I clicked on my profile ...it seems to be filled out pretty good.it indicates I am a capable player. I have made 1S redoubled against the same opponent pair 2 days in a row.
I cannot say I knew or know either Roz or Max but I smoked the odd cigarette in Max's presence. Last time was at Dublin Euros 2012. I have come across Roz a few times at bridge congresses or Lady Milne.I just recall his name on any law ...
I am not sure about my 2♠ bid that I made earlier. I don't know my system but in nearly all the systems I know 2♠ would not be forcing and I have a kind of game force opposite a double. Anyway I will bid something over ...
The above situation occurred in an intermediate event where a player was dealt
♠ void ♥ AKJT864 ♦ KQ764 ♣ 3
and chose to open 2♣ strong but nobody indicated that it could be opened on lower points and large distribution.
I bought a reddish colored book with lots of Red text in it about 1990 in Galway Ireland and read it several times. I think it was called "Bridge The Bidders Game" ..However nobody in Ireland would play 19-21 1NT opening.. Many years later I learned that George Rosenkrantz was ...
Well it was 1996 or so and Reverse Smith Peter was a fine signal if partner led the wrong suit.
I tried replacing "came across" and then "pilgrimage" to no avail.
At a Camrose match in Drogheda Ireland probably early 2000s the 3 knowledgeable vugraph commentators sagely nodded their heads and agreed 5D was doomed for down 1. John Collings entered the vugraph room just then and 17 words later 5D was cold with the vugraph commnentators still trying to catch ...
I came across Bernard and Rhona several times in Ireland but mostly over 20 years ago. Killarney Drogheda and one time down South maybe in Tramore. I just looked a few minutes ago for the results of one of Bernard's favorite annual pilgrimages The Killarney Congress.
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