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If George W. Bush played bridge? what system would he play?

Poll: what system would GW play (28 member(s) have cast votes)

what system would GW play

  1. kamikazee NT (5 votes [17.86%])

    Percentage of vote: 17.86%

  2. KS (1 votes [3.57%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.57%

  3. 2/1 (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  4. standard (1 votes [3.57%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.57%

  5. Moscito (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  6. Presciscion (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  7. ACOL (5 votes [17.86%])

    Percentage of vote: 17.86%

  8. 4 Card Majors (3 votes [10.71%])

    Percentage of vote: 10.71%

  9. other (13 votes [46.43%])

    Percentage of vote: 46.43%

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#1 User is offline   pigpenz 

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Posted 2006-April-11, 18:25

what do you think GW would play

I bet he would pre empt alot and ask questions later
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Posted 2006-April-11, 18:35

I think he would play puppet a lot, with his Father and his mates pulling the strings
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Posted 2006-April-11, 18:36

Whatever Dick Cheney told him to
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Posted 2006-April-11, 18:45

I really, really hate to say this, but he would play some form of EHAA - just like me ;)

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Posted 2006-April-11, 18:59

Acol - he does what he feels like until he feels like stopping, and is too aggressive at the wrong times.
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Posted 2006-April-11, 20:57

Goren
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Posted 2006-April-11, 21:23

Pinnochle, and claim it was Bridge.

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Posted 2006-April-12, 01:03

There are some rumors that Tony Blair enforced Acol as the system for their
partnership. G.W. agreed in principle, but 4c has to be always gerber. ;)
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Posted 2006-April-12, 02:02

I think he would just play golf. He wouldn't need to play bridge, his brother in Florida could always manipulate the tournament results so that GW became a world bridge champion.
The world would be such a happy place, if only everyone played Acol :) --- TramTicket
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Posted 2006-April-12, 04:12

He would play a home brewed 3½ card minor system with the following gadgets:

1. Gerber.
2. Reverse Gerber.
3. Flannery.
4. Reverse Flannery.
5. Capp.
6. Reverse Capp.
7. Fishbein.
8. Reverse Fishbein.
9. Reverse White House (he invented that one himself last night).
10. Air Force 1. *)
11. Middle from 2 small.

And he would refuse to play with anyone who doesn't play reverse White House. What is the White House convention you may ask. Here it is:

2♣ is a pre-empt in any suit at the 1-level. Then he reversed it to 1♣ as a pre-empt in any suit at the 2-level. The convention is only used at white colours, hence the name.

*) Air Force 1 requires that partner holds 4 aces. You open 7NT on

KQx
KQx
KQx
KQJx

The sublime thing about the convention is that responder bids NT at the appropriate level depending on how many aces he has.

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P.S. Oh, and I forgot Stay-man. It seems impossible to get rid of that man ;)
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Posted 2006-April-12, 04:31

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Whatever Dick Cheney told him to


It is a shame it never worked the other way, I am sure GB shouted duck just before he shot him.
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Posted 2006-April-12, 07:33

Cutthroat bridge
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Posted 2006-April-12, 16:50

he plays bubba bridge with clinton

"bill, you're out of hearts?"

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Posted 2006-April-12, 20:18

1♣ Strong, Artificial, Forcing
1♦ Strong, Artificial, Forcing
1♥ Strong, Artificial, Forcing
1♠ Strong, Artificial, Forcing
1NT Strong, Artificial, Forcing
etc. ;)
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Posted 2006-April-13, 11:27

I think GW would play a system called Bludgeon.
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Posted 2006-April-13, 12:30

I was just about to say Bludgeon too!!

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Posted 2015-May-06, 17:34

View Postpigpenz, on 2006-April-11, 18:25, said:

what do you think GW would play

I bet he would pre empt alot and ask questions later


He would probably play the Preemptive Strike system and it would work a lot better than the Obama System, which is "Wait until the opponents find their best spot and then sacrifice", and has never won an international match.
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Posted 2015-May-06, 20:23

Bid 7SX on the belief that his opponents are secretly stockpiling hearts. This is where the term slam dunk originated. Colin Powell will be brought in to explain why this is a good idea.
Ken
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Posted 2015-May-06, 22:21

This is quite a necro
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Posted 2015-May-07, 14:14

He would cut the requirements to bid or play at all for the top 1% of the players, and have the rest play a knockout round-robin of "War". When the finals roll around, he claims victory, while standing on the deck of an aircraft carrier, dressed as a member of the 1960 Blue Team.

Nice system.
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