The photo shows the new table, Murdo celebrating his success, Gerda 'presiding' and Irene hard at work trying to make her contract. All Iris can do is sit and hope while Annie and Isabel are full of concentration!  (By the way Irene DID make a small slam)

Thursday's Competition

Eight of us met again on Thursday for Bridge.  Murdo partnered Gwion, Annie played with Isabel, Gerda joined forces with Jenny and Iris and Irene arrived to make the final pair. 

Murdo had spent part of the week experimenting with the new 'dealing machine' and bought along some pre-dealt hands.  We had copies of the hands aswell so after play we had a brief look at the papers to see how the bidding could have gone.  There were some interesting results!  The printouts will be great to take home at the end of the evening and cause insomnia.

This week the winners were quite outstanding.  Congratulations to Murdo and Gwion. They beat the computer predictions on several occasions and once again Gwion employed the 'double' successfully and mercilessly took Irene and Iris 5 light in 2D.  Quite an achievement.  

In second place were Annie and Isabel.  Despite their misgivings they had a good evening.  

Third place was shared by the other two pairs - only 2 points behind second place. 

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Tips

The opposition bid 1D - 2D and then stop.  Chances are they haven't got any more points than you have.  COMPETE, even if your suit quality isn't that great. You never know - you might steal the contract.

More likely, you'll PUSH them up to the 3 LEVEL, where you'll have a better chance of defeating the contract.

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