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I just got back to the States from the Canadian Nationals (also known as the Toronto Regional).   My partner and I had a great time, and a b...

The Myers team, accepting the Knockout trophy from new ACBL President Richard DeMartino The main event at the Bermuda Regional is the four...

I just returned from the fabulous Bermuda Regional . It was a successful week - my team won two of the three main events - but more importa...

You hold: AK72 opposite QT83 in trumps, and you need to hold it to no losers. How do you play it? That's a relatively simple o...

Everyone's vulnerable at matchpoints. Here's the situation: What's partner's hand / handtype? What do you do? In the wor...

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! The San Diego Fall NABC starts today. I'll try to post some interesting hands and goings-on from the tourn...

Last week I was lucky enough to be able to attend the grand opening at the Boca Grande Duplicate Bridge Club in Boca Grande, FL. An impress...

The other day, my partner and I found the only sequence of cards to defeat the opponents' game: I was fooling around a little bit in ...

The other day, my partner held x AQxxx KJx KQxx and opened the bidding 1H. My RHO passed, I bid 1NT, and my LHO bid 2S, which was pas...

See Friday's post for a quick brush-up on the Losing Trick Count. The LTC is certainly not infallible, especially in its simplest form ...

The Losing Trick Count (LTC) is an old, old method of evaluating your hand. It was first published in 1935 under the miserably long title of...

At all white at teams, you hold AKQT862 5 AQT8 5 and RHO opens 2S! What's your bid? If you pass, everyone else does too. What's you...

England's Michelle Brunner, in the 2007 Venice Cup (Womens' World Team Championship) found a very clever defense to defeat a grand s...

Last week I played the Fort Lauderdale Regional with Robert Todd . One afternoon, he showed me his latest article for the Sunshine Bridge Ne...

...but not where I can see it, of course. England's SkyTV has put together a celebrity bridge competition for their SkyArts channel. You...

The Southeastern Regional is over. We had a fabulous time in Fort Lauderdale, making new friends and playing some good bridge. I have a few...

Board 11 Dlr: S Vul: None QJ8652 A8 AK3 AT 3 9762 65 K87543 K9 Q3 QJ987 QJ92 AT74 KJT54 T42 6 We were N-S and bid th...