DEAR READER:: Double shows values and a desire to penalize the opponents. Subsequent doubles by either side are for penalty. Pass followed by double signifies cards, but this is optional in nature. If ...

Greenwich players who finished in the overall rankings in a duplicate game at one of the local bridge clubs during the past week were: Bridge Deck, White Plains, N.Y.: Sept. 19, Terry Lubman-Vivian Wu ...

One of the most useful bids in bridge is the “unassuming cue bid” which is often used as a waiting bid to find out more about partners hand in terms of shape and strength – many use it after partner ...

DEAR MR. WOLFF: Vulnerable against not, I held ; 6-5-4, k A-J-10-8-7-5-4, l 3, ' J-2. My left-hand opponent opened one diamond, my partner overcalled one spade and the next hand cue-bid two spades, ...

ANSWER: A mixed raise is a four-card raise between an unassuming cue-bid (10 or more) and a preemptive raise. It applies after your left-hand opponent opens one of a suit and partner overcalls at the ...