The Summer Nationals were held in New Orleans this year. I went in early to attend the American Bridge Teacher’s Association annual convention. While attending lectures and seminars during the day and afternoon, I also attempted to play in the Grand National Team Event at night. The convention went very well. I was able to [...]
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16 Jul 10
Gambling 3NT
I have been so busy, that I have fallen behind on my blogging. I have been enjoying the new website Bridge Winners by Gavin Wolpert among others. Here was an interesting hand from the recent July 4th Sectional in Atlanta. In some respects bridge can be like golf. In golf, sometimes you need just the [...]
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14 Apr 10
Gatlinburg
Gatlinburg is a small town at the foothills of the Smokey Mountains. To bridge players, however, it is the place to be in the Spring. Last year, over 3800 players came and won over 62,000 master points. It is by far the largest non-national tournament every year.
19 Mar 10
Hand from this week’s Duplicate game
Wednesday night I played at the local duplicate game. Midway though the session I picked up QJT2 J43 AK AT95 The auction went: Part RHO Me 1 1 ?
17 Feb 10
Hilton Head Redux
With all the excitement of the 7 hand played in 1 I forgot to post one other exciting hand. I picked up A8743 —75 AKJ1063
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