Results 4/29
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008Results 4/29 in Vineyard Haven. 4.5 tables in play. 1. Michel Riel and David Donald, 2. Berkeley Johnson and Bob Iadicicco, 3. Larry Harrison and Dottie Arnold.
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Archive for April, 2008
Results 4/29 in Vineyard Haven. 4.5 tables in play. 1. Michel Riel and David Donald, 2. Berkeley Johnson and Bob Iadicicco, 3. Larry Harrison and Dottie Arnold.
Freak hands 4/24
Saturday, April 26th, 2008Vineyard Bridge 4/24 – freak hands ♠♥♦♣ These are the hands that try men’s souls — and make duplicate really fun! Board 20 had everyone talking after Bill Blakesley’s game on 4/24. As West, you deal and pick up ♠T8 ♥QJ9873 ♦J4 ♣A96. You’re vulnerable. Do you pass or hazard ...
Bad Bids - Vineyard Bridge 4/22
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008The way to win at duplicate bridge is to make bad bids . . . and then find a way to make the contracts. Here are two hands from Tuesday 4/22 in Vineyard Haven. In both of them, the Cabots made bids that put them in deep doodoo, but ...
Vineyard Bridge 4/17
Monday, April 21st, 2008Dan on Vineyard Bridge 4/17/08 Three ways to bid this slam (and why you should) You are sitting North, holding ♠KJ962 ♥9432 ♦--- ♣AKJT. Your partner deals and opens 1♠. The next player passes. What do you bid? You are pretty sure that your partner can make 4♠, and perhaps you should just ...
Dan Cabot is a contributing editor at The Times.
