Grand slam force in bridge by Ely Culbertson
A bridge guide notes avoid Blackwood with a worthless doubleton or void in a suit and suggests exploring slam with the grand slam force invented by Ely Culbertson about four decades ago. The basic idea uses five no trump as a starting point to force a slam when specific suit textures exist.
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Bridge grand slam strategy and misaligned scoring
In a four handed match, South uses a calculated path from six diamonds to seven with a double heart lead risk, aiming for a higher score. East doubles to force heart lead. grand slam is made but the final score is counterintuitive as a bad result. South weighs overtrick value versus grand slam payoff, then consciously redoubles six to seize a small profit.
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Bridge puzzle prompt on five hearts and five no trump reply
A bridge bidding question asks if after opening five hearts and partner responds five no trump what the right call is. The prompt labels today’s question as a Sunday answer.
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Peter Bezanson Re-elected by Downtown Group
Peter F Bezanson president of Mor American Financial Corp was re elected head of the Cedar Rapids Greater Downtown Assn for the coming year. Elected vice presidents were Blake Garske Eugene Pech and Richard Scherling. Shaffer named treasurer Dresher secretary Pohorsky executive director. Board members include Barnes Dows Haines Waste Miller Sagers Paulsen Omera Smulekaff Wendorf Garske Shaffer Scherling. Executive committee members listed include Armstrong Becker Hladky Lipsky McIntyre Cook Bezan son Dows Dresher Hastie Omera Paulson Pech Scherling Shaffer Smule kaff.
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Cedar Rapids! Greater Downtown Assn
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Eugene Pech
Richard Scherling
van Vechten Shaffer
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Ronald Barnes
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Hal Haines
Ken Waste
Jerry Miller
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TV Friday Night Movie Debuts With Nobody's Perfect Duo
The season opener features Oug McClure and Nancy Kwan in Nobody's Perfect at 10 30. A thief who hid four Buddha statues in a village shrine caves in to return them only to find the task easier said than done.
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Nancy Kwan
Doug McClure
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