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Bridge

Bridge

23 March 2016

3:00 PM

23 March 2016

3:00 PM

Bridge players are a superstitious bunch. And I don’t just mean the steps they take to prepare for matches — the lucky socks, the special pens, the insistence on sitting North or South. No, even once the game has begun, many rely on strange sayings and beliefs to help them decide how to play.

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