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For this week’s hand, see Figure 1. South opened 2NT showing a balanced 20-22 HCP and North had an easy raise to 3NT. West led the Jack of hearts to declarer’s queen. Declarer counted seven tricks on top: three hearts, two diamonds and two clubs. The...

Today’s hand pitted a top-class defender in the East seat against an expert declarer in the South seat, and that is always fun to watch. See the hand in Figure 1 and the bidding in Figure 2. West led the Queen of hearts against four spades. East over...

This deal came up in a team game. East opened 1 diamond , South made a pre-emptive bid of 3 spades, showing a long suit and a non-opening hand, and North had an easy raise to 4 spades. The lead was the same at both tables, the 3 of diamonds. Both dec...

Perhaps my favourite bridge player in the world, and also one of my favourite people in the world, is the great Bob Hamman from Dallas, Texas. Bob has become a great friend over the years and he comes to mind as I saw in the press that he had withdra...

The game of bridge consists of three main parts – bidding, declarer play and defence. As I’ve written before, at the top strata of the game the most important of these by a mile is the bidding – expert players rarely make defensive errors and even mo...

As most of you will know, with the sharp increase in local Covid-19 cases, all Bermuda Bridge Club games are back as online only until further notice, and the Club is looking for members to support the games and provide some revenue to keep things ti...

This week’s hand was faced by an experienced declarer who did what experienced declarers do – he reached back in his play box and recognised the best way to play the hand (see Figure 1). After North opened a club North-South found their heart fit and...

I just saw the disappointing news that the 2022 Bermuda Bridge Regional has been cancelled due to the uncertainties surrounding Covid-19. With people having to plan well in advance for a trip like this the decisions makes sense, but it will again lea...

This week’s hand is one of those teams/pairs declarer play conundrums so I will treat those two situations separately (see Figure 1). You are in a team game with the South hand – you open 1 heart, partner raises to 2 hearts and with your 21 points yo...

Traffic over a St George’s bridge will be reduced to a single lane at the weekend for maintenance work. The work at Longbird Bridge will be carried out by Government workers on Sunday between 7.30am and 6pm. A notice in the Official Gazette said: “Th...

If there is one thing I will do by way of this column is to make you think and plan before you play to trick one as declarer. Seeing the solution in the post mortem, or worse still having your partner point it out to you, is not what you want, so try...

Hold-up plays in bridge, particularly in no-trump contracts, are commonplace, and in the hand below declarer showed not only how to make a hold-up play but also how to get the timing right (see Figure 1). The bidding was over quickly – South opened 2...