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Bridge

Bridge | 18 September 2021

18 September 2021

9:00 AM

18 September 2021

9:00 AM

‘Table presence’ is a funny old expression in bridge. You might think it means what it would in any other context — that someone’s presence can be felt; that they command respect or dominate the table. In fact, it means something else altogether: you may be quiet and meek as a mouse, but if you are busy watching your opponents and gathering information from their behaviour, you have table presence.

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