Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson The declarer play left something to be desired in this hand that was played at a club duplicate game. North’s opening bid of 2 diamonds was the Flannery Convention showing 4 spades and 5 hearts with 11 to 15 high card points. It was originally conceived to
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Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson One of the fascinating things about duplicate bridge is the opportunity it provides to discover new things all the time and hopefully benefit from them when the situations warrant. Largely due to the relatively recent impact of computers and the Internet it is now easy to access
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Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson Herself and I learned a valuable lesson from this hand which we played against Lew and Trudy Crippen at the Lake Chapala Duplicate Bridge Club in Riberas. Sitting South Lew dealt and opened a 15 to 17 high card point 1 No Trump. Holding a hand of
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Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson The Annual Valentine’s Ajijic Tournament came and went with a lower attendance than usual over previous years. This was due, at least in part, to the price per session of $12 US (or 230 pesos) per person, which for Canadian participants is expensive due to our weak
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Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson Active or passive? That is the question players must frequently ask themselves when planning to defend a bridge deal. Sometimes it is necessary to take risks to garner the optimum number of tricks for your side, while on other occasions it is best to play safely and
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Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson The Puerto Vallarta Regional Bridge Tournament in November produced more than its share of interesting, not to mention difficult, hands that often left declarers scratching their heads in an attempt to find the best line of play. Many pairs who were in game contracts in the illustrated
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