Monthly Archives: July, 2014

An Old Adage by Liz McGowan

THERE is an old adage: ‘eight ever, nine never’. It refers to whether or not to finesse when you have ace-king-jack, missing the queen....

Intermediate: Bridge Tips II

You are playing the 2/1 game force system and you have the following hand when partner opens 1espade...

Conventions: Combined Bergen raises

The Purpose of combined Bergen raises is...

Bridge Road Warriors 2014 #42

The purpose of practice is to obtain unconscious competence - the ability to know what you are doing without thinking about it.

Goulash Bridge Tips

To deal unshuffled cards in packets. One variation involves dealing one packet of 5 consecutive cards off the pack to the first player, a second packet of ...

An Example of Prestidigitation

The outcome ot many contracts frequently hinges on how the defenders cards are divided.

A Benito Garozzo’s Famous Hand

This deal occurred during the 1980 World Bridge Olympiad in the match between Italy and Ireland. With Lorenzo Lauria and Benito Garozzo North-South for Italy.

Conventions: GAR by Saverio Margiotta

It is part of AMBRA, Garozzo's system he created for Italian Junior Team (I was part of it) in the early 90's.

Convention: The 1345 Gadget

Suppose that you are playing a 15-17 1NT and Partner opens 1NT. You hold any one of the following hands:

Convention: Bergen Responses to Gambling 3NT

Depending on the location of the singleton and your hand, responder is usually interested in

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