Overcalls — Part 1
ACBL’s Commonly Used Conventions series.
Author: ACBL Staff
Masters of Six-Handed Bridge
Sextet bridge
New Minor Forcing
ACBL’s Commonly Used Conventions series.
This is a holdup!
From Pat’s Play and Learn Bulletin series
Negative Double
ACBL’s Commonly Used Conventions series.
UC Schools Claim Collegiate Crowns
The University of California at Berkeley soundly defeated the Georgia Tech Gold team by a score of 78–37 to win the Collegiate Bridge Bowl. The inaugural running of the Collegiate Individual was won by Andrew Rowberg from the University of California at Santa Barbara. Berkeley edged out Columbia by 6 IMPs in the semifinal to
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Liu takes Mini-Spin 2500 title
The squad captained by Jim Liu of Saratoga CA won the final of the 0-2500 Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams. The Liu team defeated Liu Xiang’s squad 172-82. Playing with Liu were Taso-Tung (Kevin) Tsai of Cupertino CA, Xuhua Lin of Edison NJ and Leon Yu of Syosset NY. Tsai was a member of the winning team
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Weeks wins Mini-Spin 0-6000 KO
The all-California team led by James Weeks won the 0-6000 Mini-Spingold KO Teams, defeating Brad Vander Zanden’s team 157-49 in three quarters of play. Weeks of Palm Desert CA played with Neil Stern of Indio CA, and J.J. Johnsen and Dorn Bishop of San Diego. Vander Zanden played with David Shepler (both of Knoxville TN),
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Kelleys win Red Ribbon Pairs
The Chicago-area duo of Michael Kelley and Martina Kelley won the the Bean Red Ribbon Pairs with two solid performances in the final and a healthy carryover from the qualifying round. The Kelleys, who finished second in Friday’s opening round, scored 56.54% and 56.86% in the first and second final sessions, finished with a total
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Junior Jet Set
Junior players from all over the world converge on the Wujiang District, China, next month for the World Youth Team Championships. Eight teams from the U.S. and Canada join the fray to compete for four trophies: Patino Cup for Juniors under 26; the Damiani Cup for Juniors under 21, the Koc University Cup for Youth
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The Atlanta NABC Leaderboard
Daily leaders from Atlanta.
Big Night Propels Doub to BAM Victory
In 2010, after Doug Doub and Yiji Starr won the four-session Goldman Cup Pairs at the New York Regional, they agreed they had to play together again. It’s taken eight years to make good on that commitment and make good, they did – sneaking by the May Sakr squad to win the Freeman Mixed Board-a-Match
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Pacareu, Ventin win Wernher Open
Boosted by a huge score in the second final session, Joaquin Pacareu of Santiago, Chile, and Juan Carlos Ventin of Barcelona, Spain, won the Wernher Open Pairs. Pacareu and Ventin stood third after Wednesday’s qualifying round and scored 55.58% in the first final. In the evening session, however, they scored 68.88% to rocket into the
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