Bridge Winners Profile for Mike Gill
Basic Information
- Member Since
- March 16, 2011
- Last Seen
- 8 hours ago
- Member Type
- Bridge Player
- about me
I'm a recovering astrophysicist originally from Boring, MD (yes, really) who now works doing programming and math. My wonderful wife and I now live in Columbia, MD with our son Trevor, who was born in September 2017. He's adorable and wonderful but so far he's terrible at bridge! In addition to bridge I enjoy entirely too many things given I'm a parent: running, sports, poker, barbu, board games, puzzles of various kinds, piano, cooking and eating (who enjoys cooking but doesn't love eating?!).
Bridge Information
- Bridge Accomplishments
- USA II (Junior) in 2006, 2nd in 2017 NAP, missed the 2017 Open GNT final by an IMP
- Regular Bridge Partners
- Noble Shore
- BBO Username
- mike gill
- ACBL Ranking
- Silver Life Master
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- Minimum for 2S
- Don't think anyone has explicitly stated what I think to be the guiding factor for this decision. I think the line here depends on how much you think partner needs to have to make a reopening X without extra shape. You want to compete to at least 2S when ...
- Mike Gill's lead problem: KJxxx Ax Kxx Txx
- No, you don't have any special agreements like that.
- Mike Gill's lead problem: KJxxx Ax Kxx Txx
- You can assume that it's not 18-19 balanced, but no agreements beyond that.
- Todd Holes's bidding problem: 96 AQ AKT9 AKJT5
- I would have opened 2♣ and rebid 2NT
- FP situation? If not who should bid 5?
- I agree it's normal to bid 4♠ with 6-5 you're worth another call, but some 6-5 hands worth a bid are doubling 4♥ - maybe the most defensive 10%? Partner is going to pull with 3 spades unless he has defense and missing a 6-2 isn't ...
- FP situation? If not who should bid 5?
- Haven't we sort of already implied a void (or at least a lot of extra offense) with 4♠ instead of doubling over 4♥. I think partner will often pass the double (and I think it's completely clear here to pass even with 3-4 in partner's ...
- FP situation? If not who should bid 5?
- Wouldn't you bid 4♠ with this hand if the spades were KQJT instead of AKQ? That hand feels like a non-forcing pass to me so it seems like this hand with an extra offensive and defensive trick has to at least double.
- Eric Hamilton's bidding problem: QJ3 QJ5 Q986 AQJ
- If were playing bridge I think the downgrade has a lot more merit, but we seem to be playing all white matchpoints instead.
- Mike Gill's bidding problem: KQJ 8 KQ75 KQ985
- Sure but that doesn't mean you have to make it when presented with new options?
- Mark Chen's bidding problem: Jxx AQx AKQ8x xx
- Opener has no idea that the opponents are going above 4♠ and his partner could easily not know which minor to lead against 4M
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