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Sitouts Banned! 
We have done away with sit-outs, for once and for all. When we have a half-table in the game, we enter the computer as a participant in the game, in order to make a full table. When it would otherwise be your turn to sit out, instead you play against the computer. Your score vs. the computer counts in the game. The computer is always disqualified, so it doesn't take away your masterpoints - in fact, the awards actually increase because the game is larger. Everybody appreciates playing against "Ace O'Matic." In fact, some people are disappointed when we have full tables of "flesh & blood" players and they don't get to play the computer! You can learn more about how this works by clicking here. | |
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Replay At Home  You can now replay the boards you've played at the club - in the comfort of your own home.
Replay the exact same hands with any of several commercial bridge programs such as GIB or Bridge Baron if you own one. If you have not purchased one, we have a free program for you to download. Click here for instructions. | |
| Free Bridge Lessons | |
Rich answers your questions every Tuesday prior to the game.  |
Thursdays, we have a vugraph presentation. Rich reviews interesting deals of the past week. Each board in question is projected onto our large video screen for all to see as we discuss it. |
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Greetings!
The game of bridge is enriched by many beautiful plays and stratagems, and we all love to talk about our latest trump coup or double squeeze. But even that pales into insignificance when compared to the fun we get from hoodwinking the opponents with a deceptive play. There's nothing a bridge player enjoys more than a little bit of larceny! |
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EW Vulnerable
South Deals
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West leads ♦J and when dummy goes down it's apparent that the success of the contract depends upon not losing three spades and one heart. It's a simple hand, wouldn't you say?
Declarer wins the diamond lead in dummy, and finesses the ♠10, losing to West's Jack. Oh, well, now there are three sure trump losers and declarer uses dummy's sole remaining entry to take the heart finesse. That works, and it's ten tricks for declarer, losing just three trumps.
Can you do better on defense?
Scroll down for the answer. |
| Club Championship Week |
Every session between Saturday, January 22 and Friday, January 28 will be a Club Championship. This means extra masterpoints for you! |
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The Daily Deal |
 Each day we "seed" one lesson deal somewhere into our otherwise randomly dealt set of boards. The board number is different each day. You never know which board it is.
The daily deal is a free mini-lesson. You can take home a handout of the daily deal every day. I hope you find it educational as well as entertaining.
Imagine - a free lesson every time you play - excllusively at Bridge Ace! |
| The Greek Festival Is Coming |
 Our friends at St. Demetrios hold their Annual Greek Festival February 10-12. This is their big fund raising event of the year. It is a lot of fun with good food, dancing and rides for the kids. You should plan to attend.
Due to the time it takes the church to set up and break down the festival, we will temporarily move all our games to Art Serve from Monday, February 7 through Friday, February 18 (no games on those Saturdays). |
For directions to Art Serve, click here.
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| The Answer |
That was easy for declarer, but only because West made it so. On the first round of trumps, when declarer finessed the ♠10, a more wily West would have played the Ace (or King)!
This doesn't cost anything as West still scores three trump tricks eventually. Now, a bamboozled declarer crosses to dummy for the last time and repeats the spade finesse (which he "knows" will work), rather than take the heart finesse (which may not work).
Beating 4♠ by one trick? A fine result! The look on declarer's face when the second spade finesse loses? Priceless! |
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You can follow the play with the Bridge Movie on our website. |
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