Archivos mensuales: Enero, 2014

Bridge & Humor: Extra Tricks For Dummies by Eddie Kantar

Next time you and your bridge partner play two sharks, flatter their egos by suggesting that on every hand you get a little spot—like the ace of spades

A Grand Slam in No Trump lacking an ace by Charles Goren

To a bridge player there is one thing more frustrating than bidding a grand slam in no trump lacking an ace. That is to hold an ace against a no-trump grand slam and never win a trick with it.

Advanced Card Combinations II

You are anxious to win two tricks with this holding. The proper play is...Foto: Charles Goren

Bridge & Humor: Short Jokes

Joe: I hate my Partner...Sam: Why don’t you find another one?...

More Tricks by Helen Sobel

There's one type of defensive play constantly and indiscriminately employed by many players which really gets me down.

Bols Bridge Tip by Ana Valenti Part I

"Don't rush to draw trumps. On some hands you may be unable to draw them successfully; on others, even if you can draw them, you will be left with too few tricks".

Advanced Card Combinations

It is an elementary principle of card playing that the best results can be obtained by forcing an opps to play ahead of you.

Conventions: All about Checkback

Checkback, and it’s variations, is an incredibly useful convention. Nearly all top players play some variation of Checkback.

Bridge & Humor: Why did you have to Die?

A man was at a grave yard.

A Trick or Two by Helen Sobel

Here a few little tricks, there is nothing brand new or startling about them, but they are all sound, and correct plays which are overlooked by great many players.

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