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Helen Sobel Smith’s Bridge Masterclass and Slam Play
The renowned Helen Sobel Smith, now largely retired, remains the world’s top woman bridge player with 33 National titles. The article recounts her strategic approach, including advising defenders to use point counts, and analyzes a hand where she, as East, combines 11 points with dummy’s 8 for a 35 total to gauge partner’s likely cards. She anticipates dummy’s lead and demonstrates how the play yields down one trick for South, illustrating her expert judgement.
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Helen Sobel Smith
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Helen
John Crawford
Charles Goren
Oswald Jacoby
Howard Schenken
Sidney Silodor
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