Cheating at bridge
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Cheating at bridge
The Mar 7 issue of The New Yorker has an interesting article on cheating at professional bridge, titled "Dirty Hands," by David Owen.
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Does it mention Norm Beck?
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No. It concentrates on cheaters who have elaborate methods to signal each other.
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Heck, the whole point of the game is for partners to signal each other what they have. There's a bajillion ways to do that, and once there's money on the table you might as well give up trying to police it. Last time I paid attention they were putting up screens so every player was isolated from all the others. Very fun for players refs & specs (if any), I'm sure. Lock each player naked in a lead-lined isolation booth & have 'em talk through vocoders? There's people around who could beat that.
Check out "The Lady Eve" (1941, Barbara Stanwyck/Henry Fonda, Dir. Preston Sturges) for a (backwards, even then) glimpse of the Golden Age of (social) bridge cheating.
Check out "The Lady Eve" (1941, Barbara Stanwyck/Henry Fonda, Dir. Preston Sturges) for a (backwards, even then) glimpse of the Golden Age of (social) bridge cheating.
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Coverage in Vanity Fair.
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There's a lovely Roald Dahl story called 'My Lady Love, My Dove' which concerns cheating in high stakes home games.
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Ian Kendall wrote:There's a lovely Roald Dahl story called 'My Lady Love, My Dove' which concerns cheating in high stakes home games.
Yes he did.
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Are you assuming that everyone on the forum has subscription to the New Yorker?
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There's more on the Dahl story here http://www.roalddahlfans.com/shortstories/myla.php, which lists nine anthologies in which it has been reprinted.
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Chas Nigh wrote:Are you assuming that everyone on the forum has subscription to the New Yorker?
No, but for anyone who does, it might be useful to have a link. And there's always the library.