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ACBL Staff
May 11, 2012
ACBL Bridge Beat #56: Intercity Defense
By Richard Frey The spectators applauded when Schenken and Rapee conducted a beautiful defense on the following deal: ♠ Q...
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ACBL Staff
May 10, 2012
ACBL Bridge Beat #55: Intercity Holdup
By Lew Mathe Today’s hand is a paradox in that a holdup play, or safety play, should not be made....
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ACBL Staff
May 9, 2012
ACBL Bridge Beat #54: Intercity Match Deals
By Alfred Sheinwold The difference in the style of the two cities is shown by their management of this hand:...
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ACBL Staff
May 4, 2012
ACBL Bridge Beat #53: Intercity Challenge Match
The first Intercity Challenge Match for the Sports Illustrated Trophy was played between Los Angeles and New York at the...
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ACBL Staff
May 2, 2012
ACBL Bridge Beat #52: Ace Gutowsky Jr.
Recently, the ACBL museum received a matchbook cover featuring Detroit Lion Ace Gutowsky Jr. The matchbook was donated by Roger...
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ACBL Staff
April 30, 2012
ACBL Bridge Beat #51: Goren Hits The Airwaves
They said it couldn’t be done. “Too much going on for a small TV screen to handle”, “They play too...
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ACBL Staff
April 27, 2012
ACBL Bridge Beat #50: 1957 Summer Nationals
The 29th annual Summer National Championships were conducted at the Penn-Sheraton Hotel, Pittsburgh PA, July 27 – Aug. 4, 1957....
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ACBL Staff
April 25, 2012
ACBL Bridge Beat #49: Tournament Kibitzing
Kibitzing at a tournament is an entirely different affair than at a social game. In a tournament setting, the only...
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ACBL Staff
April 23, 2012
ACBL Bridge Beat #48: Kibitzer Ranks
The kibitzer, the highest rank, is a man of experience, maturity and wisdom. He may sit behind any of the...
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ACBL Staff
April 20, 2012
ACBL Bridge Beat #47: Kibitzers
No masterpoints are awarded for kibitzing, no matter how skillful you are at it. Nobody keeps statistics on hours spent...
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ACBL Staff
April 18, 2012
ACBL Bridge Beat #46: Drury
Doug Drury (1914-1967) was a stockbroker, bridge teacher and club owner. He served as a member of the ACBL Board...
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ACBL Staff
April 16, 2012
ACBL Bridge Beat #45: Pre-duplication
Some players have complained about pre-duplicated hands since they first started appearing at national tournaments. The methods were fairly primitive...
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ACBL Staff
April 13, 2012
ACBL Bridge Beat #44: Very Superstitious
Superstition and cards go hand-in-hand. The reoccurrence of the number 13 in card games is one of the most classic...
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ACBL Staff
April 11, 2012
ACBL Bridge Beat #43: Goren Breaks the Rules
In a long cover story on Charles Goren as “King of the Aces,” the September 1958 Time magazine said, Despite...
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ACBL Staff
April 9, 2012
ACBL Bridge Beat #42: But What’s Trump?
Here’s an auction written up in the February 1956 Bridge Bulletin by none other than A.M. (Al) Sobel in his...
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ACBL Staff
April 6, 2012
ACBL Bridge Beat #41: 1957 Intercollegiate Championship
Teams representing Cornell University and Oberlin College won the 1957 National Intercollegiate Bridge Tournament Championship. More than 2,000 undergraduates at...
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