A few years ago, I sat down at a bridge club in Liverpool and was introduced to one of my opponents as, “‘So and so’… who was a national champion 30 years ago.” In reply he said, “It’s a lot harder to lose a reputation than to get one.” Now for me, that’s something worth thinking
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Receive my weekly posts DIRECT to your chosen email box. Click 'Join Here' It's really easy to sign up & your email is safe so you won't be spammed - I respect your privacy. In last weeks blog entitled “Is Bridge too intellectual or difficult for some?” a comment was left by Carolyn: Most of the ladies that learned with me last year are still playing, but the ones that dropped out were anxious about their bidding performance. Generally they could count cards, but were just not happy at their self-imposed Many year ago when I was in my twenties, I was sitting with three other men in a dirt floor hut that consisted of stick walls, which kept out wild animals and the occasional Kasawari chick, and a roof made from banana leaves, whose purpose was primarily to keep out the daily tropical downpour. The PNG I was challenged to a duel this week!
Can meerkats count to 10? Remember this when you are playing online I had downloaded a brand new app onto my ipad (you won’t find this app anywhere on you keyword search – it is buried deep in the vaults at I am going to stick my neck out here and say something that you might not agree with. But, it’s not as if I am one to stop you having your say… After all you too can leave your views in the comment box beneath this post. So what am I going to be talking about? Well… the If you are a regular reader of my blogs, you will know I like to write about new and innovative products for Bridge fans. Recently, I wrote about Pianola.net and BridgeBig.com which are both very exciting Bridge products. But I believe I have stumbled upon a product that beats these two hands down. I have been Before I tell you about the World Bridge Federation tragedy, I need to provide some background to the story: Following last week’s blog, I bumped into a tweet on Twitter (if you, like me a couple of years ago, don’t know what tweeting on twitter is, you might want to check out the blog post; ‘How can Golf has the Ryder Cup, Cricket has the Ashes, Tennis has the Grand Slam circuit, NFL has the Super Bowl, Athletics has the Olympics… All sports that have become great have a unique event that acts as a vehicle through which it focuses its public image: These events are stoked by great rivalries – whether they be between In my last post, ‘How not to panic as declarer when dummy goes down’, I was saying that following the opening lead, you should decide which hand to be your ‘anchor hand’. This process can give you a clear indication as to exactly what your losing cards are and what you need to do in order As soon as the lead is made and dummy goes on the table, we are always told as declarer to: “Plan your Play!!” That’s all very well shouting this mantra, but HOW do you plan play? In my experience of many players, it is more like, ‘Panic and Play!’ You stare at the 26 cards before you, your mind goes |
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