Bart Bramley won the first of his 17 NABC+ events in 1980, with a win in the Men’s BAM (as it was known then). He has also had strong results in World Championships, including a win in the Senior Teams in 2007 and second in the Par Contest in 1998. Bart was elected to the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2019.
His partners over the years have included Lou Bluhm, Hugh Ross, Sidney Lazard, Lew Stansby, Bob Hamman and Kit Woolsey. Bart has written for The Bridge World magazine for decades; he has been a director of the Master Solvers Club for 20 years and writes tournament reports on major events about once a year.
I’ve included the video here, or you can watch it on YouTube. You can also listen wherever you get your podcasts.
Some of the highlights:
Some of Bart’s foundational books (3:15)
Bart loves to play all the boards (11:55)
“It’s hard to remember what you don’t see!” (16:40)
“The amount of system you play should be proportional to the length of your partnership” (18:45)
How Bart fills out a convention card (19:30)
Toughness is what differentiates the top players (21:00)
Will to win (29:00)
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