Monthly Archives: April, 2015

How to Steal from Your Opponents by Mike Lawrence

This hand shows a bidding trick which is used by all experts. There is no reason that it should be kept a secret.

Competing Against weak 1NT

Over the years, there has been much discussion about which strategy to employ when intervening after your right-hand opponent opens a strong 1NT. Much less attention has been given...

Bridge & Humor: More Hideous Hog

Hideous Hog: Probability, playing rules, conventions and systems take the place of thinking. That is why they are so popular.

Frozen Suits

A frozen suit is one where whoever opens the suit will wish they hadn’t.

Counting the Hand by Oswald Jacoby

Here is a fairly simple example of counting the hand from Kelsey's "'Advanced Play at Bridge." Photo: Jacoby playing the 1939 Reisinger.

Not According to Hoyle by Robert B. Hutchinson

The verb "duck" when used in the intransitive sense, means to dip or dive, or to duck the head. Its use in bridge implies the avoidance or evasion of or the deliberate attempt to lose a trick. It is very similar to

The Vienna Coup

Declarer cashes a master card in a suit, thereby promoting an opponent's card to top rank. He then proceeds to execute a squeeze play and the opponent's apparent winner does not materialise.

Conventions: A Good Convention by Justin Lall

There is one convention that I play that hits a home run from that perspective, and surprisingly few people play it. Photo: Justin Lall and Eric Greco

Declarer Play Quiz by David Huggett

You are South as declarer playing teams or rubber bridge. In each case, what is your play strategy?

Bridge in ‘The Times’ from Yesteryear

However hopeless the prospect may seem, a good player does not relax his efforts.

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