Friday, December 26, 2008

Hand of the Year candidate?

For all of us who occasionally play total points or rubber bridge....

I was kibitzing my mentor on Christmas day, when his partner was dealt this:

S AKQJT9862
H
D
C KQ92

Over a third seat 2 diamond bid, the holder bid 6 spades. Partner has the AJxx of clubs, and an outside ace, which was of course entirely wasted. :)

Nice hand to get in a 4-hard total points tourney. Santa delivers to bridge players, too, I guess.

1 comment:

it teacher said...

As a learner at bridge I find the various hand combinations fascinating. I have a dream of being dealth all 13 cards in one suit! Sounds impossible, but of the course the odds of that happening are actually exactly the same as the odds of being dealt any other specific hand. Learning how to play bridge takes time and practice - but it's fun!