Monthly Archives: August, 2016

Recently I watched on BBO an interesting board involving some very good Bulgarian players. South was Mr. Christo Drumev (BBO Drumev) – World Senior Pairs Champion 2002 in Montreal

All deceivers don't go around selling gold bricks. Some operate at the bridge table.

Success at bridge goes hand in hand with reading the cards. If you work out where the key missing honors lie and how you will get around the best defense and worst distribucion, you will do very well.

West led the ace of hearts and, when that held, shifted to the king of clubs. When East played the queen of clubs, West continued with the eight of clubs.

I asked my expert panel -- Let's assume that you're in control of your partnership preempting style. Assume favorable in first seat.

Fishing isn't the only sport whose enthusiasts are tempted to tell white lies about their accomplishments. Even bridge players stretch the truth occasionally,...

If you were vulnerable and dealt yourself the following hand in a game of rubber bridge

Here is a gem played by Bob Hamman at the 2008 Boston National Championships. After some fairly non-descript bidding, the many time World Champion landed in ...Photo: Bob Hamman By Peg Kaplan

We won’t always have such a ‘no lose’ option. Suppose we again reach 4 spades after this auction:

All bidding systems, no matter how complicated are subject to the same code of ethics. They must be a matter of public record, containing no secret bids that mean something to the partners but nothing to the opponent. Of course,...