Bridge Winners Profile for David Loeb
Basic Information
- Member Since
- July 1, 2012
- Last Seen
- July 15
- Member Type
- Bridge Player
- about me
Analyst for TheCommonGame on Mondays. Proud father of the ACBL's 2013 Rookie of the Year, Kathleen Loeb.
- Country
- United States of America
Bridge Information
- Favorite Bridge Memory
- Winning a Regional 4,700-10,000 Bracketed Swiss with my wife, daughter, and Allison Howard in my daughter's 10th week of playing bridge. She jumped from 10 to 18 masterpoints.
- Bridge Accomplishments
- Several overalls in NABC events, many regional and sectional wins.
- Regular Bridge Partners
- Maureen Loeb, Kathleen Loeb, Susi Ross, Robert Dennard
- Member of Bridge Club(s)
- De Land Bridge Club; North Orlando Bridge Center
- Favorite Tournaments
- Open Pairs
- Favorite Conventions
- Gazzilli, Transfers, Fit showing bids, Schuler Shift, Nebulous 2 Clubs
- BBO Username
- dloeb
- ACBL Ranking
- Silver Life Master
| Maureen & David Loeb 2/1 GF, 1M-2R-2NT=6+M, 1!d-3!c=NAT INV, Xfers / NAT 1!c if allowed |
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| Susi Ross & David Loeb 2 over 1 GF, 1M-2x-2M = 6+M, 1M-2x-2NT=catchall |
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| Dennard-Loeb 2/1 GF 2/1 GF (or to 4m), Sound 1st & 2nd seats, 1M-2x-2NT = catch-all |
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- FP again
- South may have a penalty double of hearts and little defense against spades. There are plenty of layouts where 4♠ makes and North-South have no making contract above 4♠. No way this is a forcing pass situation.
- Board 2 from the 06/18/2018 Common Game
- At favorable vulnerability, a 3C preempt with a good 6-card suit has plenty of upside. See Robson's book "Partnership Bidding at Bridge" for a great discussion on aggressive preempts. Andrew Gumperz has great articles on the same theme on Bridge Winners. Here, East's play strength in spades or ...
- Board 6 from the 06/18/2018 Common Game
- Thanks Douglas. Lynn writes commentary for most club players. My commentary is for advanced and expert players. Serious (or non-serious) 3NT is an important convention for any advanced 2/1 GF player. If North goes directly to 4NT North will know about South's extra heart length and South will ...
- Steve Weinstein's bidding problem: T8xx x K9xx KQxx
- That's great if that's the partnership's agreement. If a 2NT inv+ 4+ card raise is available, it should be in the OP.
- For Those Who Play Good/Bad 2NT
- Another exception is if a cue bid isn't available and you need 2NT as a cue bid. (1♠)-2♥-(2♠)-2NT = inv+ heart raise.
- Signaling difficulty
- Against a high level contract, it is common to lead the King for count and Ace for attitude.
- Gazzilli advice?
- There are a lot of issues finding a heart fit opposite a strong hand with that variant
- Gazzilli advice?
- I commented below that I play 2NT shows a weak 3 suiter that is short in spades.
- Gazzilli advice?
- Playing standard with Gazzilli, there is a lot of guessing after 1M-1NT-2x (lower than M). If a partnership can handle the complexity, it is a great convention. If not, enjoy guessing how to proceed on auctions that are easy for Gazzilli and strong club partnerships.
- Gazzilli advice?
- I play 2NT as a weak response with 3 suits short in spades.
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