Gianarrigo Rona, the president of World Bridge Federation delivers a speech on the contract signing ceremony of Sanya hosting 2014 World Bridge Series Championships in Beijing.
Braunstein waited for a few seconds and coughed warningly at dummy and declarer, two Catholic priests who often played as partners in those years. When his cough and stern stare had no effect, Braunstein spoke:
In a matchpoint game where you play 26 deals, each hand is worth 1/26 or 3.846 %. That means that if you have a zero on the first board you still have 96.154% of your game left.
