Very few players, if any, have seated at the same bridge table as many times as Lauria-Versace and the Italian members of the Lavazza Bridge Team. Thus, we'll be commenting a match between very old friends.
It is an advantage to choose a suit with 8 or more cards as trump. However, trump play is not as easy as many think. There are rules that should be known and applied very carefully.
The last set of the quarterfinal match between Lavazza and Vytas began with a lead of 122-76 for Lavazza. In the first three boards Bocchi-Bianchedi bet on the slam and the whole situation reminded me of...
