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Larry Cohen continues his all-encompassing series on Doubles. The power (“big”) double In the first two months of this series, our RHO opened the bidding and we doubled with 12–17 points. To do so, we had to have at least…
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DURING YOUR BRIDGE
CAREER, YOU SPEND HALF
OF YOUR TIME DEFENDING. MAKE USE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PERFECT YOUR SKILLS IN THAT AREA!
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