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Kleptomania in Bridge

V N Ramamoorthy

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Imagine if there were a bridge equivalent to IPL of cricket.

After the advent of the IPL format of T20, the traditional, text-book styles of batting, bowling, fielding, - why, even umpiring have gone through a sea- change ๐Ÿ™ƒ

You don't score runs any more - you just steal. And if you are on the bowling side, you simply try to "Steal" wickets!

Much the same happens on a bridge table too. If you can't win tricks, just steal them - applies equally to the declarer and defenders ๐Ÿ˜‚

You improvise in both. A reverse sweep or a dummy reversal, a cross bat or a cris-cross squeeze - no holds barred ๐Ÿ˜ข

Stealing is legal, in Bridge. So Kleptomania is not necessarily an OCD ( Obsessive Compulsory Disorder)

In fact,ย  to be a "Kleptomaniac" on the bridge table is a virtue to be developed passionately ๐Ÿ˜ƒ๐Ÿ˜…

There is an old adage in cricket - If you can't score runs, stop the runs. In Bridge scenario it can be said "If you can't win tricks, purloin them"!

Next time when you are in a 3NT contact and you can count only 8 winners, don't despair.. Just steal the 9th trick early in the day ๐Ÿฅฐ

Nothing unethical about it. Go ahead, be a Kleptomaniac in Bridge ๐Ÿ™‚!

Happy thievery in Bridge,

Cheers
VNR

Disclaimer : All opinions are entirely those of the author and are no reflection of the views of the BridgeFromHome Team.

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