New Year's Day Poker Tale and Bridge Odds
A couple and friends dine on Chinese, lament two fortune cookies with no fortunes. A bridge hand analyses odds from Blackwood at four no trump versus five no trump, with West ruffing clubs and careful play to force home despite 4-1 club split. South must cash dummy clubs and diamonds, avoid spade finesse, then exit with spades to beat the hand.
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