The 'Agonie' of it!
One of the expressions you should never use at the Bridge table is ”We have won this match easily”, particularly if you have not finished scoring. I remember my partner using that phrase many years ago in a match played at the Worcester County Club in Holt-Fleet. We were 14 IMPS up in the final of the County Closed Teams of Four against a very young and very aggressive team with only this Board to score...
This hand is courtesy of Keith Palmer. Keith is a retired British Army Colonel who has lived and played Bridge all over the world. For three years he authored the Sunday Bridge column in the South China Morning Post and was a member of the IBPA - International Bridge Publishers Association.
"What happened at your table?" my partner asked our team-mates."I was South and found the best lead of the Ace of Trumps and another but East unblocked the King so he could win the second trick in hand, drew my trumps, cashed two top Diamonds and threw me in with the Queen of Diamonds to concede two Spade tricks and the contract.""We had no defence at all and scored -790."Now what happened at our table, you'll find on the next board... Click the "Board List" tab above this text.
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