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Conventions like Stayman or ACOL become familiar to most bridge players who reach a certain level of expertise or teaching. Once you’ve been around in the game for a while, you adapt conventions that are unique to your partnership (and your hand at that point in time). Sometimes, conventions start to become like a signature…

Close your eyes and picture two cards: One face up, and one face down. What does this tell you? Well, dear reader, it tells us which card deck you imagine first. Card decks are specific things, and both the back and front of the card will come from a specific one. The card deck that…

Choose any topic or direction in the world, and there will be the specific occasions that stand out for any fan, admirer, or student of it. Aviation students everywhere are taught about the Wright brothers and their ironic flight. Writers are taught the 5 W’s to write easier. Artists know about the classic Masters, and…