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[title] => A Game of Cards
[time] => 2008-01-01 03:20:56
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[bodytext] => Pre-emptive? It may have been, ere was found Aces, kings, shrouded till time opportune. Paradox; dual bids but merely one Pre-emptive one-off but culmination. Forget that now, we flashback yet again. One club. Strange acquiescence after change Of heart. Five cubed, the hours in total sum Till chanced (so it seemed) rebid. One notrump. A score of points surreptitiously screened, Pass confuses, yet that explains my own. That fine sad day, that preempt: two, not three Two clubs. Still far from point of pained return Awkwardness ensues, weeks of confusion. Would-be declarer persists in probing Patiently, gently, quietly, openly. “Two notrump.” Do ears deceive? Limiting Response, long-awaited. Yet not all’s well An enigma, can this entry triumph? Dark mystery confronts the declarer’s hand Discarded leads, subtle signals – a void? Dare the cunning declarer ask himself “Can game be made? Will the contract succeed?” Zeta connection. How effortless, when Opportunities lay aplenty. A gigantic circle; mutual mentions. Finesses marked, doors opened and shut. Doubts plague, a plethora of questions raised Queried in Gerber, replied in Blackwood Past the game level with no safety net, At long last we stumble into a slam. [comments] => 2 [counter] => 396 [topic] => 71 [informant] => bridgepoet [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => secrets )
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