Bridge Winners Profile for Ambrose Mackie
Basic Information
- Member Since
- Feb. 26, 2013
- Last Seen
- an hour ago
- Member Type
- Bridge Player
- Country
- United Kingdom
Bridge Information
- Favorite Conventions
- One way reverse Drury, Weak 2D, support doubles
- BBO Username
- broze
- ACBL Ranking
- None
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- Obviously Ridiculous Comments
- Alan: example?
- Obviously Ridiculous Comments
- I could not agree more about that particular joke format "a slow call means this" etc. It's extremely boring now.
- Help me out in this - am I mad?
- 1) Okay - semantics. 2) I am not necessarily suggesting having the conversation at the playing venue. Have it afterwards when you have time if you like. 3) All I am advocating is for you to take your best guess given partnership history/tendency etc and not make a call just ...
- Help me out in this - am I mad?
- I believe I suggested a conversation, not a lecture. Sorry, you are not going to convince me that jeopardising our result on a board to tell partner off is going to be +EV than sensibly discussing his bidding strategy afterwards. If you are willing to say all of this on ...
- Help me out in this - am I mad?
- I think the politest way to say that is to actually say it - politely. Communication trumps manipulation.
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- Tom, thanks that is what I would expect without discussion with most partners. But how do you show clubs?
- Help me out in this - am I mad?
- I agree that 5♣ is setting hearts. If it is the only bid to set hearts I think it need not show a shortage. The only scenario where it would make any sense for it to be natural is if responder is 6-6 in the blacks and the 3H ...
- Help me out in this - am I mad?
- Why not make your best guess and then have a discussion with your partner afterwards? You know you are on the same team right...
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- Hi Ian - yes I know that for many, 4♣ will be setting hearts. But it occurs to me that one of 4♣ or 5♣ over 3♥, or 4♣ over 2♦ needs to be natural. (Assuming of course that 3♣ was completely artificial). Many ...
- Help me out in this - am I mad?
- Are you implying that 4♣ would not be natural in the OP auction?
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