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3 days ago | 
lufkindailynews.com | Phillip Alder
Katey Sagal, an actress and singer-songwriter, said, "I think we respond well when we do something well."At the bridge table, we score well when, inter alia, responder rebids well - our theme this week.
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1 week ago | 
lufkindailynews.com | Phillip Alder
Robert Benchley, a humorist who died in 1945, said, "If you think that you have caught a cold, call in a good doctor. Call in three good doctors and play bridge."Or if your pet is ill, call in three vets who are good bridge players.
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2 weeks ago | 
lufkindailynews.com | Phillip Alder
By PHILLIP ALDER Elizabeth Olsen, an actress and singer, said, "At New York University, I went to the Atlantic Theater Company, and they have two main points. One is always to be active in something instead of just feeling it. And the other is figuring out your character."At the bridge table, be active in counting points and figuring out tricks, both yours and theirs.
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3 weeks ago | 
lufkindailynews.com | Phillip Alder
By PHILLIP ALDER Corrie ten Boom, whose book "The Hiding Place" chronicles her efforts to save Dutch Jews from the Nazis, said, "When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don't throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer."At the bridge table, though, sometimes you must jump and trust the theoreticians.
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1 month ago | 
lufkindailynews.com | Phillip Alder
Gene Mora, who writes the "Graffiti" cartoon, used this line: "If at first you do succeed, try not to look surprised."If you work out the right line of play in this deal, try not to look surprised! What would you do in three no-trump after West leads his fourth-highest spade?
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1 month ago | 
lufkindailynews.com | Phillip Alder
Robert Orben, who is primarily a comedy writer, said, "There are days when it takes all you've got just to keep up with the losers."He was not thinking about bridge, but he could have been. When you are in a trump contract, you should start by counting your losers. Then, if there are not more than you can afford, you should draw trumps as quickly as possible. But if the loser count is too high, you must calculate how to reduce the number.
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1 month ago | 
rockymounttelegram.com | Phillip Alder
Robert Orben, who is primarily a comedy writer, said, “There are days when it takes all you’ve got just to keep up with the losers.”He was not thinking about bridge, but he could have been. When you are in a trump contract, you should start by counting your losers. Then, if there are not more than you can afford, you should draw trumps as quickly as possible. But if the loser count is too high, you must calculate how to reduce the number. kAmx? E9:D 562=[ 9@H D9@F=5 $@FE9 A=2? E96 A=2J :?
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1 month ago | 
lufkindailynews.com | Phillip Alder
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1 month ago | 
lufkindailynews.com | Phillip Alder
By PHILLIP ALDER Groucho Marx said, "A child of 5 would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of 5."In bridge, it is a "rule" that if you bid a suit on the first round of the auction and partner does not raise your suit, then, if you rebid it in on the second round, you are indicating at least a six-card suit. You do your utmost not to rebid in a five-card suit.
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1 month ago | 
lufkindailynews.com | Phillip Alder
By PHILLIP ALDER Surrealist painter Salvador Dali said, "I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject; rather does the person grow to look like his portrait."At the bridge table, some bids paint a perfect picture of a player's hand. But if an opponent then becomes the declarer, he has been given a road map for playing the contract.
