Author Archives: Julian Foster

Today’s column is primarily just an amusing story but it does have some interesting points in both bidding and defence. The hand occurred in the Barrier Reef Congress teams held recently in Townsville. North South can make 6♠ because ♥A … Continue reading →

Something often taught early on in bridge (or in fact any similar trick taking game like whist or 500) is “second hand plays low, third hand plays high”. Like everything in bridge there are no 100% rules and there are … Continue reading →

Many bridge tournaments are won and lost because of simple carelessness. It’s almost impossible to maintain 100% concentration all of the time but a simple little slip can often prove costly. Today’s hand is an example. First, however, the auction. … Continue reading →

This week’s hand is once again taken from a recent SBC duplicate on Thursday 7th May. The hands were played at two separate venues at the same time. Quite a lot of East West pairs played the hand in 1♠ … Continue reading →

Although leading an unbid suit is often right, there are also many occasions where leading through one of dummy’s suits is effective. Where dummy has bid 2 suits the 2nd is the most appealing for the defence to attack since … Continue reading →