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Famous and Notorious Bridge Hands. The game of bridge is over 100 years old, and during that time there have been some very famous or notorious hands played, once in awhile making the newspapers. Collected here are a few of them.
26 paź 2017 · It involves a type of play previously unknown to anyone except Geza Ottlik and Hugh Kelsey, whose Adventures in Card Play is the most complex bridge book ever written. The star was Norway’s Geir Helgemo, who sat South at game all.
The opening lead was the ace of diamonds, followed by a shift to the jack of clubs. Both Culbertson and his chief rival Sydney Lenz reportedly showed that declarer had been in position to fulfill his contract by guessing the trumps and setting up dummy's clubs for two heart discards.
17 mar 2014 · “It’s a famous Culbertson hand,” he explained. “He used it to spoof his own quick-trick conventions. I had to doctor a red and a blue pack. Couldn’t know which colour I would be dealing with.” Culbertson was Ely Culbertson, a pioneer in the game of contract bridge, who reached his peak of fame and dominance during the 1930’s.
27 gru 2023 · The fabulous superstar, Bob Hamman, calls it "The Hand", and adds that it is "one of the greatest bridge hands ever played, possibly the greatest!" Another brilliant superstar, Sidney Lazard, said that when he heard how the Legend had played this hand, he nearly gave up bridge.
This is a collection of hands I found interesting or entertaining. Some of them are elementary, some of them are quite complicated. There is only one artificial hand in this collection.
Duke of Cumberland Hand - A purportedly rigged hand dealt the son of George III, the King of England, resulting in the loss of a £20,000 wager. The hand was was used in the James Bond movie, "Moonraker" against the villain Drax.
