Yearly Archives: 2016

Int. Level: Declarer regularly establishes tricks in long suits to make their contract. Once they've done this, they often need an entry to reach their winners. To make things difficult for declarer...

Some common phrases I often hear are “How could I have bid ? I only had four points !” or “How could we bid that game/slam? We only had 22 points between our hands”

Eight teams will begin battle today for four championships, and three countries have chances to emerge with two world titles.

A Fata Morgana (Italian: [ˈfaːta morˈɡaːna]) is an unusual and complex form of superior mirage that is seen in a narrow band right above the horizon.

You may have heard about those poor fellows who sleep at night on the Embankment, exposed to the cold winter winds. Their plight is...

The moral: don't think you're the only one in the world that can do weird things at the bridge table.

Watch this video in which Janice tells us how to win a hand...counting ....

You clearly remember this board you watched in your favorite club last weekend. All three players at the table were the most competent Hogs in the club, the fourth was a newcomer with unknown skill from a distant country. You were in the South-West position seeing this:

On defense, cash all your winners in the side suits before you try for a trump promotion; otherwise, declarer may prevail with a loser-on-loser play.

If you as South, would consider passing after your partner has raised to two spades, you really need to revise your methods of evaluating your hand.