West bids missteps shape three heart contracts at regionals
In Springfield Illinois, some South players used two diamonds, but when South responded weakly with three diamonds West bid three hearts and achieved the contract with two spades and a club. West feared bidding three hearts at a higher level and missed chances to force it. South in three diamonds loses a spade a diamond and two clubs but earns nine tricks.
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Good Eating Puzzle: A Mixed Bag of Clues and Answers
A cryptic style list offering numbered clues like Pilaf ingredient Butter serving Fruit Sacred image and Biblical pries. The grid prompts answers ranging from foods to roles to descriptors, including General Bradley and Indian weight. The puzzle blends culinary, military, and everyday terms in a word-finding challenge.
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Gardier
General Bradley
Jacoby Transfer System Aids Bad Hands With Long Minor
Oswald Jacoby explains the Jacoby Transfer system where three clubs and three diamonds responses signal poor hands with long minor suits. Experts use these as preempts to hinder opponents, forcing bidding into a single major after a jump to two, while three bids can shut them out.
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Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Sheep Riders Ride Foxes Across Narrow Field
Report describes foxes pursuing sheep with foxes leaping onto sheep backs to ride and follow scent traces from glands on the feet, a tactic observed in the chase across a short stretch of ground.
Bridge bidding puzzle about strong hearts and slam options
In bridge, after 4 hearts showed by you and partner responds 6 no trump with six hearts on the line, the correct action is to bid six spades or pass depending on partnership agreements. This problem tests slam decisions with limited information and requires choosing the safest route given the strong hand and heart suit.
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