Expert Bridge Play Defies Ordinary Outcomes
A bridge column discusses how even top players err and how distribution can foil expert plans. It explains an automatic safety play in spades that lets declarer secure twelve tricks in six spades or no trump, regardless of West’s defense, given typical suit layouts.
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Bridge bidding puzzle: three spades after 3NT rebid
South holds A2 Y14 K109543 h7543 in a 24 Pass 2NT Pass 3NT Pass 7 sequence. The advised line is to pass now. The article ponders why three spades from partner is chosen over raising to 3NT and asks for the best action.
Myth Miffed Dalhart XIT Ranch Origin Revealed
Historians debunk the “Ten in Texas” myth about the XIT Ranch name and branding. Ab Blocker explains the mark arose from a bootheel sketch in sand to fit a branding iron, remaining as a meaningless symbol. Transcontinental television service began Sept. 4, 1951 with the Japanese peace conference telecast.
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