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BRIDGE NOTES
By ELY CUERCS
Smother Play
One of the rarest and most difficult plays at bridge is the so- called "smother play,” in which defender has an apparently certain trump trick snatched away from
him
One of my most prolific and astute correspondents describes just such a play in the following -letter.
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a match point game if he had held that card in addition to the other stuff with which he was marked Then came the dawn. If West 9.15 px had doubletons in hearts and clubs, five odd was a cinch anyway.. As nothing could be lost by trying, 14 entered dummy with a club for the third ruff of a diamond, cashed my Dear Mr. Culbertson: "A rather heart ace, got to dummy again unusual hand came up at a pair with the other high club, discarded tournament recently in which one my two small hearts on the high of my opponents, holding two sp-diamonds, ruffed the heart queen parently certain trump tricks, Test and ted my last club. East won, one of them by failing to cash it land when his return lead smothered when given an opportunity. The the trump queen, West threw his cards on the floor, and East, having hand follows.
sensed what was coming, ready with a ribald bit of sarcasm as to West's carrying his notorions fondness for the society or the fair sex somewhat to extremes.
"Yours very truly
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Fast, dealer.
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"FH Richmond, “Birmingham, Ala.”
Mr. Richmond's analysis covers
Of comm H-K 10 8 4 3 2 all the vital points.
the trick stolen would not been very important bridge, but since this wa point duplicate, I have no that it earned him a top of board
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position could drear
any difference?
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