Author: Admin
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Video: gwnn looks at the Law of Total Tricks
Probably most people have heard of the Law of Total Tricks. For example, if both sides have an 8-card fit (16 total trumps), the contracts in those two suits will add up to 16 total tricks. This helps a lot in competitive auctions: even if our contract is not making, it is a good “save”;…
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Treating Smartphone Thumb (and Other Online Bridge Injuries)
Smartphone thumb is an injury for the age of smartphones. It might sound fancy, but it’s just a new name for what’s called repetitive strain injury. Repetitive strain injuries are ones like tennis elbow, plantar fasciitis or writer’s wrist. The term describes injuries triggered by repetitive actions, and repetitive strain injuries usually go hand-in-hand with…
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Great BBO Vugraph Deals #38
Marc Smith visits the French Mixed Trials We return to Paris this week for the semi-finals of the trials to select the French Mixed Team for this summer’s European Championships in Madeira. The narrow quarter-final victory by MUS over D’OVIDIO has left SEBBANE as hot favorites, and they take on THUILLEZ in one semi-final. Meanwhile,…