In the evaluation of a hand most players rely almost entirely on high card points whereas distribution often plays a bigger part in the trick taking value of the hand – the problem, however, is that ...

Those many bridge experts, who decry the use of conventional bids, do approve of some of the conventional bids, which are very effective and comprehensive and without employing them in the course of ...

The game of bridge was based on natural bidding systems and a handful of conventions until 1940. In the subsequent years some systems and many conventions were evolved in America and some in European ...

Greenwich area residents who placed in the overall rankings of a duplicate game at the Harte’s Club in White Plains, N.Y., during the last week were Oct. 31, Jane Finn, first. Nov. 1, Christina Powers ...

Another one of the “Fantastic Nine” bids to know and use is the Splinter Bid. A Splinter bid is one that can allow partnerships to bid a game or slam which otherwise could be missed. If you use this ...