Bridge Winners Profile for Linda Marshall
Basic Information
- Member Since
- July 31, 2011
- Last Seen
- 2 hours ago
- Member Type
- Bridge Player
- about me
I'm from the Washington, DC area.
I usually attend 2 or 3 NABCs per year. I've reached the stage where I'm disappointed not to qualify for the second day (I often get to the second day) and pleasantly surprised to make the overalls.
I'm the president of my unit and a frequent bridge volunteer.
I'm an attorney. My other hobbies are dancing, hiking, and knitting.
Bridge Information
- Favorite Bridge Memory
- I had a 60% session in platinum pairs once.
- Favorite Conventions
- Transfer responses to 1C, transfer lebensohl, xyz, flannery, reverse flannery, mini-splinters, kickback, Robinson (multi-landy), scrambling 2N
- BBO Username
- LMarshall
- ACBL Ranking
- Diamond Life Master
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- A list of "Just bridge" situations
- I don't play that many low level penalty doubles but I sit for plenty of low level takeout doubles. I'm not sure the trend toward most low level doubles being takeout makes bad overcalls that much safer.
- How should declarer approach 3N? (Part two) SORRY - EDITED
- Unless clubs are 5-1.
- 1S 2S 2NT
- My favorite--2N (over 1S-2S0 or 2S (over 1H-2H) is a nebulous game try--reject, accept, or show cards. Other bids are natural slam tries, and 1M-2M-3M isn't invitational.
- Unravelling stoppers
- If you're not using 2N as a relay to 3♣ as part of XYZ (and you play 3♣ weak instead of natural and slammish), you can use an immediate 2N (as opposed to 2♣-2♦-2N) to differentiate between invitational hands with support for opener's minor ...
- Would you roll this back?
- What's their minimum range for opening 1♣ with a balanced hand? Whatever it is, South has to assume that partner is near-minimum. But if they're playing a 15-17 notrump then South could be entitled to another try (then partner's minimum is 18).
- Is there such a thing as preferred minor
- I know a pair who has an agreement to open whichever minor they would prefer to be led, even if the other one is longer.
- Another ATB
- I was joking about 4♥ showing 10 tricks. But I thought a standard 5♥ opener showed a hand that could make 11 tricks in hearts and wants to know if partner has the A or K of hearts but isn't interested in whether you have the A ...
- Another ATB
- Well, a standard 5♥ opener shows 11 tricks. So why shouldn't a 4♥ opener show 10?
- Please, One More Time for this Theme
- Whatever partner thinks it is, partner probably doesn't think it's a SJS (notwithstanding the failure to alert) unless some of the other jumps are played as SJS. But if partner thinks it's some kind of club bid (weak or intermediate) then the 3♠ bid suggests extra ...
- Please, One More Time for this Theme
- Whatever partner thought, it wasn't that 3♣ was a strong jump shift. I haven't seen a 3-level strong jump shift at the table in decades (though, to be fair, there was a stretch of 15 years or so in there when I wasn't playing bridge).
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