The Monthly Tease

Playing in the San Francisco 2025 NABC in the finals of the Blue Ribbon pairs you pick up this promising hand: You are North at favorable vulnerability. Your partner deals and passes, and so does your right hand opponent. What should you open? With 20 HCP and 6 clubs your 'by the book' opening is 1C. However, deeper hand evaluation suggests other treatments: First, this hand is highly NT oriented with a semi balanced distribution and scattered strength. NT as a final strain i

In the following deal, my partner - Ophir Reshef - and I were the only E/W pair to bid and make the grand slam in diamonds. We had some...

This deal came up on my 2over1 series. Suggested Auction in 2/1 Explanation of the Bids in the 2over1 Game Forcing System (2Over1) 2♣: In...

The following deal arose in the European teams youth championship. The two Vinnevich sisters: Hadassah (13 years old), and Naomi (11...