Today's deal is typical of those that might be shown to you "on the back of a fag packet" by a friend. You listen carefully to the bidding, asking all the relevant questions in the strange bridge lingo that we all use. You carefully think through the distributions and positions of the cards that are consistent with the bidding and opening lead. You formulate a cunning plan which will confound your friend, seeing through his fiendish traps and displaying a hitherto unseen grasp of the complex subtleties of this game ..
