There are some who have to train themselves to remember, and then there is Rixi Markus, one of the world's great bridge players, who has to train—herself to forget.
The expression "counting the hand" represents bridge thought at its best. It also is fairly easy if you get in the habit of starting your count early and ...
False-carding may very well be compared with fire. If handled properly, it will prove a very valuable servant to the Bridge player, but if not respected, it will turn around and bring disaster.
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
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.
