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The auction was simple enough. North’s three-heart bid was invitational and Hard Luck Louie was happy to accept. Louie covered the opening club lead with dummy’s king, losing to East’s ace. East shifted to the queen of spades, covered by the king, and won with West’s ace. A spade to East’s 10 gave the defence…
Today’s deal was played some years ago in Marbella, Spain. South was Sydney Mathews, an American who had lived in Marbella for many years. Mathews was 100 years old at the time this deal was played, starting his second century of life. The deal was played in a pairs competition where overtricks are very important….
The new bridge coming up across the Cauvery between Nerur in Karur district and Unniyur in Tiruchi district. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The new bridge coming up across the Cauvery between Nerur in Karur district and Unniyur in Tiruchi district. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The construction of a new bridge across the Cauvery…
Today’s deal is from the club’s most recent Saturday night duplicate. When Hard Luck Louie declared this deal, he rose with dummy’s queen on the opening spade lead, winning the trick as East followed with the jack. Louie led a club to his ace and ran the jack of diamonds, winning the trick. He cashed…
Today’s deal is from a major championship some years ago. South was American expert Fred Hamilton. North’s raise was limited by his failure to bid three hearts, which would have shown a raise with at least invitational values. The actual three-spade bid was a weaker raise. East won the opening diamond lead with the ace…
Today’s deal was played just a few days ago, as we write this, at the National Championships in Louisville, Kentucky. North-South were in hot pursuit of a victory in a National Pair event when they had a mix-up about their bidding agreements. North intended his two-diamond bid to be natural and that he was placing…
