Category Archives: Weekly Wisdom

Getting to game after the opponents open

Posted on January 26, 2025 by Julian Foster

City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 16th January 2025. East West had a combined 25 points on board 14 last week but across the two venues, only two pairs reached game. South will have opened the bidding and it’s … Continue reading →

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When they can’t overruff

Posted on January 9, 2025 by Julian Foster

City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 9th January 2025. Board 13 last week was a competitive partscore hand where, defending on how the play goes, declarer may be able to make a valuable inference. Many players these days will … Continue reading →

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3rd seat openings and re-openings

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Julian Foster

City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 2nd January 2025. Board 1 seems like a good place to start for the first column of the new year. It shows the value of 3rd seat openings but also had some chances … Continue reading →

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A slightly different finesse

Posted on December 19, 2024 by Julian Foster

City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 19th December 2024. This will be the last column for 2024 as there is no session on Thursday 26th December. I hope everyone has a good break. Last week I focussed mainly on … Continue reading →

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No trump defence

Posted on December 12, 2024 by Julian Foster

City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 12th December 2024. Board 8 last week saw most East West pairs playing in assorted levels of no-trumps. The most common number of tricks made was 8 although the defence could, in theory, … Continue reading →

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