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The Adventures of Poor Frank, Part CLXXXII: Wrong is Right

By Ray Adams frankandarchie@yahoo.com The adventures of Poor Frank, Part CLXXXII: Wrong is Right   Can wrong be right? When Lucky Archie is in the equation, anything is possible.   Red Dyeman and Lucky Archie produced a nice bidding sequence … Continue reading

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The Adventures of Poor Frank, Part CXCV: Two Bad Slams, Part II

The Adventures of Poor Frank, Part CXCV: Two Bad Slams, Part II By Ray Adams frankandarchie@yahoo.com Readers will recall that Lucky Archie made six spades on a 4-2 fit on this hand in last week’s column. Now they can see … Continue reading

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The Adventures of Poor Frank, Part CXCIV: Two Bad Slams, Part I

The Adventures of Poor Frank, Part CXCIV: Two Bad Slams, Part I By Ray Adams frankandarchie@yahoo.com Lucky Archie got in a bad slam just the other night at the local duplicate due to a sorting problem.   The trouble started … Continue reading

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The Adventures of Poor Frank, Part CXCIII: It Pays to be Lucky

The Adventures of Poor Frank, Part CXCIII: It Pays to be Lucky By Ray Adams frankandarchie@yahoo.com All bridge buffs favor skill, but hope for luck. But many times, it seems – at least to Poor Frank – that most of … Continue reading

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The Adventures of Poor Frank, Part CXCII: Poor Frank and the Four of Spades

The Adventures of Poor Frank, Part CXCII: Poor Frank and the Four of Spades By Ray Adams frankandarchie@yahoo.com Even in his dreams, Poor Frank is unable to escape his chief nemesis Lucky Archie.     Poor Frank was peacefully sleeping … Continue reading

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The Adventures of Poor Frank, Part CXCI: Archie’s Knavery

The Adventures of Poor Frank, Part CXCI: Archie’s Knavery By Ray Adams frankandarchie@yahoo.com Poor Frank was on the verge of making a tough slam just the other night at the local duplicate club when he ran into some knavery from … Continue reading

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The Adventures of Poor Frank, Part CXXXIX: The Wrong Contract

    The Adventures of Poor Frank, Part CXXXIX: The Wrong Contract By Ray Adams frankandarchie@yahoo.com   Poor Frank found himself in the wrong contract just the other night at the local duplicate club, and his arch rival, Lucky Archie, … Continue reading

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The Adventures of Poor Frank, Part CXC:  A Gift for Poor Frank

The Adventures of Poor Frank, Part CXC:  A Gift for Poor Frank      Poor Frank and Lucky Archie got into a bit of fireworks on the last hand of the evening. By Ray Adams frankandarchie@yahoo.com      East had a tough … Continue reading

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The Adventures of Poor Frank, Part CLXXXVII: The Legend Grows

The Adventures of Poor Frank, Part CLXXXVII: The Legend Grows By Ray Adams frankandarchie@yahoo.com Lucky Archie’s local legend continued to grow when he had the following fantastic result at the local duplicate. The bidding requires some explanation. After North reversed … Continue reading

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The Adventures of Poor Frank, Part CLXXXVIII: Poor Frank’s Brilliant Squeeze

The Adventures of Poor Frank, Part CLXXXVIII: Poor Frank’s Brilliant Squeeze By Ray Adams frankandarchie@yahoo.com Poor Frank was sharp just the other night at the local duplicate club. Poor Frank and his partner bid up to a shaky five club … Continue reading

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