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Marc Smith visits the knockout stage of the OCBL June Cup We have followed the action from the qualifying rounds of the Online Contract Bridge League June Cup. After four days of play, the field of 18 has been reduced to eight. The quarter-final line-up is shown below, with the carryforward advantage earned by position…

Several movies starring Ryan Reynolds contain subtle references to cards or tabletop games. In the bizarre flick The Nines, his character is seen playing backgammon – but every time, the dice rolls come up as nines. Other movies include references to chess. Reynolds was also selected as the star of a potential and yet uncreated…

Congratulations to Luwen Koh (XReborned on BBO), winner of the 2021 competition along with 200 BB$! In the exciting battle between the two leaders, Luwen Koh from Singapore returned his third consecutive score of 76/80 to win the 2021 ‘BBO Prime Top Bidders’ title by a margin of just 7 points. Commiserations go to our…