Bridge Winners Profile for Mike Bell
Basic Information
- Member Since
- Jan. 21, 2011
- Last Seen
- 2 hours ago
- Member Type
- Bridge Pro
- about me
One of England's top pros. A system geek, but an increasingly practical one. I haven't played in the last couple of US Nationals but I had some success in 2017 partnering David Gold on Richie Schwartz's team.
I live in London with my wife, Sarah, who won the Freeman BAM at her first Nationals in Toronto.
- Country
- United Kingdom
Bridge Information
- Favorite Bridge Memory
- Psyching a world-class pair into their 5-0 fit at the five-level in the semi-final of a major KO.
- Bridge Accomplishments
- Mitchell BAM winner and "won" a session of the Reisinger final in San Diego; Spingold semi-finalist in Toronto. Winner of Yeh Bros Pairs, Spring Foursomes, Chairman's Cup, England Trials.
- Regular Bridge Partners
- David Gold, Sarah Bell, Michael Byrne.
- Favorite Conventions
- Passed hand 2C response to 1S showing five hearts (in conjunction with 2D as Drury).
- BBO Username
- mickyb
- ACBL Ranking
- None
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- Calling all probabalists!
- In theory, it's a guess. The easiest way to think about it is to be blind to which of the J/T/9 have been played so far. Using this method, fourth hand to play could have started with KJ/KT/K9 or JT/J9/T9.
- Mike Bell's bidding problem: Q8765 KQ762 AK6 ---
- I'm not at all worried about being forced on this hand - it's not like we have any winners to take anyway!
- What’s your favourite ...
- Great tip, thanks
- Amazing defenses by Buratti–Lanzarotti
- DD underrates a low one here as declarer gets to hop jack from J9x and similar. Would be interesting to see the stats with such positions accounted for.
- Amazing defenses by Buratti–Lanzarotti
- Richard - given that they recommend leading the ♣K, I suspect that is the thirteenth card!
- Suggested methods after “problem” reverse of 1H-1N(f)-2S?
- The best solution to this problem is to realise that it's absurd to play 2♠ as natural.
- Yuan Shen's bidding problem: KT865 J3 AJT32 J
- If you have a reasonable bid to make in preference to rebidding your five-card major, you make it. If you don't, you're stuck rebidding your suit. This is true regardless of how many cards the opening bid showed.
- Yuan Shen's bidding problem: KT865 J3 AJT32 J
- Whether you play 4cM or 5cM has no bearing on whether 2♥ here (or, indeed, in most other auctions) shows six.
- Overcalling a Weak Two with 3m on a 5 card suit
- Definitely worth a bid - with a hand this pure, bidding will often be worth a part-score swing.
- Richard Granville's bidding problem: A6 KT53 K84 AQ76
- Some play that North would pass with a GF takeout double of a major, assume you don't play that or you'd have said...
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