Bridge Winners Profile for Geeske Joel
Basic Information
- Member Since
- June 23, 2010
- Last Seen
- Dec. 4
- Member Type
- Bridge Player
- about me
Ex-soccer player, Leonberger-lover, happily married to a computer geek, living in Palo Alto, CA; unemployed PhD. in Biology, who is probably way too ambitious in her Bridge playing goals.
Bridge Information
- Favorite Bridge Memory
- Team mate kissing me on my head because I underlead my AKxxxx to get a ruff and set 6S
- Bridge Accomplishments
- 4th in Roth Swiss, 1st W's Swiss, 1st W's BAM; 2nd W's BAM three times, 2nd in Wagar K.O. 5th Place Venice Cup and McConnell Cup, several top ten in NABC open events
- Regular Bridge Partners
- Will Watson
- Member of Bridge Club(s)
- Palo Alto 503
- Favorite Tournaments
- I love Toronto! Most Nationals, Monterey Regional
- Favorite Conventions
- 2NT - 3S; 3NT now responders describes a slamish hand with minors
- BBO Username
- Yoshka
- ACBL Ranking
- Diamond Life Master
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- 2/1: Fast Arrival in NT?
- This is our agreement, but not sure it would be considered "expert standard": "Second-round jump to 3N by opener shows 17+- 19- HCP (too good to open 1N, not enough to open 2N) with a doubleton in responder’s suit and stoppers in BOTH unbid suits. "
- Interesting Play Problem from Victor Champion Cup
- Hi Kevin, not just a fun hand, but also very well presented. Thank you for the time you put into it.
- Geeske Joel's bidding problem: Q3 KJ7 K542 AJ94
- Invitational+
- What is this double?
- I think we play this as a thrump dbl to me, showing extra values and looking for a stopper. I would assume denying 4 spades.
- RIP John Sutherlin
- I will miss my buddy John, he always gave me a big smile when we saw each other at nationals, I gave him a big hug. One of the very good guys in the bridge world!
- PhD Funding for the Sociology of Bridge
- one can always have more than one Ph.D ;-)
- Calibration
- I am not sure everybody would play 4C as a picture jump here. We play 1M -2m; 2y - 4m as RKC. So do not assume that partner is balanced with no club length unless discussed.
- Ankur Rathi's bidding problem: Q96 865 AK75 874
- We play 2NT natural invite, my choice on this hand.
- Bidding after a preempt
- We play it minors or a weaker heart raise when pulling a minor to 5H
- Interference after a transfer
- If they bid 2♠ (or cue 2♥ and advance 2♠) now responder’s bids: 1. Double = Cards, 2-3 trumps, then follow-ups by resp. are forcing 2. 2N = Weak T/O 3. 3m = Natural, competitive through invitational 4. 3ourM = to play 4. Cuebid = GF unsuitable for double 5. 4m = Natural
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