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Congrats to the Diamond team! And Fred Ghitelman

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Posted 2010-October-13, 19:26

Great job winning the Rosenblum!

 wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.


 rbforster, on 2012-May-20, 21:04, said:

Besides playing for fun, most people also like to play bridge to win


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Posted 2010-October-13, 19:27

Yup that made for fantastic viewing! Congrats!
Still decidedly intermediate - don't take my guesses as authoritative.

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Posted 2010-October-13, 19:39

Fred, you've finally made it! Congratulation to you and your whole team.

Well deserved world champion!
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Posted 2010-October-13, 20:11

Diamond was really dominant. The 30 'middle boards' yesterday against ZImmerman where they gave up a total of about 11 IMPs sticks out in my mind.

WD Fred and Brad!
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Posted 2010-October-13, 20:12

Congratulations Fred and to your diamond team members! This year 2010 is yours!
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Posted 2010-October-13, 23:01

It was tremendous to watch. Very well done!
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Posted 2010-October-13, 23:57

Hanoi5, on Oct 13 2010, 08:26 PM, said:

Great job winning the Rosenblum!

I THOUGHT GAME BIDDING WINS BUT


LAST 32 MAKES ME GUESS...GUESS..SLAM BIDDING WINS??
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Posted 2010-October-14, 01:27

Congrats Fred and the rest of your team as well! Well done!
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Posted 2010-October-14, 02:15

Congratulations To Diamond Team .Special cheers for Fred .Good guys finish first!
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Posted 2010-October-14, 02:15

Congrats!
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Posted 2010-October-14, 03:15

Congrats.

How did Brad make 7H on Board 20 ? Someone revoked ?
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Posted 2010-October-14, 03:20

Fantastic! Well done Fred, Brad and teammates!
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Posted 2010-October-14, 03:43

bidule4, on Oct 14 2010, 04:15 AM, said:

Congrats.

How did Brad make 7H on Board 20 ? Someone revoked ?

Standard double squeeze. Opening heart lead picked up the Q, cash 4 hearts, 2 diamonds and ruff one, a spade and 2 clubs leaving:


Now on the 7♥ a diamond can't be thrown or the 4 is good so a spade is thrown, a diamond is thrown from dummy and RHO is squeezed in the blacks.
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Posted 2010-October-14, 04:20

Congrats Fred!
and the result can be plotted on a graph.
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Posted 2010-October-14, 05:04

bidule4, on Oct 14 2010, 04:15 AM, said:

Congrats. How did Brad make 7H on Board 20 ? Someone revoked ?

Cyberyeti, on Oct 14 2010, 04:43 AM, said:

Standard double squeeze. Opening heart lead picked up the Q, cash 4 hearts, 2 diamonds and ruff one, a spade and 2 clubs leaving:
Dealer: ?????
Vul: ????
Scoring: Unknown
♠ QJ
♥  
♦ Q
♣  
♠ 8
♥ 7
♦  
♣ 7
♠ A6
♥  
♦ 4
♣  
♠ 109
♥  
♦  
♣ J
Now on the 7♥ a diamond can't be thrown or the 4 is good so a spade is thrown, a diamond is thrown from dummy and RHO is squeezed in the blacks.

Congratulations Fred! and well played all! (your team could put the full deal on their Christmas cards)
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Posted 2010-October-14, 05:19

w00t!
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Posted 2010-October-14, 05:47

Fred is the most prominent example of a player who only got very very good after reading the forums for a while. :) Congratulations and thanks for giving hope to us all!
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Posted 2010-October-14, 06:16

gwnn, on Oct 14 2010, 11:47 AM, said:

Fred is the most prominent example of a player who only got very very good after reading the forums for a while. :) Congratulations and thanks for giving hope to us all!

Good job that is tongue in cheek :P

I too would like to add my congrats.
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Posted 2010-October-14, 06:45

gwnn, on Oct 14 2010, 06:47 AM, said:

Fred is the most prominent example of a player who only got very very good after reading the forums for a while. :) Congratulations and thanks for giving hope to us all!

I laughed.
Still decidedly intermediate - don't take my guesses as authoritative.

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Posted 2010-October-14, 08:16

Well Done !!
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