Bridge Winners Profile for Jeff Ruben
Basic Information
- Member Since
- April 15, 2011
- Last Seen
- 19 hours ago
- Member Type
- Bridge Player
Bridge Information
- Bridge Accomplishments
- First in National 4-Session Swiss (1973), Third in UPC Senior Swiss (2009), Second in Bruce LM Pairs (2012)
- Regular Bridge Partners
- Andy Stayton, Andy Kaufman, Jess Stuart, Rick Rowland, Randy Berseth, Richard Morgen, Richard Popper
- Member of Bridge Club(s)
- Bridge Studio of Delaware
- BBO Username
- jmrdel
- ACBL Ranking
- Silver Life Master
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- Age - JUST a Number!
- Dave Treadwell played at a high level right up to his death at age 97.
- Use of UI
- No, East explained the bid as 10-12 with spade shortness (I was Art's partner).
- The Death of 4-Session KO's
- Mike, in the recent Delaware Regional we had 5 teams in the top bracket on the day my team entered. We played an entire day to eliminate one of the teams. Our team lost in the semis and then won third place. In the third/fourth place match we played ...
- Ivar Stakgold R.I.P.
- So sorry to hear of Ivar's passing. I played quite a bit with him in Delaware when he came back to bridge after his first wife passed away. One highlight I remember was a 76% game we had in a Sectional Open Pairs. Echoing Richard Popper's statement above ...
- Any Blame?
- Seems like a normal auction at matchpoints. Now if South had bid spades...
- Mike Cassel's bidding problem: AKT763 3 A62 AQ3
- Mine either, but I keep hoping.
- Jeff Ruben's bidding problem: T52 KQ2 K976 Q84
- FWIW, at the table I doubled, and partner bid 2H, holding Q763, A874, A4, K95. Making 3 with some help from the defense for a good score as those in 1NT took only 7 tricks. If I had passed, what should partner do? He likely would have passed, and we ...
- Mike Cassel's bidding problem: AKT763 3 A62 AQ3
- Roland, you must know my partners. Steve, my point was that as little as the right 5-count makes slam. Partner could easily have the king of diamonds or ace of hearts as well. Or, he could have the hand that Roland suggests, but either way bidding 3C should get you ...
- Mike Cassel's bidding problem: AKT763 3 A62 AQ3
- A bit strong for 3S, I think. Partner needs only Qx, xxx, xxx, Kxxxx for slam to be odds on.
- Marginal New Minor Forcing Hand
- Bidding 2C allows you to get to 2S when partner has 3, or 2H when partner has 4, both better contracts than 1NT. Over partner's 2D you can bid 2S; most of the time he will have 2.
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