Bridge Winners Profile for Buddy Hanby
Basic Information
- Member Since
- Nov. 25, 2010
- Last Seen
- 3 hours ago
- Member Type
- Bridge Player
- about me
I live just north of Houston. I practice law for a living (or used to, not so much anymore). I have been married to Sally Wheeler for (well, a long time). We have two (allegedly) adult offspring and two cats. We enjoy bridge, hiking, and various board games. I am a registered nerd who enjoys such strange things as Shakespeare and Beethoven.
- Country
- United States of America
Bridge Information
- Favorite Bridge Memory
- In a Spingold match against Kaplan-Kay, dummy held KTx of spades. My partner discarded the J from AJx. Kay led a spade toward dummy, announced the he wasn't born yesterday, and played the king. Everyone laughed. (We lost by a large margin).
- Bridge Accomplishments
- Many top 10s in NABCs.
- Regular Bridge Partners
- Sally Wheeler; Cindy Bernstein
- Favorite Tournaments
- 2006 Fall Nationals in Hawaii; Sally and I were celebrating our 30th. We didn't play a card!
- Favorite Conventions
- 12-14 NT. Oh, that's a "treatment." If it must be a "convention," splinters.
- BBO Username
- Buddy101
- ACBL Ranking
- Emerald Life Master
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- What went wrong here?
- A system that leaves you with no means of showing a 4-card spade suit in an uncontested auction has problems.
- Eric Leong's bidding problem: J62 AQ6 J AJT762
- I think partner has 7 spades to the AKQ and nothing else. With a side card in addition, he would have bid 3♠ instead of 4. But, if partner is Eric, there's no telling what he might have-:).
- Noah Weiss's bidding problem: AQJ7643 T3 T KT4
- The OP doesn't say anything about fit non-jumps, and I would not play them without a long discussion of when they apply. However, let's give partner Kxx, xx, xxx,AQJxx. Opponents have 9 hearts, yet no one has shown them. Opponents have 9 diamonds, yet LHO bid only ...
- Is this hand an acceptable one-level opening bid in modern bridge?
- If you opened this hand 1♠ and partner bid 3♠ (limit raise), would you raise to 4♠? Very likely, you should raise. There's no way to tell for sure, but many sub-minimums make game very good: xxxx, xx, AKx, xxxx. Yet, certain committees at the ACBL ...
- Wolff signoff and !D slam try
- No, 3♣ is a relay, but strong actions after the relay, such as 4♦, confirm real clubs. Other approaches may miss slam in a 4-4 club fit.
- Noah Weiss's bidding problem: AQJ7643 T3 T KT4
- What hand do you suggest? Perhaps, the opponent's bidding is bizarre, but I'm having a hard time coming up with a hand for partner that fits well with this auction.
- Eli Jolley's bidding problem: AKJT82 AT987 T J
- In addition, if you cue bid you'll end up in hearts anytime partner's majors are equal: xx, xx; Qx, Qx; and xxx, xxx. In every such case you would rather be in spades. If the majors were reversed, I would be much closer to cue bidding because you ...
- Eli Jolley's bidding problem: AKJT82 AT987 T J
- I agree with Peg.
- Noah Weiss's bidding problem: AQJ7643 T3 T KT4
- 4♠ seems very optimistic. Where are the ♥s? Why are opponents not bidding ♦s more vigorously? x, xxxx, xx, AQxxxx seems to be about the expected hand for partner, but a void in ♠s would not be surprising. Maybe the majority expect partner to open 3♣ with this ...
- Wolff signoff and !D slam try
- To me, the first sequence shows 5M, 1in the OM, 3♦, and 4♣. Assuming that an inverted minor denies a 4-card M, the second sequence shows 4M and 5+♦.
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