Jul 28, 2023
Something a lot of cultural background prepared me for having to do some day that has never once come up is playing bridge.
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Something a lot of cultural background prepared me for having to do some day that has never once come up is playing bridge.
UK 1985
“Bridge - By Wester,” Border Cities Star. July 18, 1930. Page 27. --- Sensation of the Auction Player Who Is Shoved Into A Game of Contract With Three Veterans
Likelihood of Various Hand Strengths in Contract Bridge
by Ben1152000
“DEPRESSION PARTY HELD ON. FRIDAY,” Owen Sound Sun-Times. March 1, 1933. Page 2. ---- CLARKSBURG, Mar. 1 - The depression party proved a delightful event in the Community hall on Friday evening. given under the auspices of St. George's A.Y.P.A. Seventeen tables of progressive! euchre and 8 tables of bridge were in play Dr. Reeve-Newsome, in a depression costume, directed the euchre and was assisted by Jack Ferguson. and Mrs. Hargreaves was In charge of the bridge The prizes were won in euchre by John Wright who tied with Arthur Ardiel, and ladies, Mrs. Joseph Goldsmith. In the bridge Mrs. McBride won the ladies prize and Mr. Roland McDonald the gents. An excellent lunch was served by the committee, Miss C. A'exander. Mrs. Boyle and Mrs. Hargreaves.
A program of round and square dancing was then enjoyed.
“Canada’s foremost bridge players were in action in the Crystal Ballroom of the King Edward hotel, Toronto, when they engaged in an international match with a team representing the Bridge Headquarters of New York, which is headed by a master at the game, Milton C. Work. The Canadian team is shown in the layout: (1) Hamlin B. Hatch, considered one of Canada’s best, looking over his cards. (2) John W. Jacobson, who has been identified with bridge, both Canadian and international, for many years. (3). D. A. MacDonald, who also has a splendid record. (4) W. H. Gunn, holder of many tournament championships, and master strategist with the cards.”
- from the Kingston Whig-Standard. February 20, 1933. Page 10.
i have to be one of the only people who got enough into the card game bridge that my first instinct when reading "gf" still isn't gluten free or girlfriend, but game forcing
Quiz fact of the day 25.01.2021 -Contract bridge
Quiz fact of the day 25.01.2021 -Contract bridge
Contract bridge, or simply bridge, is a trick-taking card game using a standard 52-card deck. In its basic format, it is played by four players in two competing partnerships, with partners sitting opposite each other around a table. The essential features of all bridge games, as of whist, are that four persons play, two against two as partners; a standard 52-card deck of playing cards is dealt…
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