Author Archives: Julian Foster

This hand is taken from the SBC Harmony Park Swiss Pairs congress played on 14 February 2026 (match 4). Every pair except one played 3NT by South – most commonly after a simple auction 1NT (15-17) 3NT. Every West led … Continue reading →

This hand came up in a recent online club duplicate session. The auction started normally but then livened up somewhat! South opened the normal 1♠ and West overcalled 2♦. North raised to 2♠ (more on that below) and East bid … Continue reading →

This hand comes from the Fixed Income Solutions One Day swiss pairs held as part of the Summer Festival of Bridge in Canberra on Fri Jan 16th. It was a 6 round butler imp swiss pairs (a form of scoring … Continue reading →

This is another hand from a New Zealand teams event. After a pass from South West opens 1♠. North has a clear takeout double and East will raise to 2♠. South passes and it’s back to West. 4♠ is clear … Continue reading →

Apologies again for the lack of a column last week. Sadly I landed up with flu at the Summer Festival of Bridge in Canberra and have been out of action. Hopefully things will return to normal from now on. This … Continue reading →