Posted 2015-May-04, 03:21
MP, Instant, 33
How to wrong-side a contract, lesson 101.
(Nice overtrick, by the way, not that it made any difference to the MP
)
I should have prefixed the post with a quiz: How many Heart tricks do you expect to make (on low Heart lead when dummy hits)? But that would have detracted from the bidding, which was the point of the post.
Psych (pron. saik): A gross and deliberate misstatement of honour strength and/or suit length. Expressly permitted under Law 73E but forbidden contrary to that law by Acol club tourneys.
Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. m
s
t
r-m
nd
ing) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees.
"Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"
"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq