, won't with Axxxx. Might think about it with AJ10xx, which is ok with me.
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