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The Bridge Gazette is a free resource from Bernard Magee Bridge designed to give players of all levels a quick and informative weekly read.

ARTICLE OF THE WEEK

Playing in the Club

by Jeremy Dhondy — Chairman of the English Bridge Union This column is to answer…

TIP OF THE WEEK

When you’re dummy

When you’re dummy instead of thinking how you would play the hand, practice counting each suit.

Bidding Quiz of the Week

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HANDS QUESTIONS

How Would You Bid this Hand?

How should you bid this hand? Find out what Bernard thinks.

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How Should I Bid This Monster?

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QUESTIONS FROM THE BMB FORUM

Forum Question to Julian Pottage

Forum Question 30 - Bid of opponent’s suit asks if partner has that suit stopped?

I thought a bid of the opponents’ suit showed “strong and excited”. But in Harder Hand 131, BM uses it to show that AND to ask if partner has a stopper in that suit. I would not have understood it that way. When does it mean this and how does partner reply with and without such a stopper? The bidding went P 1D P 1S 2H 3D P 3H

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THE BRIDGE GLOSSARY

Morton’s Fork Coup

A term used to describe a play where, like the victims of Henry VII’s Lord Chancellor, Cardinal Morton, a defender is given only losing options.

Here is an example:

As South in 6❤️, you receive a trump lead. You win with the ace and use high hearts from hand to draw trumps. It looks as if you might lose a diamond and a club (if the finesse fails). However, if you play a small diamond from hand towards dummy’s Q-3-2, West has no recourse.

If he rises with the ace, this will establish dummy’s queen for a second club discard (the ♠️K will take care of one losing club). If West ducks, the queen wins and you can go on to discard the ♦️K on the ♠️K, just losing one club.

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