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Seen & Heard: Still playing bridge in their '90s

Post-Bulletin - Jan 23, 2012
Lee and Shirley Graham, of Rochester, ages 93 and 92, respectively, play bridge at the Rochester Duplicate Bridge Club and not only do they still play — they are good! A few years ago, Lee attained "Life Master" ranking in bridge, which requires ...

Play bridge and help a charity

Kenilworth Today - Jan 20, 2012
KENILWORTH Bridge Club is helping to organise a charity event to raise money for a rehabilitation clinic. The daytime bridge event, at Claverdon Church Centre on Thursday February 16, costs £32 per team of two players, and includes coffee and biscuits ...

Military Bridge is Feb. 2

NorthJersey.com - Jan 19, 2012
Attendees need not know how to play bridge. A foursome is not required to participate. Tickets are $10 per person; $6 for seniors. To order tickets in advance, send a check payable to: WRMS PSO, to: Westwood Regional Middle School PSO, 23 Third Ave., ...

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Bid Better Play Better: How to Think at the Bridge Table

by: Dorothy Hayden Truscott
Revised and updated. Winning advice on bidding and play for the intermediate, based on five card major openings.
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How to Play a Bridge Hand: 12 Easy Chapters to Winning Bridge by America's Premier Teacher

by: William S. Root
Neither for beginners nor for experts but for the 90 percent of players in between, How to Play a Bridge Hand includes more than 300 of bridge master William Root's favorite hands. Hailed by the American Bridge Teachers' Association as the "Book of the Year." Line drawings.
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The Cardturner

by: Louis Sachar
From Louis Sachar, New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Newbery Medal for HOLES, comes the young adult novel THE CARDTURNER, an exploration of the human condition.
 
How are we supposed to be partners? He can’t see the cards and I don’t know the rules!
 
The summer after junior year of high school looks bleak for Alton Richards. His girlfriend has dumped him to hook up with his best friend. He has no money and no job. His parents insist that he drive his great-uncle Lester to his bridge club four times a week and be his cardturner—whatever that means.
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Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand

by: Barbara Seagram, David Bird
Do you get that terrible sinking feeling when you first see dummy? Does your mind go blank as everyone waits for you to play to the first trick? If so, you're not alone.

Beginning bridge players are taught some of the basic techniques of declarer play: suit establishment, ruffing losers, the finesse, and so forth. The hard part is learning what to do when. In the dreaded moment following the opening lead, the typical novice declarer has no idea where to start. Yet the key to success is simple: before playing from dummy at Trick 1, make a plan.
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Warren Buffett and Bill Gates Play Bridge

Warren Buffett and Bill Gates Play Bridge at Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting

 

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Bill Gates Encourages Young People to Play Bridge

Bill Gates makes an appearance at the American Contract Bridge League's 2009 Youth NABC and says a few words about why he loves bridge.

 

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How not to play bridge!

How not to play bridge with Timmy. Great game, he has played this game for years, and is dealt a very unusual hand. Very zany indeed. Definitely not the way to bid a bridge hand!