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More about the number 13
The number 13 is integral to calculating the table odds at a game of bridge. With every player holding 13 cards in their hand at the start of the game, you’ll always think of the number somehow when calculating the suit distributions (or high-card points) for what’s to come. To the average bridge player, the…
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Great BBO Vugraph Deals #87
Marc Smith returns for the conclusion of Alt NewCo-2 Over the past two weeks, we have seen the best of the early action from the second heat of the Alt NewCo (New Competition). When we left after seven matches, the team captained by Sylvia Moss had built a substantial lead at the top of Group…
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Agatha’s adaptations
If you’ve read Agatha Christie’s novels before, then you’ve read at least a thing or two about the game of bridge. The author was a lover of the game herself, and included many references to contract bridge throughout her work. Cards On The Table is one of the most famous novels in the Poirot-series (and…
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