Author: Admin
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Alternate Definitions for the Trick
The word “trick” is one of the most-used in the bridge world – and here, it means something completely different than it does anywhere else. I’m a linguist by nature, and the alternate definitions of the word trick have been attracting my attention for a while this week. It’s possible to play a trick on someone,…
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Protect Your Neck: More Health Advice for Bridge Players
Stock images of people playing bridge never quite resemble real people playing bridge. While the hand has the right amount of cards, the players themselves are usually never looking at them. Instead, there’s a slightly deranged, android-like look in its place and they look like they’re about to power up and boot. When I was looking at…
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Great BBO Vugraph Deals #56
Marc Smith visits the late stages of the first Major Alt Invitational A total of 36 star-studded teams began the quest to win the first Major Alt Invitational. Now just four remained standing. One semi-final pitted the team that had won the Swiss qualifier, GOLDBERG (USA, Finland and Singapore), against the team that had just…