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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 Team Porcupine, Part LXII: A Porcupine Winkle
The Adventures of Team Porcupine, Part LXII: A Porcupine Winkle By Ray Adams frankandarchie@yahoo.com One of the more interesting plays in bridge is the winkle. This occurs when the opponents have enough tricks to set a contract, but are unable … Continue reading →
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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Tagged Bridge, bridge buffs, Bridge Club, Bridge humor, bridge rivalry, duplicate Bridge, Lucky Archie, Part II, Poor Frank, small slam, Two Bad Slams
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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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Tagged a 4-2 fit, Bridge, bridge buffs, Bridge Club, Bridge humor, bridge rivalry, duplicate Bridge, Lucky Archie, Part I, Poor Frank, small slam, Two Bad Slams
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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 →
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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Tagged Bridge, bridge buffs, Bridge Club, Bridge humor, bridge rivalry, duplicate Bridge, Lucky Archie, Poor Frank, Poor Frank and the Four of Spades, Poor Frank Dreams, small slam, squeezes
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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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Tagged Archie's Knavery, bridge buffs, Bridge Club, Bridge humor, bridge rivalry, clueless Aechie, duplicate Bridge, Lucky Archie, Poor Frank, small slam
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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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Tagged Bridge, Bridge Club, bridge rivalry, declarer, duplicate Bridge, Janet, Lucky Archie, Poor Frank, Red Dyeman
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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 →
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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