Oh my god, somewhere at last to vent my frustrations about OKB. I've been trying to quit for several years now but like Michael Cordeleon,"I keep getting sucked back in". First of all, it's an empty shell. The corpse that is in charge answers no one. The ...
I like the idea of defending with this raggedy ass hand and 60% of my hand in my short suits but if I do bid I will tell my partner to pick his own damn suit---I don't want to have to play it.
How can we determine what goes through a person's mind at the five level when we don't understand what passed through at the two level. It's all random, don't you think?
What a bunch of drivel. You all sound like a damn pigpen with all the squealing and snorting. Are you hear to talk about bridge or to talk about the people who talk about bridge?
Fred, I think you've made a good start and I hope we can all toss in some tidbits for you to consider. One is the aspect of the tactile thing; I think it's not a real issue but if it is, then possibly a hybrid of your system ...
I've read almost nothing on this site that wasn't a discussion of 1. What the Committees did wrong, 2. What the ACBL did wrong, 3. What a nice fellow Mike is, and 4. Criticism of posters by other posters. This plus some silly, at the very least, actions ...
The discussion of finger signaling and punishment remind me of probably the most severe result of cheating, at least in the U.S.A. Back when Texas A&M University was predominately a male military oriented college, there were rumors of cheating in exams by the cadets using finger signals ...
Wow, Chris has started a wildfire. Based on the responses I've seen it appears to me that this is an issue that is even bigger than his original post. I've been away from bridge for almost 30 years and when I pick up a schedule for a national ...