Author Archives: Julian Foster

Reasonable actions sometimes get horrible results!

Posted on July 17, 2025 by Julian Foster

City and Polish Club – Thursday Morning 17th July 2025. Last week was the first week that the Thursday duplicate moved to the Polish Club. I hope everyone playing there enjoyed it. For the benefit of any new readers who … Continue reading →

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Putting pressure on with pre-empts

Posted on July 10, 2025 by Julian Foster

City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 10th July 2025. Board 23 last week had potential for some quite ugly results. Exactly what happens may well depend on how aggressive some of the North South players are in the bidding. … Continue reading →

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Which suit to play on?!

Posted on July 3, 2025 by Julian Foster

City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 3rd July 2025. Board 7 last week normally ended up with East West playing in 3NT. But it was one of those difficult boards where it’s not clear which suit to play on … Continue reading →

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The opening lead – and subsequent signals

Posted on June 26, 2025 by Julian Foster

City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 26th June 2025. Last week, we looked at board 20 and, by coincidence, I’ve picked the same board number this week. The contract was invariably played by East West so the focus is … Continue reading →

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An extra chance – but is it worth it?

Posted on June 19, 2025 by Julian Foster

City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 19th June 2025. Last week, the City session was playing a GNOT qualifier (scored by imps) and the CBC session was playing regular pairs (scored by matchpoints). Because the two forms of scoring … Continue reading →

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