Tag: Bob Jones

Both vulnerable, North deals Source link

East-West vulnerable, South deals Source link

Neither vulnerable, South deals Source link

South in today’s deal was Australian expert Tim Bourke, the source for some of the deals seen in this space. Bourke’s sequence showed extra values and, almost certainly, a singleton heart. It looked like a perfect fit to North, so he bid slam despite his weak trump holding. Bourke won the opening heart lead with […]

Double uppercut hands are not common in bridge. We saw this deal in an article by Andrew Robson, the great English player, and we wanted to share it with our readers. North was worried that his partner’s hand might be impossible to get to unless hearts were trumps, so he bid game in hearts rather […]

Both vulnerable, South deals Source link

East-West vulnerable, South deals Source link

Neither vulnerable, East deals Source link

South won the opening diamond lead with his ace and saw that he had 10 easy tricks if the missing trumps split 3-2. There is a small chance that this trump combination can be played for no losers — West starting with 10 doubleton or East starting with king10 doubleton — but a good declarer […]