July 1st, 2009 ~ Chris Hasney ~ 3 Comments 
Ok, based on Mark’s “Vic” story I’m gonna spill the beans on my grand idea. I wanted to do it for profit, but it ain’t gonna happen. But it needs done. Here it is. Someone with some bucks please “git ‘er done!”
Bridge Productions
PO Box 2792
Sierra Vista, AZ 85636
chris@simplicitybridge.com
February 8, 2009
POKER PROductions
3395 S Jones BLVD #318
Las Vegas, NV 89146-6729
Gentlemen,
The bridge world lost another great player in January with the death of Grant Baze. Back in November I saw him at a tournament in Tucson and knew that he was very ill. Around that time I saw your Mayfair Club show on Poker After Dark. The lights went on.
Most of the early greats of bridge are dead. The generation which followed and knew them and knew their stories is dying. I decided that we need to do a video modeled after the PAD Mayfair show. Rather than doing it at a poker table, I decided that the best approach would be to have bridge greats tell stories during a running rubber bridge game in a hotel room during the Cavendish Invitational in Vegas this May. It is hosted and run by World Bridge Productions (not affiliated with me) and they seem to like the idea.
My problem is twofold.
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I have no funding for such a project
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I have no crew to shoot and edit it.
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
Chris Hasney
DBA Bridge Productions
My videos can be seen at www.youtube.com/7ntxx
cc: Bob Hamman, World Bridge Productions
June 29th, 2009 ~ Chris Hasney ~ 21 Comments
Just got my statement and discovered that my Simplicity Bridge ebooks are beginning to move. I guess the word is finally getting out. I’d forgotten about the lag time from publication to sales. Hope the new one Jerry Pottier and I are finishing will move faster. Fortunately for that one (“The Expert American Bidding System”) we already have a waiting list of folks who liked “The Advanced American Bidding System” and want it’s concluding sequel. The wierd thing is that most are not from the US. They are French, Canadian, Chinese, Serbian, Turkish, etc. I wonder why those outside of the US seem more interested in experimenting with new bidding ideas. Is it a matter of what their administrators allow in competition?
June 25th, 2009 ~ Chris Hasney ~ 4 Comments
This one’s been eating at me since Monday. I opened 1NT announced as 15-17 by pard. LHO Doubled. No alert. Pard thought for a sec, then redoubled. RHO bid 2C. I then asked what double meant. It was a transfer (Transfer Over No Trump TONT), which is what I suspected knowing the pair against which I was playing. I then called the Director, who chewed me out for calling him.
In after game discussion with the Director his rationale was that I was giving UI to pard by calling him. He said I should have kept quiet, continued the auction, played the hand, and then called to ask for remedies after the hand. He may be right, but that seems screwy, and I’m a certified director, albeit without experience.
Your comments would be appreciated.
June 23rd, 2009 ~ Chris Hasney ~ 4 Comments
Tied for first in today’s Club Championship. It’s amazing how often a game comes down to a single board, or even just doing a little better on a single board. Holding 6 hearts and 3 spades (and 4 other cards) the auction came 1C on my left, 1NT by pard, 2C on my right, 3H by me (announced as transfer by pard), 3C by LHO, 3S by pard, swish. Down 1 on a 3-3 spade fit. If my interpretation of how “systems on” worked when Responder bids over my pard’s intrusion had been right, we’d have been in 3H for a top. Dang!
June 22nd, 2009 ~ Chris Hasney ~ 2 Comments
Bobby,
If pard and I are playing Baby Blackwood and the auction 1S, P, 3NT is BW, should we announce or alert?
Chris
June 10th, 2009 ~ Chris Hasney ~ 23 Comments
I’m excited! I met with co-author and system designer Jerry Pottier today. He corrected my draft of Chapter 8 (Balancing) and approved Chapter 9 (Psychic Bids). He also gave me his notes on Chapter 7 (Doubles). So, by this time next week the entire book contents should be ready except for Chapter 10 (Examples) which we will compile from practice hands we play on BBO in the next couple of weeks.
Major system changes from Volume III “Advanced American” are: 4 card majors, 14-16 1NT in all but 3rd seat (10-12), TEAS (Tell Everything About Shape (and Size) response structure to 14-16 1NT, Transfer cancellation bids and continuations, Disciplined Weak 2H bid replaces Advanced Flannery, & Baby Blackwood 3NT and Informative Doubles are added.
Stay tuned!
June 2nd, 2009 ~ Chris Hasney ~ No Comments
This month’s edition has a lot of great stuff on our stats and the future of bridge, plus opinion by Bobby Wolff. http://www.contractbridgeforum.com/June/District17.htm
May 31st, 2009 ~ Chris Hasney ~ 22 Comments
Recently the ACBL has implemented mini games at NABCs. Mini Blue Ribbon, Mini LM Pairs, MinI Spingold… you get the idea. I contend that these events are harmful to our game, in that they weed out folks who would play in the unlimited events if these monstrosities didn’t exist. Your comments welcomed.
May 28th, 2009 ~ Chris Hasney ~ No Comments
http://www.contractbridgeforum.com/June/17p09.pdf
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May 26th, 2009 ~ Chris Hasney ~ 2 Comments
Two things came up at the club today. Although I got a bad result on one of them by misjudging card placement, that’s not the issue. The issue is the current rules on alerts.
Situation 1. Partner opened 1D. RHO doubled; no alert. With KQxxxx, Kxxx, xx, x I passed. RHO had two spades, four hearts, four diamonds and three clubs. In post mortem a look at the card did not have min offshape TO checked. They opined that they do this frequently, and what’ s the problem (I didn’t try for an adjustment, I just wanted to find out what was going on for future reference.) I later asked the director about this and he opined that it was not necessary to check the box even if this is normal for the partnership, provided that they also make TO doubles of 1D holding xxxx, xxxx, x, xxxx and 10+ HCP outside of diamonds. Please opine on this in light of current alert rules and active ethics. Please do same with next situation
2. LHO opens 15-17 1NT. My pard bids a natural 2S. RHO doubles. No announcement, no alert (not in red on the conv. card). They both later opine that yes, that was a neg for takeout showing four hearts. I have no problem with that, but since it’s not standard (I think), how’s a boy supposed to know? (And had I looked at their card and it wasn’t checked, then what?)
Thanks
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