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Bridge

Bridge | 27 August 2022

27 August 2022

9:00 AM

27 August 2022

9:00 AM

Do we need complicated bidding systems to reach the best contracts? The Portland Club (men only) operates a no conventions at all policy, which most of its members don’t stick to if they are playing outside tournaments. Some however treat ‘natural’ bidding with a fervour bordering on the messianic. One such was the ghastly Demetri Marchessini.

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