Bridge & Humor: My worst trump fit ever

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Source: Poor Bridge of the Week My worst trump fit ever By Claes de Graaff  On a cold February evening, my regular partner Kees and I were...

Develop your bidding judgement By Brian Senior

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         WHEN partner opens the bidding and you are looking at 17HCP, it is natural to consider the possibility of a slam. Yet slam will...

The “Rule of Ten” By Andrew Robson

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Source: www.andrewrobson.co.uk          The Ten gets a raw deal in bridge - counting for no points yet worth many a trick. However one...

Avoidance Play

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Source: Wikipedia In contract bridge, avoidance play is a play technique whereby declarer prevents a particular defender from winning the trick, so as to eschew a dangerous lead...

Texas Transfer

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Source: Wikipedia Texas transfer, or simply Texas, is a bidding convention in contract bridge. Originated independently by David Carter of St. Louis and Olle Willner of Sweden, and used in...

Principle of Restricted Choice

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Source: Wikipedia In contract bridge, the principle of restricted choice states that play of a particular card decreases the probability its player holds any equivalent card. For example,...

The Plan XLII by Tim bourke

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Dealer North E/W Vul A Q 3 2 --- A 8 7 4 Q J 9 7 5 --- Q J 10 5 4 10 6 3 2 A 8 6 3 K...

Best hand of the 2013 USA Trials? by Michael Rosenberg

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by Michael Rosenberg June 12, 2013    Michael Rosenberg This was board 27 of the second day of the USA 1 Final (board 87 of the...

Andrew Kambites shows how counting improves your bridge

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Do you ever bid quite reasonably to a contract that turns out to be totally revolting?. In the first hand you arrive in 3NT...

Goren Bridge

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St. Petersburg Times – 18 Oct 1951 Both vulnerable. North deals Opening lead: four of spades. There has been observed a tendency on the part of less experienced players...
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