Bridge Winners Profile for Georgiana Gates
Basic Information
- Member Since
- Feb. 6, 2011
- Last Seen
- Jan. 19
- Member Type
- Bridge Player
- about me
Retired from many years in the computer and oil business. Still trying to improve.
- Country
- United States of America
Bridge Information
- BBO Username
- georgie_g
- ACBL Ranking
- Grand Life Master
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- What are your rights and obligations when you don't know who hessitated at the other side?
- Some years ago, behind screens, we were in an uncontested slam sequence. Eventually I made a grand slam try. LHO (on my side) passed in tempo, and the screen came back with 7♠ and pass, after a definite pause. LHO led, and I claimed my thirteen tricks. However, it ...
- Bridge From The Apocalypse
- I went in March of last year, and it was wonderful - my family all wanted to go back. But not anymore, alas.
- Episode 14: Meck
- It's much faster to read a transcript, also. Thanks, John and Michael.
- Episode 14: Meck
- I may have my facts wrong (the first time in BW history?), but ISTR the late Alan LeBendig running up to me at a tournament to tell me of his "coup", at old scoring. The opponents had bid a vulnerable cold 7♠ and he saved in 7NTX. And he ...
- Help needed: the heart of the matter?
- I'm not a regular Precision player, but a few years back I had a Precision partnership. Partner opened 1M and I had an opening hand, but no interest in slam, so I bid 4M. IIRC, partner Alerted and said that I could have an opening hand. I don't ...
- Another Fictional Bridge Reference
- Love the part about "a small clique of fanatics".
- Upgrading, disclosure and ethics under the laws of bridge as promulgated by the ACBL (2017)
- If you start a new subject every time somebody writes something silly on bridgewinners, the internet will become overloaded in about five minutes.
- SiVY A Story of Youth Bridge Success Part 2
- Has Michael been playing bridge when he should have been studying geography? :)
- 2/1 vs. Precision
- @Robert: In one of my partnerships, we open 14-16 1NT in 1st and 2nd and in 3rd NV. We go down 200 sometimes in 1NT after 1x-1y-1NT (which is why we don't play 14-16 V in 3rd seat). And we play 2NT as 19-20 in these positions.
- Off Topic: Happy Christmas
- When could we not?
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