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Articles: Blog (archive)

Monday, 2-25-2008
It's been an exciting start to the year for me.  I've been playing at the regionals around the South and enjoying a lot of success.  If you haven't been before, all 4 of the recent regionals I attended were great:
Orlando Regional
Biloxi Regional
Hilton Head Regional
Sarasota Regional

The Sarastota regional was my best regional ever - with over 106 MP.  I enjoyed the event and was excited to have so much success. 

In the coming months I'm also excited about several events (both big and small.) 
Jacksonville Sectional
NABC in Detroit
Easterbridge Festive in Finland (looking forward to playing with all the Fins again!)
Atlanta Super Sectoional - my favoirte place to play bridge!
Mobile, AL Regional
Gatlinburg Regional - "The Fourth National!"

I'll report back about all these events when I return (or from the road...)
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Articles: Polls (archive)
 KQJ10x
AKQxxx
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The auction goes
1 - 1
2 - 2*
3 - 3
4 - 4N
5 - ??
What's your call?

2 was 4th suit forcing to Game
5 was 3/0 keycards

email: robert@notrump.org
Articles: Hands (archive)
Bridge Feature - Mar2008/Apr2008 (click here)
This is a hand I played at a recent Sectional that gave me an interesting play problem!
A summary of this hand was given as "Play Well, Play Hard" in March/April2008 issue of Sunshine Bridge News (The ACBL District 9 Bulletin) in the Unit 219 section.


Articles: Other
My Year in Finland  (August 2005- August 2006)
This is the story of my year in Finland.  What I learned about bridge: both at the table and away from it!

48th Procom Software SA European Bridge Championships - Warsaw, Poland 

Picture Credits to Robert S. Todd
Warsaw, Poland - The site of the 48th Procom Software SA 2006 European Bridge Championships (EBC.)  This event determines the European representatives for the 2007 World Bridge Championships in Shanghi, China.  (An article about an exciting hand I watched played while at the EBC. )

2006 World Bridge Championships - Verona, Italy

Picture Credits to Robert S. Todd
Verona, Italy - The site of the 2006 World Bridge Championships (formerly known as the World Pair Olympiad) included the World Open Pairs, Rosenblum Cup, McConnell Trophy, and much more... 

2005 World Bridge Championships - Estoril, Portugal

Picture Credits to Robert S. Todd
Estoril, Portugal - The site of the 2005 World Bridge Championships which included the Bermuda Bowl, Venice Cup, Senior Bowl, and Transnational Teams!
My Articles from 2005 World Bridge Championships

Charlie's Legacy (written for the Bridge World in 2005 and republished in the Sunshine Bridge News in Mar/Apr2006.)
This article about Charlie Wilson, by Dennis Affholter, captures many wonderful things about both the game of bridge and an old friend!