Author Archives: Julian Foster

  This hand comes from the Sydney Bridge Club Christmas Party (morning session) played on Dec 3rd – with a virtually full room of 32 tables. 16 more played the afternoon session as well. From next week until the end … Continue reading →

This hand is another one taken from the Wollstonecraft matchpoint pairs congress played on 16th November 2025. Sometimes your side is lucky enough to have two fits and you need to decide which to play in. Board 23 here was … Continue reading →

This hand is taken from the Wollstonecraft matchpoint pairs congress played on 16th November 2025. A forcing defence (forcing declarer to ruff so they run out of trumps) can be extremely effective but sometimes there are things declarer can do … Continue reading →

(With thanks to Peter Newman who told me about the hand). This hand came up at the Parramatta congress recently. Holding the East cards how do you react when partner opens 2♥, a weak two in a suit where you … Continue reading →

9th November 2025 Two weeks ago I described a disaster hand from the Spring Nationals. So to level the score a bit(!) this week I’ll focus on a hand I got right since it involved some “table reading”. The auction … Continue reading →