Bridge Winners Profile for Stan Schenker

Favorite Bridge Memory: Coming from 31 down in final quarter of third round of Spingold, then coming home and finding out my wife was pregnant
Bridge Accomplishments: Top 10 Spingold Blue Ribbon Pairs
Regular Bridge Partners: David Leopold, Mark Laken
Favorite Tournaments: NABC, Hunt Valley
Favorite Conventions: Muiderberg
BBO Username: sssvablue
ACBL Ranking: Diamond Life Master

Dave Milton no multi
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Stan Schenker's bidding problem: 86 84 KQ964 KQT4: 1 by forcing. 2c promises 2,if 4522
RIP Steve Landen: This my favorite Steve story. We were playing against his team in the Grand National Regional Districts against his teammates. Our teammates came to the table and asked us to play against Steve and his partner. Steve asked why we switched, and I told him that one of our teammates ...
Fred King's bidding problem: KJ9754 KQ53 J9 K: this hand has many flaws, but bridge is a bidders game.
direct seat overcalls 1NT: we play HELO, the same as we play over a NT opener
Missed game after Drury: After the 2 diamond call, I would bid 3 diamonds as a help suit game try. This would certainly help lead to a better cooperative decision.
John Portwood's bidding problem: T7 AT AKJT87 852: You are in a most untenable situation now. Unless partner has a rock solid four diamond call, you will either see the opponents pushed into a four spade game making, or the score will be rolled back to 3 spades.
Stratford Festival Toronto NABC: Ruth's record was for the most consecutive scoreless innings in World Series play. It was Whitey Ford who broke it.\
Stratford Festival Toronto NABC: What can you do me?
Stratford Festival Toronto NABC: the Blue Jays are on the road the entire nationals :)
Joshua Donn's bidding problem: Q9743 K82 7 K874: Playing Helo in this situation, 2♥ shows heart raise with spades. Sounds right for this hand.