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Greed and risk in a bridge slam tale and master points origin
A bridge anecdote recalls a failed seven diamonds slam after a Blackwood miscount and bad splits. The Winnipeg reader asks about life masters before master points. the answer notes masters first defined by winners, then master points retroactively, with ten original life masters chosen forty nine years ago, eight of whom, including Oswald Jacoby, remain active.
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Oswald Jacoby