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  • loser on loser
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• The home club
  • Bridge Studio of Delaware
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Recent Posts:

• It’s a tough time for the pros
• The Longest Bridge Odyssey
• “Cheating” Spouses
• Happy New Year
• Outrageous Kibitzing
• Cheaters
• Mexican Adventures
• Life is Beautiful
• Virus hits Bridge, too
• We Are The Champions
• Goodbye & Hello
• Bridge According to the Stars
• Bridge with the Billionaires
• Crossing Borders
• Where have they gone?
• Mr. Ping’s Thing
• Doping
• The Bermuda Triangle
• The Partnership Desk
• The Know-It-Alls
• Of Slams and Captains
• No fear!
• The 70% Club
• Down for the Count
• A New Ruby
• The best PASS I ever made
• In Praise of Pre-empts
• No-Trump Country
• Down for the Count
• Good Garbage
• Director, please!
• 2-Day Monkey Business
• What a Gem!
• Planet of the Bots
• Bridge and Bacalhau
• Remember the Alamo
• North of the Border
• My Blue Suede Shoes
• Peace in the Middle East?
• Mel’s Rule of 2
• Bring it on, Jeff
• Magic in Orlando
• Silver…at last
• BYOB – that means ‘box,’ not booze
• Breaking the Rules
• Lighten Up!!!
• A Visit to ACOL
• Sam’s chutzpah Slam
• Slam Fiends
• Double the Fun
• Breaking out of a Slump
• Sam the Slammer
• An Unusual Entry
• Delayed Alerts
• Trust Your Partner
• Up or Down
• Finding Honor at Honors
• Those MF Hands!!!
• Silver Life
• In Between Rich and Poor
• Intimidation
• To the Nines
• The Common Game
• No Reno
• Nice guys finish last
• Exotic Conventions
• Two Floridians pick pockets in France
• Cheaters
• The Burglar’s brother steals the bid
• Tampa pre-empt doesn’t scare Eagles fan
• Bidding on fumes keeps opponents out of game
• Difficult hand comes down to basic math: 3 is better than 1
• Length before strength would have foiled Burglar
• 5 diamond sacrifice in Vero Beach
• Aggressive interference kept opponents out of game
• Squeeze play: Make 5 diamonds with 20 points
• World beaters with a Shanghai sacrifice
• Misfits: Bidding a powerhouse hand into a loser
• Rock ‘n’ Roll bridge in Cleveland
• Swiss downer: Scaredy-cats never win
• An unusual Grand Slam: Down 6 doubled, but a great bid
• Optimists don’t fare well in Reston
• Stealing bids, parking spaces at the Black-Eyed Susan
• No fit, no points, but we still stole bid
• Mining gold in coal country
• Lost in San Diego, but stolen bid saved the day
• Could have made slam, but didn’t even make 3 diamonds
• Stealing a win at the Blue Hen Sectional
• Fun bridge, but tough sledding in Ohio
• Psych bid: Down 2, but still a winner
• A rowdy weekend of director’s calls
• Tennis trip with a healthy side game of bridge
• Psyching ’em out in Mechanicsburg
• Timid bidding cost them a slam
• Stealing a bid while playing hooky
• Missed defensive signal costs Burglar big time
• When not to lead your partner’s suit
• Stealing the bid: Is there a bridge burglarette in town?
• What’s better – a bridge cruise or just doing nothing?
• When you get good cards, you’re obligated to get the most out of them