Poor Frank and Lucky Archie were at it again just the other night at the local bridge club. The winner would be determined by the result of the following exciting hand:
Finally the favourites prevailed and the Gold medal went to: Pierre Zimmermann, Franck Multon, Geir Helgemo, Tor Helness, Krzysztof Martens, and Dominik Filipowicz.
Very few players, if any, have seated at the same bridge table as many times as Lauria-Versace and the Italian members of the Lavazza Bridge Team. Thus, we'll be commenting a match between very old friends.
It is an advantage to choose a suit with 8 or more cards as trump. However, trump play is not as easy as many think. There are rules that should be known and applied very carefully.