Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson As has been stated many times before, defence is the most difficult part of bridge. Defenders must be constantly on their toes by paying attention to the bidding as well as the first few tricks of play to aid in painting a picture of declarer’s holding The
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Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson Advancing players are always seeking fresh ways of improving their bridge knowledge. One of the newest and best sources is the Internet where countless bridge sites offer everything from every convention ever invented to real-time coverage of tournaments from around the world. Among the best of these
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Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson Bridge is a partnership game which means that we have to take 26 cards into consideration, not just the 13 in your own hand, especially when we are defending a contract. The illustrated deal provides a classic example where only one pair out of 15 East-Wests managed
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Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson Competitive bidding is often the most exciting part of duplicate bridge. As each partner attempts to describe his or her holding, it can be very difficult to know exactly where the final contract belongs. This month’s deal certainly falls into that category. North dealt and opened the
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Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson The bidding on this hand was short and sweet as North-South found their way to 3 no trump but declarer took his eye off the ball so to speak and failed to make a contract that was there for the taking. The deal was played at the
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Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson In order to become a consistently good bridge player it is very useful if one is a pragmatist. By this I mean the game cannot be learned and played by rote, one must constantly be prepared to alter strategies as conditions change at the table. The diagrammed hand
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Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson The bidding was short and sweet on this deal from a game played recently at the Lake Chapala Duplicate Bridge Club in Riberas. But, as is often the case, there was more to the play than was obvious at first glance. North dealt and holding 19 high
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Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson When we are in Canada during the summer, Herself and I often play at the Aurora Bridge Club in the town of the same name just north of Toronto. The diagrammed hand came our way there in a duplicate game. East passed in first seat and I
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Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson One of the great attractions of bridge is that no matter how much you play the game you are highly unlikely to ever see the same deal twice and there is always a new challenge to overcome. This intriguing hand was played in a match-point game at
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Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson Bridge defenders learn early in their careers that it is important not to give away tricks to declarers that they could not earn themselves. One of the most common errors is the notorious ruff/sluff where the lead of a side suit in which declarer is void in
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